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2025 Live and Silent Auctions

On view in the Main and East Galleries, Friday 17 October – Sunday 16 November

The 2025 Live Benefit Auction | 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday 14 November 2025
The Silent Auction
| Concludes at 5 p.m. on Sunday 16 November

The artwork featured in our 2025 Live and Silent Auctions is now on view in the Main and East Galleries at The Rourke! Stop by this week to register for both auctions and to begin bidding in the Silent Auction. 

Join us for our biennial Live Benefit Auction, featuring rare and exciting works contributed by collectors throughout our community. Come for the art, the thrills, and the rapid-fire auctioneering. Register for bidding at the event or during public viewing hours starting Friday 17 October.

Not able to participate in the live bidding?
Not a problem!--registration and bid forms are available at the museum during open hours and for download below!
2025 Bidder Registration Form
File Size: 67 kb
File Type: pdf
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2025 Absentee Bid Form
File Size: 62 kb
File Type: pdf
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​Below you will find images and information about all 46 auction lots that are in this exhibition.
Silent Auction items bids current as of 9 a.m. 12 November 2025.

Live Auction Items

Picture
Lot 1
John Boyd Holland
watercolor, 16.5 x 23"
Untitled, 1974
Estimated Value Range: $450 - 600
Starting Bid: $150
​Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 2
Terence Larson
welded steel, 6.25 x 5.25 x 3.5"
The Owl and the Pussycat, c. 1980
Estimated Value Range: $1400 - 1600
Starting Bid: $400
​Collection: The Estate of Dr. Jack Larson
Picture
Lot 3
Yvonne Butzon
watercolor, 17 x 17"
Untitled (bouquet),
Estimated Value Range: $525 - 650
Starting Bid: $150
​Collection: Jeanne Aske
Picture
Lot 4
​David Norstad
mixed media collage, 14.5 x 9"
"I'm a Big Winner!",
Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220
Starting Bid: $40
Collection: John Lamb
Picture
Lot 5
Charles Beck

woodcut, 21 x 26.5"
Willows, 19/50
Estimated Value Range: $950 - 1250
Starting Bid: $300
Collection: American Crystal Sugar
Picture
Lot 6
​Robyn McDaniels

photograph, 7.5 x 7.5"
Airplane, 1992
Estimated Value Range: $400 - 525
Starting Bid: $125
Collection: Dawn Morgan
Picture
Lot 7
​Robert A. Nelson

lithograph, 24.75 x 35.25"
Cat and Mice, 1975 201 MP
Estimated Value Range: $1000 - 1300
Starting Bid: $300
Collection: Richard & Tracey Moorhead
Picture
Lot 8​
James O'Rourke
woodcut, 8 x 10"
Fjord, 1975 2/25
Estimated Value Range: $400 - 480
Starting Bid: $100
Collection: Claudia Murphy & John Rowell
Picture
Lot 9
George Pfeifer

acrylic on canvas, 36 x 34"
Utah, 1971
Estimated Value Range: $2600 - 3000
Starting Bid: $750
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 10​
Betty Strand
graphite, 10 x 15"
Untitled (plant study),
Estimated Value Range: $500 - 650
Starting Bid: $175
Collection: Virginia Rutter
Picture
Lot 11​
Gordon Mortensen
reduction woodcut, 12 x 17"
Sumac, 1975 13/56
Estimated Value Range: $450 - 625
Starting Bid: $125
Collection: Vern Hunter
Picture
Lot 12
​Jack Youngquist

lithograph, 16.5 x 14"
The Alexander Ramsey House, 1975 71/200
Estimated Value Range: $650 - 1000
Starting Bid: $200
Collection: Richard & Tracey Moorhead
Picture
​Lot 13
Fred Helmeke
oil, 14 x 29"
Untitled, 1964
Estimated Value Range: $2000 - 2500
Starting Bid: $600
Collection: Paul V. Tardue
Picture
Lot 14
​Susan Morrissey

