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12 • S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S This 'N That (continued) CONGRATS TO OUR GUNDOG PHOTO CONTEST WINNER Steve West and Garrett West are the winners of our recent gundog photo contest on Sporting Classics Daily. The two provided this photo of Franny, a French Brittany, on a preserve hunt in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Garrett took the photo and Steve submitted it, garnering them inclusion in this issue and a lighted dog collar from Brite-Strike. The selection was made by popular opinion; the various entries were put on Facebook, with the winner being the one that received the most "likes." To see the other entries on Sporting Classics' Facebook page, and be sure to check out www. brite-strike-hunting.com for great gundog products. n "We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected." – Henry David Thoreau JACKSON HOLE AUCTION SEEKS ART CONSIGNMENTS Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Gallery will present their 11th annual Jackson Hole Art Auction, September 15-16, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Specializing in classic and contemporary masterworks of the American West, the auction is defined each year by its excellence in wildlife and sporting offerings. Notable highlights for the upcoming sale include Bob Kuhn's After the Short Rains, a 20 x 48 acrylic on board, estimated at $200,000-$300,000, and Ghost of the Gobi, a rare snow leopard subject to be offered at $50,000-$75,000. The auction will also feature pieces by Robert Bateman, Carl Rungius, and Tucker Smith, as well as six impressive works by sportfish painter Stanley Meltzoff. Early western art highlights include six works by American illustrator W.H.D. Koerner, two striking Edgar Paynes, and a Charles M. Russell watercolor. The Jackson Hole Art Auction is currently seeking consignments by such renowned sporting artists as Robert Abbett, Frank Weston Benson, George Browne, Philip R. Goodwin, Edmund Osthaus, Ogden Pleissner, Percival Rosseau, and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. For additional information, call (866) 549-927 or visit www.jacksonholeartauction.com. n After the short rAins by robert kuhn