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Rider on a horse lunging forward as a bull charges on a hillside, rope trailing behind them in a dramatic chase scene.

LOT 259

Will James

When Ropes Sing

Pen & Ink

7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches

ESTIMATE: $4,500.00 - $6,500.00

Two framed pieces on a beige wall: left is a black-and-white sketch of riders on a horse; right is a handwritten letter with horse drawings and a letterhead.

LOT 260

Will James

Set of two (2): Lithograph and Letter with Sketches (and original envelopes)

Pen & Ink

Litho: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; Letter: 11 x 8 1/2 inches

ESTIMATE: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00

Pen sketch of a saddled horse standing in a rocky, wooded area.

LOT 261

Will James

Brad Drug a Few More Heavy Limbs Across the Fire

Pen & Ink

8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches

ESTIMATE: $5,000.00 - $8,000.00

Ink sketch of a cowboy atop a bucking horse beside a toppled wagon and scattered wagon parts, signed Will James.

LOT 262

Will James

My First Horse

Mixed Media

9 x 11 inches

ESTIMATE: $5,000.00 - $8,000.00

Cowboy on a horse crouches behind brush, rifle angled forward in a rugged hillside scene (sketch).

LOT 263

Will James

Howdy Stranger

Pen & Ink

10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

ESTIMATE: $5,000.00 - $8,000.00

Pencil sketch of several horses running, one rearing, across a grassy plain.

LOT 264

Will James

In the Saddle with Uncle Bill

Graphite

14 x 17 3/4 inches

ESTIMATE: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00

Three-column page of old handwritten letters with a sketch of a man and a horse on the left panel.

LOT 265

Will James

Set of two (2): Letters

Pen & Ink

10 x 7 1/2 inches (3); 7 1/2 x 8 inches

ESTIMATE: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00

A man in western attire is tossed from a galloping horse as a rope laces behind him and a hat flies through the air over choppy waves.

LOT 266

Will James

Now – Getting Too High

Pen & Ink

9 1/4 x 8 inches

ESTIMATE: $6,000.00 - $9,000.00

Western frontier scene with two riders on foreground horses leading a marching convoy and a wagon train in the distance across a rugged landscape

LOT 267

Will James

Eventually

Graphite

13 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches

ESTIMATE: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00

Sketch of a man lying on the ground as a large horned bison approaches from the right, in a sparse landscape.

LOT 268

Will James

A Big Steer, More Wicked Looking Than Any Bull He’d Ever Seen

Graphite

13 x 9 3/4 inches

ESTIMATE: $6,000.00 - $9,000.00

Vintage ink sketch of bulls running across a dusty plain with a few men in hats at the left foreground.

LOT 269

Will James

The First Few of a Cut…

Pen & Ink

9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches

ESTIMATE: $6,000.00 - $9,000.00

Cowboy wearing a wide-brimmed hat rides a bucking horse over rough sea waves, with a pale sky in the background.

LOT 270

Will James

Old Blue (Horses I’ve Known)

Mixed Media

14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches

ESTIMATE: $12,000.00 - $18,000.00

Sketch of a cowboy in a hat riding a horse up a snowy hillside, rifle slung on his back; caption reads 'It happens once a year.'

LOT 271

Will James

It Happens Once a Year

Pen & Ink

10 x 8 inches

ESTIMATE: $5,000.00 - $8,000.00

Ink sketch of two horses in a grassy field, one in front rearing slightly, the other beside it; signature reads Will James at bottom left

LOT 272

Will James

Smoky and his Mammy

Graphite

13 x 11 inches

ESTIMATE: $6,000.00 - $9,000.00

Ink sketch of a cowboy kneeling beside a saddled horse, rope in hand, as a herd of cattle grazes on rolling hills. Caption below reads: “Took care to see that their cattle summered well.”

LOT 273

Will James

Who’s Humane

Pen & Ink

8 1/2 x 14 inches

ESTIMATE: $6,000.00 - $9,000.00

Cowboy in a wide-brim hat rides a bucking bronco, lasso in hand, mid-air action sketch.

LOT 274

Will James

A Real Bronco

Pen & Ink

11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches

ESTIMATE: $7,000.00 - $10,000.00