Sporting Art

The Sporting Art Auction, a collaboration between Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington and Keeneland, concluded its 12th edition Nov. 15 by achieving total sales of $2,553,126, Keeneland said via a Friday press release. The auction was headlined by the sale of LeRoy Neiman's To the Wire, a signed oil on board which brought an auction-record price of $334,875. The event drew collectors from seven countries who participated both in person and remotely. Spanning Sporting Art, American paintings and sculpture, 75% of the 203 pieces offered were sold. Click here for...

Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington, Kentucky, will collaborate to host the eleventh annual Sporting Art Auction on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 12 p.m. ET in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion, the gallery said in a release Wednesday afternoon. Le Grand Prix a Longchamp by French artist, Jean-François Raffaëlli, will serve as the headliner. The event coincides with the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown campaign and an array of works will be offered to mark the occasion. The sale will also include works by renowned masters of the...

Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington, KY is hosting an online Charity Challenge Auction which started Thursday, Apr. 30 and will end at 3:00 pm ET Saturday, May 9. The auction features 281 lots, with a mixture of early and contemporary American and British works, as well as some assorted prints, serigraphs, and engravings (many of which are signed). Among th featured artists are Alfred Munnings, Andre Pater, Valeriy Gridnev, Henry Faulkner and LeRoy Neiman. Cross Gate will donate 50% of the hammer price of each item to the 501(c)(3) charity...