Franklin Brooke Voss Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Franklin Brooke Voss Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 15, 2024
Franklin Voss - Famous American Thoroughbreds (set of 12)
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Franklin Voss Famous American Thoroughbreds (set of 12) Hand Colored Engravings 18 x 22.50 in Signed and numbered 192/260. Provenance: Arthur Ackermann & Son The complete set of 12 Hand Coloured Prints After Original Paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds by Franklin Brooke Voss. Various numbers from an edition of 260. In Richard Stone Reeves’ introduction to Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing, he mentions only Franklin B. Voss as among the other great equestrian artists over the past three centuries. Voss was held in such high esteem that his client list for commissions was a veritable “who’s who” of the sporting world at the time. Given such popularity, it is no surprise that the rest of the public desired his work as well. In 1934 a set of 10 hand-colored prints of famous racehorses, after paintings by Voss, was offered for $250, and $30 for a single print. Noted printmakers At the Sign of the Gosden Head, the same company that produced the popular prints of Edward Troye’s work, published the set with the plan to release more in the following years. Gosden Head published the 11th print in 1936 and The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop Inc., New York published the 12th in 1940. Due to company buyouts, the series was discontinued. Each print was signed and numbered by Voss who painted a square in the owner’s colors in the lower right corner. At the bottom of each print is a biography of the horse written by legendary turf writer Neil “Roamer” Newman. Newman had taken “Roamer” as his pseudonym after the racehorse Roamer, Horse of the Year in 1914 and 1915 and for whom a stakes race at New York’s Jamaica Race Course was named. The list of each print subject, owner, and publication year is as follows: Man o’ War - winner of the Travers Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1920. Owner - Samuel D. Riddle. 1934. Twenty Grand - winner of the Wood Memorial, Travers Stakes, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1931. Owner - Greentree Stable. 1934. Equipoise - winner of the Havre de Grace, Whitney, Metropolitan, Arlington, and Suburban. Billy Barton - winner of the Maryland Grand National twice, Virginia Gold Cup, and Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. Owner - Howard Bruce. 1934. Blue Larkspur - winner of the 1929 Belmont Stakes, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner - Colonel Edward Riley Bradley. 1934. Sun Beau - Inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame, three times U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1929, 1930, 1931). Owner - Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934. Jolly Roger - winner of the Elkridge Steeplechase, twice winner of the American Grand National. Owner - Mrs. Payne Whitney. 1934. Exterminator - winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner - J. Cal Milam and Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934. Top Flight - American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1931), American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1932). Owner - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. 1934. Gallant Fox - winner of the United States Triple Crown (1930) and 1957 Hall of Fame inductee. Owner - Belair Stud. 1934. Discovery - U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1936) and Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1969). Owner - Adolphe Pons and Alfred G. Vanderbilt II. 1936. Seabiscuit- U.S. Champion Handicap Male (1937 & 1938), U.S. Horse of the Year (1938). Owner - Charles Howard. 1940.
The Sporting Art Auction
Nov. 15, 2024
Franklin Voss - Durazna
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Franklin Voss Durazna Oil on canvas 18 x 24 in Signed. Durazna was bred by Brownell Combs on his Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Durazna won the Prairie State Stakes, the Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, and the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes as well as the Beverly, Sheridan, and Clang handicaps. Durazna was named the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1943. This painting by Franklin Voss depicts the champion filly in the paddock of Spendthrift Farm with the training track in the background.
The Sporting Art Auction
Nov. 02, 2024
FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS, (American, 1880-1953), Free Gold, 1936, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in., frame: 16 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.
Est: $800 - $1,200
FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953) Free Gold 1936, oil on canvas signed and dated F.B. Voss 1936 lower right
Grogan & Company
Sep. 18, 2024
FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (New York, 1880-1953), Pair of hunting scenes:, Colored lithographs, 15.5" x 18". Framed 23" x 26".
Est: $300 - $500
FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS New York, 1880-1953 Pair of hunting scenes: "Walking It Out" and "On a Fresh Line". Label verso for Kennedy Galleries.
