Western art auction coming to Reno

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Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 | 9:10 a.m.

The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction has been in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the last four years. This year, it will be at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno on July 29, as part of the city's annual arts festival, Uptown, Downtown, ARTown.

Organizers expect private collectors, dealers and museum directors from around the globe to try and lasso a Frederic Remington, a Charles Russell oil or bronze, a Carl Rungius painting, something by Ogden Pleissner or a rare piece of American Indian art.

More than $8 million in art was auctioned last year.

The large number of hotels and restaurants available helped lure the auction to Reno, organizers said.

At the auction last year, Russell's "Approach of the White Men" was auctioned for $632,500 and his "Piegan Buffalo Hunt" drew $330,000.

Paintings by Carl Rungius - "Challenged," at $275,000, and "Mountain Goats," at $209,000 - both sold for more than $100,000 above their estimated values.