Cowan's Auctions holds four annual auctions that include American and Continential paintings, sculpture & works on Paper, with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century works. These sales feature a fine selection of Cincinnati artists and other varieties of American and European fine art that commands impressive prices. Because of our thorough research, internationally focused marketing, and exceptional catalogs, Cowan's is quickly becoming one of the premier houses sophisticated collectors depend on to enhance or market great works of fine art.
Graydon Sikes Specialist
Contact Information Contact Graydon at 513.871.1670 x 225 or email decarts@cowans.com
Graydon Sikes' areas of expertise include 19th and 20th century American paintings, with an emphasis on artists of the American West. In addition, Sikes manages the department of Asian Art at Cowan's, which has averaged $1 million in sales over the last 5 years. He is certified in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, and is a licensed auctioneer in the states of Ohio and Kentucky.Sikes has managed the sale of numerous important Collections of Western Art in the last 9 years, totaling over $10 million in sales. He presides over 5 auctions annually in the categories of Fine Art and Asian Art. Sikes is a featured appraiser on the popular KET television series, Kentucky Collectibles, and well as PBS's Antiques Roadshow, beginning in 2015. He is also a featured appraiser on Cash in the Attic, US edition. He has given numerous talks and conducted appraisal events at regional institutions.
Graydon Sikes' areas of expertise include 19th and 20th century American paintings, with an emphasis on artists of the American West. In addition, Sikes manages the department of Asian Art at Cowan's, which has averaged $1 million in sales over the last 5 years. He is certified in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, and is a licensed auctioneer in the states of Ohio and Kentucky.
Sikes has managed the sale of numerous important Collections of Western Art in the last 9 years, totaling over $10 million in sales. He presides over 5 auctions annually in the categories of Fine Art and Asian Art.
Sikes is a featured appraiser on the popular KET television series, Kentucky Collectibles, and well as PBS's Antiques Roadshow, beginning in 2015. He is also a featured appraiser on Cash in the Attic, US edition. He has given numerous talks and conducted appraisal events at regional institutions.
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Lot of 22, including: 20 J. Freeman views of Nantucket, most with inked description on verso. Examples include: one showing the lighthouse and keeper's quarters, one showing Nantucket From Tower North, and one showing a man in a rubber suit at the Sankaty Head life saving station, each inked Bo't in Sankaty Head Light House, 1881, Nantucket, as views of the Poor House, Ocean House, Wreck of the Brig Poinsett Sept. 1st 1870, and more. PLUS two views by C.H. Shute & Son of Edgartown, with printed paper labels on verso, showing Brant Point Light-house and Starbuck Bro's' Houses, Main Street.