Eldred's
Jan. 27, 2024
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Portrait of a Dog
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) Portrait of a Dog oil on canvas signed and dated "F.B. Voss, 1915" (lower right) 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (sight) 24 x 30 inches (frame)
Fontaine's Auction Gallery
Dec. 07, 2023
FRANKLIN BROOK (BROOKE) VOSS, AMERICAN 1880-1953, FOXHUNTING IN AMERICA: OVER THE OPEN, ON A FRESH LINE, WORKING IT OUT and TALLY HO, Color photogravures, Sight: 15 1/2 x 19 in. (39.4 x 48.3 cm.), Frame: 23 1/4 x 26 1/4
Est: $200 - $600
FRANKLIN BROOK (BROOKE) VOSS AMERICAN, 1880-1953 FOXHUNTING IN AMERICA: OVER THE OPEN, ON A FRESH LINE, WORKING IT OUT and TALLY HO Color photogravures Published 1941 by the Derrydale Press, New York; each lower left numbered: 250 / 130; lower right signed in graphite: F.B. Voss (4)
Potomack Company
Nov. 18, 2023
Franklin Voss - "BEG" & "CLUNY" TWO TERRIERS (a pair)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Oil on canvas Signed, dated 1923 and inscribed. Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) From a family of sportsmen and artists, Voss studied at the Art Students League in New York, foxhunted and rode races in New York and Maryland, and painted racehorses and hunting horses for his sportsmen friends. Completing more than 500 commissions in a period between 1920 and 1950, Voss died as he would have liked - foxhunting with the Elkridge-Harford Hounds near his Maryland farm.
The Sporting Art Auction
Oct. 25, 2023
Franklin Brooke Voss; American 1880-1953; Famous American Thoroughbreds, twelve
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Franklin Brooke Voss American 1880-1953 Famous American Thoroughbreds, twelve 1934 each signed in pencil and stamped with the number 192/260 in the margin hand coloured etching on paper each image size: 34,5 by 38,5cm; 50 by 61 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Nov. 18, 2022
Franklin Brooke Voss - Cinnamon, Study of a Norwich Terrier
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Franklin Brooke Voss Cinnamon, Study of a Norwich Terrier $3,000 - $5,000
The Sporting Art Auction
Apr. 20, 2022
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charl
Est: $250 - $350
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, Frost & Reed Ltd. Bristol & London, England. Pencil Signed by Artist 'F B Voss' Lower Right. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. - 21 x 25 in; frame: 29 x 33 in
Sloans & Kenyon
Mar. 21, 2022
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charl
Est: $250 - $350
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, Frost & Reed Ltd. Bristol & London, England. Pencil Signed by Artist 'F B Voss' Lower Right. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. - 21 x 25 in; frame: 29 x 33 in
Sloans & Kenyon
Nov. 11, 2021
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charl
Est: $250 - $350
AFTER FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS (American, 1880-1953). J. Stanley Reeve Esq on "Peterborough" circa 1947, Lithograph published 1950 by Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, Frost & Reed Ltd. Bristol & London, England. Pencil Signed by Artist 'F B Voss' Lower Right. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. - 21 x 25 in; frame: 29 x 33 in
Sloans & Kenyon
Apr. 17, 2021
Franklin Brooke Voss (B. American, 1880-1953) 1939
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (B. American, 1880-1953) 1939. Painting of a Horse. Signed. Oil on Canvas. Measures 19.5 inches high x 25.5 inches wide in a 3.5 inch frame. Overall Piece measures 25.5 inches high x 31.5 inches wide.
Joshua Kodner
Dec. 12, 2020
Franklin B. Voss, New York (1880-1953), Equestrian Scene, watercolor and gouache on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Est: $200 - $400
Franklin B. Voss (1880-1953) Equestrian Scene watercolor and gouache on paper signed and dated lower right, unframed. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Nov. 28, 2020
FRANKLIN VOSS HUNTING PRINT
Est: $200 - $300
Franklin Voss hunting print titled 'Working it Out', framed and matted, #250/30, pencil signed by the artist 17" x 20" sight size / 23.5" x 26" overall
Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Nov. 28, 2020
FRANKLIN VOSS HUNTING PRINT
Est: $200 - $300
Franklin Voss hunting print titled 'Over the Open', framed and matted, #250/69, pencil signed by the artist 17" x 20" sight size / 23.5" x 26" overall
Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Nov. 22, 2020
FRANKLIN VOSS - FAMOUS AMERICAN THOROUGHBREDS
