Masters of the American West
Fine Art Exhibition and Sale
February 5 - March 6, 2005

Schedule of Events

Saturday, February 5

Special Programs and Presale Cocktail Reception
Exhibition is open to the public from 10 am to 4:30 pm.

10:30 am Presentation by Tucker Smith In Rungius’s Footsteps
12 noon Awards Presentation and Chuck Wagon Luncheon
2 pm Presentation by Robert Griffing Unlocking the Mystery of the Woodland Indians
4:30 pm Museum of the American West closes to the public
5:30 pm Presale Cocktail Reception
7:30 pm First intent-to-purchase drawing and Masters Miniatures drawing
7:50 pm Second intent-to-purchase drawing

Sunday, February 6–Sunday, March 6

Exhibition and sale are open to the public daily from 10 am to 5 pm.
(The museum is closed on Mondays, except for Presidents’ Day, February 21.)


General Information

Rules of Sale

The George Montgomery Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and reopens at 5:30 p.m. for the Presale Cocktail Reception. Presale guests will receive a bid book consisting of one intent-to-purchase slip for each piece of art. The prices for each work of art are fixed.

The drawing of intent-to-purchase slips begins at 7:30 p.m. at the sound of the triangle. Two names will be drawn and posted beside each work of art. The person whose name is drawn first has 20 minutes to confirm the purchase with the salesperson next to the artwork by signing the sales receipt. At 7:50 p.m. the triangle will sound again. If the first person whose name was drawn has not arrived to sign the sales receipt, the next person whose name is drawn is then given the option to purchase and 20 minutes to confirm the sale.

All artwork will be sold in this manner. In the case of sculptures with multiples in the edition, the work on display goes to the first person whose name is drawn unless otherwise noted. Names are drawn until the edition is sold.

The Masters Miniatures has its own section in the bid book with the bid sheets for the miniatures designated by color and number. One name for each miniature will be drawn at 7:30 p.m. and these names will be posted at 7:50 p.m. Those potential buyers will have 20 minutes to confirm the sale.