HUDSON, N.Y. — Four bidders duked it out at Stair Galleries on Saturday, June 27, for a fine Continental School battle scene that had provenance to the defunct Salander-O’Reilly Galleries and was consigned by trustees.

The oil on paper painting mounted on canvas drew two phones, a floor bidder and an absentee bidder at first but around the $20,000 mark, only two determined phone bidders were still skirmishing with the winner, an American collector, prevailing at $75,000.

A complete report on the sale will appear in a future edition.