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Franklin Voss American, 1880-1953 Famous American Thoroughbreds A collection of 12 prints Signed, numbers varying, Edition of 260 The complete set of 12 Hand Coloured Prints After Original Paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds by Franklin Brooke Voss. Various numbers from an edition of 260. In Richard Stone Reeves’ introduction to Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing, he mentions only Franklin B. Voss as among the other great equestrian artists over the past three centuries. Voss was held in such high esteem that his client list for commissions was a veritable “who’s who” of the sporting world at the time. Given such popularity, it is no surprise that the rest of the public desired his work as well. In 1934 a set of 10 hand-colored prints of famous racehorses, after paintings by Voss, was offered for $250, and $30 for a single print. Noted printmakers At the Sign of the Gosden Head, the same company that produced the popular prints of Edward Troye’s work, published the set with the plan to release more in the following years. Gosden Head published the 11th print in 1936 and The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop Inc., New York published the 12th in 1940. Due to company buyouts, the series was discontinued. Each print was signed and numbered by Voss who painted a square in the owner’s colors in the lower right corner. At the bottom of each print is a biography of the horse written by legendary turf writer Neil “Roamer” Newman. Newman had taken “Roamer” as his pseudonym after the racehorse Roamer, Horse of the Year in 1914 and 1915 and for whom a stakes race at New York’s Jamaica Race Course was named. The list of each print subject, owner, and publication year is as follows: Man o’ War – winner of the Travers Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1920. Owner – Samuel D. Riddle. 1934. Twenty Grand – winner of the Wood Memorial, Travers Stakes, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1931. Owner – Greentree Stable. 1934. Equipoise – winner of the Havre de Grace, Whitney, Metropolitan, Arlington, and Suburban. Billy Barton – winner of the Maryland Grand National twice, Virginia Gold Cup, and Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. Owner – Howard Bruce. 1934. Blue Larkspur – winner of the 1929 Belmont Stakes, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner – Colonel Edward Riley Bradley. 1934. Sun Beau – Inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame, three times U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1929, 1930, 1931). Owner – Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934. Jolly Roger – winner of the Elkridge Steeplechase, twice winner of the American Grand National. Owner – Mrs. Payne Whitney. 1934. Exterminator – winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner – J. Cal Milam and Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934. Top Flight – American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1931), American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1932). Owner – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. 1934. Gallant Fox – winner of the United States Triple Crown (1930) and 1957 Hall of Fame inductee. Owner – Belair Stud. 1934. Discovery – U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1936) and Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1969). Owner – Adolphe Pons and Alfred G. Vanderbilt II. 1936. Seabiscuit – U.S. Champion Handicap Male (1937 & 1938), U.S. Horse of the Year (1938). Owner – Charles Howard. 1940.
The Sporting Art Auction
Sep. 23, 2020
Franklin Brooke Voss "Ulic" Portrait of Thoroughbred Oil on Canvas
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953). Oil on canvas painting of a chestnut thoroughbred standing in a grassy pasture. In its original frame with a brass nameplate that reads, "'Ulic' Sire Hendrie Dam Titania." Signed and dated 1939 along the lower right. Ulic was a noted show horse. The New York Times wrote an article on April 20, 1934 which read, "Ulic, the veteran chestnut gelding from the stable of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Untermyer of Greenwich, Conn., scored a notable triumph at the opening session of the tenth annual New Haven horse show tonight." Franklin Brooke Voss was an American painter known for his stunning portraits of thoroughbred racehorses such as Seabiscuit, Man o' War, and Equipoise. He attended the Art Students League of New York and was a pupil of George Bridgman (1865-1943). Throughout his career he was commissioned by families such as the Vanderbilts and Whitneys. Sight; height: 24 1/2 in x width: 29 1/2 in. Framed; height: 29 1/2 in x width: 34 1/4 in.
Revere Auctions
Sep. 20, 2020
F.B. Voss, Hand Colored Aquatint "Jolly Roger"
Est: $200 - $400
F.B. Voss, Hand Colored Aquatint "Jolly Roger" Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), hand colored aquatint "Jolly Roger", dated "1934," stamped and pencil signed lower left, numbered "142/260." Framed, not examined out of frame. Frame size: 21" high, 22 3/4" wide. Provenance: Property of a CT Collector.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2020
F.B. Voss, Hand Colored Aquatint "Sun Beau"
Est: $200 - $400
F.B. Voss, Hand Colored Aquatint "Sun Beau" Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), hand colored aquatint "Sun Beau", dated "1934," stamped and pencil signed lower left, numbered "55/260." Framed, not examined out of frame. Frame size: 21" high, 22 3/4" wide. Provenance: Property of a CT Collector.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Jul. 08, 2020
FRANKLIN BROOKE VOSS - GALLANT FOX
Est: $200 - $400
Lot 19 Franklin Brooke Voss American (1880-1953) Gallant Fox hand-colored color photogravure signed lower left, numbered 222/260 plate: 11 x 13 7/8 inches Provenance: From a New York Collection
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jun. 28, 2020
F.D. VOSS (1880-1953)
Est: $150 - $250
"Top Flight", 1934, lithograph, 13.5" x 15.5"', Signed Lower Left, Edition 247/260, Framed.
