Bronze Hound's Art Collection

A visual odyssey and virtual catalogue of a unique collection of artworks.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

My Strangest Buy Yet - Antique Bronze Indian Head Lamp - His Words Are Enlightening!

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I have purchased some odd things in my life, but this lamp ranks up there with the top few of the weirdest. It's clearly old, probably d...
Monday, January 6, 2025

His Last Arrow (title is a guess) - A Mystery Bronze from 1996

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 Once again I have purchased a lovely bronze that is a virtual mystery in regards to the creator, title and any specifics about the work. I ...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Antique Gas Cigar Lighter (converted to electric) - another undocumented antique

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 Not long ago, I was cruising the auction listings when I saw this lamp pop up at an auction house in Syracuse, New York. I placed a low bid...
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Antique Indian Chief Wall Sconce - unidentified so far

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Another interesting objet d'art is this century old cast bronze wall sconce lamp depicting the bust of an Indian chief in relief. It has...

“Sapa-E Ke Mane - Piegan” by Charles A. Beil (1894 – July 29, 1976)

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This bronze, sourced online from an auction house in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was created by an artist who was not as well known here in t...

Mystery Bronze, possibly by G. E. Pinto

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 I purchased this bronze many years ago as a mystery. The price was extremely low, what I consider a throwaway price (far less than its valu...

“The Sentinel” by Kirk St. Maur McReynolds (contemporary, b. 1949)

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 These bronzes came to me almost through a fluke. The first one popped up on eBay as an unfinished "raw" bronze awhile back. Since...

“Blessing” by Lawrence S. "Bud" Mayes (b. 1936)

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This was yet another bronze that I saw come up for auction while I was hiding at home during the pandemic. I could tell that it was quite ni...

“The Enemy's Tracks” by Charles Marion Russell

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 Not all that long ago, I was sitting at home, self-quarantined both due to the pandemic and recovering from major surgery, and not so surpr...

“Herman” by Pat Smith (January 23, 1923 - August 8, 2002)

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This bronze, while not strictly in line with the others in my collection, is close yet unique enough that I felt it to be a good fit, regard...

“Defender of the Dakota” by Harold Shelton (1918-1999)

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 Over the last few years, I have seen that the large online aggregators of independent live auction houses (LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, Bar...
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