The Rourke's Biennial Live & Silent Auctions are now open for viewing, registration, and silent bidding.
Silent Auction: 1 p.m. Friday 20 October – 5 p.m. Sunday 12 November 2023
Silent Auction bids may be placed during Public Viewing Hours (1 to 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays), at appointments made between the hours of 1 and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays (call the museum at 218-236-8861 to make an appointment), or by submitting an Absentee Bidder Form (available at the museum and on the main 2023 Auctions page.)
Silent Auction: 1 p.m. Friday 20 October – 5 p.m. Sunday 12 November 2023
Silent Auction bids may be placed during Public Viewing Hours (1 to 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays), at appointments made between the hours of 1 and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays (call the museum at 218-236-8861 to make an appointment), or by submitting an Absentee Bidder Form (available at the museum and on the main 2023 Auctions page.)
2023 Silent Auction Artwork
Lot 2.
Kathy Foss oil on canvas, Untitled (Abstract), 28 x 24" Estimated Value Range: $600 - 850 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 10. Carl Möhner mixed media, 8 x 11" Family, 2000 Estimated Value Range: $180 - 250 Starting Bid: $70 Lot 13. Susan Morrissey ceramic, fur, 11 x 8 x 14" Homage to a Shoe, Estimated Value Range: $350 - 525 Starting Bid: $150 Lot 24. R. Baker pastel, 30 x 17" Untitled (Woman & Child), 1989 Estimated Value Range: $475 - 700 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 26. Orland J. Rourke ceramic, 4.25 x 4.25 x 4.25" and 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5” Weed Pots (Group of Two), 1996 Estimated Value Range: $100 - 150 Starting Bid: $30 Lot 27. J Bracken Rourke ceramic, epoxy, wood, 21.75 x 33.75” Lake Superior, Estimated Value Range: $750 - 900 Starting Bid: $250 Lot 28. Suzanne Sbarge oil, collage on board, 12.5 x 12.5” Flame, Estimated Value Range: $575 - 825 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 29. Charles Beck woodcut, 22 x 9” Branch, 30/60 Estimated Value Range: $500 - 725 Starting Bid: $200 Lot 30. Jack Youngquist sepia print, 7 x 7" St. James Palace, 1968 194/200 Estimated Value Range: $250 - 350 Starting Bid: $90 Lot 31. Gordon Mortensen oil on canvas, 24 x 30" The Yellow Bed, 2001 Estimated Value Range: $1,500 - 1,800 Starting Bid: $500 Lot 32. James Tiernan O'Rourke color photos, 18 x x 14" or 14 x 18" Santorini Photographs (Group of Three), 1995 Estimated Value Range: $650 - 900 Starting Bid: $250 |
Lot 33.
Carl Möhner mixed media, 4 x 3” Double Face, 2001 Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220 Starting Bid: $60 Lot 34. Jon Firestone pen & ink, 15 x 7.75” Révasserie, Estimated Value Range: $375 - 600 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 35. Susan Morrissey ceramic, 5 x 3 x 1.5” Small Head, Estimated Value Range: $80 - 120 Starting Bid: $40 Lot 36. Bernardette Cummings oil on canvas, 3 x 3" and 3 x 3” Untitled Paintings (Group of Two), Estimated Value Range: $170 - 240 Starting Bid: $60 Lot 37. Kathy Foss ink, 15 x 14.5” Untitled (Portrait), Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220 Starting Bid: $60 Lot 38. Jay Hopkins-Entzel acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18” Mother's Breath, 2016 Estimated Value Range: $400 - 550 Starting Bid: $150 Lot 39. Deborahmae Broad oil, graphite, 10 x 8.5” Beloved, Estimated Value Range: $400 - 550 Starting Bid: $150 Lot 40. Susan Morrissey charcoal on paper, 42 x 29” Riding Lesson #4, 1994 Estimated Value Range: $1,200 - 1,500 Starting Bid: $400 Lot 41. Susan Morrissey ceramic, fiber, 10.5 x 7 x 6” Horse Hat, Estimated Value Range: $250 - 370 Starting Bid: $100 Lot 42. George Pfeifer screenprint, 25 x 19" Lake at Evening, 1972 AP Estimated Value Range: $425 - 650 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 43. George Pfeifer watercolor, 10 x 8” Autumn Pond, 1972 Estimated Value Range: $300 - 500 Starting Bid: $125 |
Lot 44.
Robert A. Nelson etching, 2 x 2" Windup Head, 1968 AP Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220 Starting Bid: $60 Lot 45. John Scott Postovit pastel, 20 x 9" Palazzo Vecchio, 2008 Estimated Value Range: $425 - 600 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 46. Paul Allen acrylic, 25.25 x 27.25” Lake Maud, Estimated Value Range: $600 - 850 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 47. Peter Schultz wood, paint, 79.5 x 20 x 15” Untitled, Estimated Value Range: $600 - 850 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 48. Terence Larson welded steel, 4.75 x 4.25 x 4.25” Hockey Player, 1974 Estimated Value Range: $1,100 - 1,450 Starting Bid: $400 Lot 49. Boris Sarikov bronze, steel, marble, 21 x 17 x 15” Lamp, Estimated Value Range: $1,000 - 1,300 Starting Bid: $400 Lot 50. Susan Morrissey acrylic, sticks, assemblage/collage, 36 x 22.5” Stix Portrait, Estimated Value Range: $450 - 600 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 51. James Tiernan O'Rourke linocut, 4 x 6” Dunguaire, 1989 14/200 Estimated Value Range: $190 - 280 Starting Bid: $80 Lot 52. Lynn Fundingsland color photographs, 12 x 17.5" "Orange House, Fargo" & "Dawn Fields", Estimated Value Range: $450 - 625 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 53. Zhimin Guan oil on canvas, 12 x 12” Waterway, Estimated Value Range: $400 - 650 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 54. Bela Petheo lithograph, 14.5 x 16" Venice Emerging Light, 1984 3/12 Estimated Value Range: $450 - 600 Starting Bid: $150 |