Lively 'Summer Hunt' Rides to $231,500 at Northeast

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A lively Twentieth Century painting titled "Summer Hunt," an image depicting Indians hunting buffalo by artist John Ford Clymer, was the top lot of Northeast Auctions' two-day event this past weekend, May 21 and 22.

The painting also established a record price for the artist as it sold for $231,500.

Ten phones were on the picture when the bidding opened at $65,000, against the estimated $60/80,000, with one of them claiming the lot in the end.

A complete report of the sale will appear in a future issue.

-FMM