linoleum cut, 9 x 9"
Table Lady, AP
Estimated Value Range: $80 - 120
Starting Bid: $20
Collection: The Rourke Art Gallery & Museum
Picture
Lot 15​
Arnold Favela
acrylic on canvas, 54.5 x 42"
Flora,
Estimated Value Range: $2300 - 2800
Starting Bid: $700
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 16​
Wayne Gudmundson
photograph, 12.5 x 16"
Heil, North Dakota,
Estimated Value Range: $475 - 625
Starting Bid: $150
Collection: Richard & Tracey Moorhead
Picture
Lot 17​
Jackie McElroy
screenprint, 26 x 20"
January Thaw, 1976 13/22
Estimated Value Range: $700 - 1050
Starting Bid: $200
Collection: Richard & Tracey Moorhead
Picture
Lot 18​
George Pfeifer
watercolor, 13 x 10"
Captain's House, Dungeness, 1973
Estimated Value Range: $550 - 725
Starting Bid: $175
Collection: The Estate of Dr. Jack Larson
Picture
Lot 19
Charles Beck

woodcut, 21 x 31"
Hillside Sumac, 16/150
Estimated Value Range: $950 - 1250
Starting Bid: $300
Collection: The Rourke Art Gallery & Museum
Picture
Lot 20
​Robert Ernst Marx

etching, 7 x 5"
Lady, 1972 5/12
Estimated Value Range: $525 - 700
Starting Bid: $125
Collection: Virginia Rutter

Silent Auction Items

Picture
Lot 21​
Jeniye
ceramic, 8.25 x 8.25"
Untitled (platter),
Estimated Value Range: $110 - 180
Starting Bid: $40
      Current Bid: $50
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 22
​Jeniye

ceramic, 13.625 x 13.625"
Untitled (platter),
Estimated Value Range: $130 - 210
Starting Bid: $50
      Current Bid: $60
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 23​
B. Fink
screenprint, intaglio, 18 x 23"
Cornflower Blues, 1/7
Estimated Value Range: $350 - 500
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: $100
Collection: Virginia Rutter
Picture
Lot 24
Carol Fisher

cut paper, ink, 45 x 36"
Untitled, 1972
Estimated Value Range: $600 - 950
Starting Bid: $200
      Current Bid: $200
Collection: The Estate of Carol Fisher
Picture
Lot 25
​Rhet Fiskness

mixed media assemblage, 13.5 x 13.25 x 4"
Untitled,
Estimated Value Range: $200 - 320
Starting Bid: $60
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: Rhet Fiskness
Picture
Lot 26
​Rhet Fiskness

mixed media assemblage, 19 x 12 x 9.5"
Untitled (sconce),
Estimated Value Range: $210 - 330
Starting Bid: $60
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: Rhet Fiskness
Picture
Lot 27
​Zhimin Guan

oil on canvas, 20 x 16"
Nude Study (Delores), 1999
Estimated Value Range: $280 - 400
Starting Bid: $90      Current Bid: $90
Collection: Sam & Coralie Wai
Picture
​Lot 28
Fred Helmeke
oil, 11 x 8"
Stone Creek, 1966
Estimated Value Range: $950 - 1250
Starting Bid: $300
      Current Bid: $300
Collection: Paul V. Tardue
Picture
Lot 29
​Bob Hill

lithograph, 21.5 x 15.5"
Untitled, 6/6 A
Estimated Value Range: $325 - 475
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: Virginia Rutter
Picture
Lot 30​
Judy Krumeride
screenprint, 8 x 7.75"
Ornament #1, 1973 7/15
Estimated Value Range: $210 - 300
Starting Bid: $80
      Current Bid: $80
Collection: Virginia Rutter
Picture
Lot 31
​Carl Oltvedt & Mark Vinz

