One of the most romantic periods in American history is the opening of the West. The painters who crossed the country with easels and pigment, setting up where the vistas were broad or the battles brutal, gave us a remarkable visual history. The names, the battles, the places are a roll call of American history. There are few things more exciting than viewing or, if you’re lucky enough, owning one of these paintings. Fortunately, on June 10, Heritage Auctions offers the Legends of the Wild West at auction.
A rare purple Justus Perry early blown glass Masonic eagle flask, made circa 1822-1840 by the Keene-Marlboro Street Glass Works sold for $17,360 in an Internet and catalog sale recently by American Bottle Auctions. “If we had offered the same bottle in its usual aqua, it probably would have fetched $500,” says Jeff Wichmann of American Bottle Auctions about the flask. ”A chip to the lip kept this one from bringing even more.”
George Henry Hall’s Still life of Red, White and Blue Flowers in the muzzle of a Springfield Rifle will be auctioned at along with 74 works by American and European artists from the 16th through 20th centuries at Keno auctions June 12. The painting belonged to the Late Ms. Delia P. Frissora of Watertown, Mass, who died last year. It was loaned to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1972. It was also the subject of a recent post on 
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