broadside, 22 x 14"
Heartland, 2008 27/100
Estimated Value Range: $95 - 125
Starting Bid: $25
      Current Bid: $50
Collection: Dawn Morgan
Picture
Lot 32
​Robyn McDaniels

photograph, 13 x 13"
Untitled (pear),
Estimated Value Range: $525 - 650
Starting Bid: $150
      Current Bid: $150
Collection: Dawn Morgan
Picture
Lot 33​
John Middleton
lithograph, 13 x 20"
Man & Woman 1984, 1967 2/8
Estimated Value Range: $250 - 300
Starting Bid: $70
      Current Bid: $70
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 34
​Carl Möhner

mixed media on paper, 8 x 12"
Two Headed Dragon,
Estimated Value Range: $210 - 290
Starting Bid: $60
      Current Bid: $70
Collection: Bennett & Kaatrin Pearson
Picture
Lot 35
​Carl Möhner

mixed media, 4 x 3"
Double Face, 2001
Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220
Starting Bid: $40
      Current Bid: $60
Collection: Bennett & Kaatrin Pearson
Picture
Lot 36
Susan Morrissey

assemblage, 45 x 15 x 5"
Travelers, 2010
Estimated Value Range: $375 - 550
Starting Bid: $125
      Current Bid: $125
Collection: The Rourke Art Gallery & Museum
Picture
Lot 37
​Gordon Mortensen

woodcut, 17 x 23.5"
Walden, 1973 9/33
Estimated Value Range: $350 - 525
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: $130
Collection: The Estate of Dr. Jack Larson
Picture
Picture
Lot 38​
David Norstad
collage, 3.75 x 3.75"
Squeeze & Twilight Bears,
Estimated Value Range: $130 - 190
Starting Bid: $40
      Current Bid: $60
Collection: John Lamb
Picture
Picture
Lot 39​
James O'Rourke
photograph, 18 x 14"
Mykonos Windmills & Athena Pronaia, Delphi, 1993
Estimated Value Range: $450 - 600
Starting Bid: $150
      Current Bid: $150
Collection: John Lamb
Picture
Lot 40​
James O'Rourke
linocut, 10 x 7"
Fort Union 1863 V, 1972 4/25
Estimated Value Range: $380 - 450
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: $200
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Picture
Lot 41​
Carl Oltvedt
colored pencil, 4.5 x 6.25" and 6.25 x 4.5"
Pear (Diptych),
Estimated Value Range: $800 - 1100
Starting Bid: $250
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: Claudia Murphy & John Rowell
Picture
Lot 42
​George Pfeifer

screenprint, 26 x 23.5"
America, 1967 63/300
Estimated Value Range: $325 - 475
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: $100
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 43
George Pfeifer

screenprint, 26 x 23.5"
Wyoming, 1967 26/300
Estimated Value Range: $325 - 475
Starting Bid: $100
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: The Estate of Audrey & Harlyn Thompson
Picture
Lot 44
Walter Piehl

​exhibition poster, 36 x 24"

Sweethearts and Roping Fools,
Estimated Value Range: $80 - 120
Starting Bid: $20
      Current Bid: $80
Collection: Dawn Morgan
Picture
Lot 45
​Orland Rourke

stoneware, ash glaze and oxides, 14.25 x 6.5 x 6.5"
Weed Vase, 1973
Estimated Value Range: $100 - 150
Starting Bid: $30
      Current Bid: Not Yet Bid On
Collection: John Lamb
Picture
Picture
Picture
Lot 46
​James VerDoorn

digital, 8.5 x 8.5"
An Apparition 2, Standing in Silence 3, & The
Clergy Calls 2,
Estimated Value Range: $180 - 210
Starting Bid: $50
      Current Bid: $50
Collection: The Rourke Art Gallery & Museum
Exhibitions and operations are supported in part by the generous support of the following regional, state, and local entities:
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Operation support is provided in part by
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This activity is funded by The Arts Partnership,
with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

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