James Cox Gallery
Jan. 04, 2020
Franklin Brooke Voss (Am., 1880-1953), Equipose
Est: $25 - $25,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (Am., 1880-1953), Equipose color aquatint, from series of prints after Voss' original paintings titled Hand Coloured Prints After Original Paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds, signed in pencil and blindstamped lower left, numbered "54/260" lower right, matted and in bird's-eye maple veneer frame. A beautiful, detailed printing. Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Nov. 17, 2019
Franklin Voss - The Middlesex Foxhounds in the Millbrook Country
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880–1953) THE MIDDLESEX FOXHOUNDS IN THE MILLBROOK COUNTRY $8,000. – $10,000. Oil on canvas, 16” x 24” Signed, dated 1921 $8,000. – 10,000. Provenance: Margaret Sargent Whitney, Millbrook, New York Thence by family descent Illustrated: Alexander Henry Higginson, Two Centuries of Foxhunting, London: Collins, 1946, page 146 Peter Winants, The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss, Lexington: Eclipse Press, 2005, pages 90 and 91 A copy of each book will be included in the lot. This painting has also alternately been titled Mr. Higginson’s Hounds in Millbrook’s Territory. Founded in 1899 by Alexander Henry Higginson, the Middlesex Hounds soon came to be regarded as one of the best in the country. Their base was in South Lincoln, Massachusetts, but due to the difficult terrain, they traveled to other hunts the majority of the time. In 1905 they participated against Harry Worcester Smith’s Grafton Hounds in the Great Foxhound Match, an event that took place in Virginia’s Piedmont region, and tested Higginson’s contention that English hounds were superior to the American hounds that Smith favored. Starting in 1907, the Middlesex Hounds often hunted the Millbrook Hunt’s territory and continued this practice for many years at the invitation of Millbrook’s MFH. After Higginson disbanded his kennel, many were sold to the Millbrook Hunt, where he later served as master for three seasons. The Millbrook Hunt, founded in the 1890s, is still regarded as one of the premier hunts in the nation. Mrs. Whitney, an accomplished horsewoman herself, is believed to be depicted riding sidesaddle on the far right of the work.
The Sporting Art Auction
Nov. 17, 2019
Franklin Voss - Nimba
Est: $25,000 - $30,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880–1953) NIMBA $25,000. – $30,000. Oil on canvas, 28” x 36” Signed, dated 1927 $25,000. – 30,000. Illustrated: John Hervey, Racing in America 1922–1936, privately printed for the New York Jockey Club by The Scribner Press, 1937, page 96 Champion 3-year-old filly of 1927, Nimba had her knocks. Her 2-year-old campaign had to be delayed after she was kicked in the stifle in the spring. She won her only start at 2. Then over the winter before her championship season, she was kicked in the jaw and it was feared she would miss another summer. But she won the Coaching Club American Oaks, the Alabama Stakes, and the Lawrence Realization Stakes at 3. Nimba opened her 4-year-old season on May 26, 1928, winning the Metropolitan Handicap, pulling away from the colts. But after that victory she began to sulk and never returned to form. Bred in Kentucky by Arthur B. Hancock, Nimba was sold privately as a yearling to Marshall Field III, who raced her and returned her to Claiborne Farm as a broodmare. Her first foal was Nimbus, who ran second in the 1933 Belmont Stakes for his breeder. Harold Thurber’s greatest achievement might have been guiding Nimba throughout her racing career. Born in North Dakota in 1892, Thurber rode as a jockey in Louisiana, Kentucky, and New York. Twice he applied to ride in Cuba. He passed away in California in 1968. On pages 96 and 97 of Racing in America 1922–1936, Nimba is discussed thoroughly. “Jock, Justice F., Black Panther, War Eagle, Rolled Stocking, Hydromel, and Kentucky II were other three-year-olds that raced prominently, but aside from the group previously mentioned, it was two fillies that stood out, with Nimba the real prima donna. She had, as all prima donnas should, exquisite beauty, the artistic temperament, and the capacity to do dazzling things. While both her sire, War Cloud, son of Polymelus, and her dam, Martha Snow, were bred in England, she had an American strain maternally, as Martha Snow (also dam of Calumet Dick and granddam of Privileged) was by the Ogden horse, Sir Martin, that John E. Madden had originally taken to England to race. War Cloud, imported as a yearling by Mr. A. K. Macomber, had raced here with distinction, winning the Preakness, Dwyer, and other stakes, after which he was sent to France, subsequently returning here to enter the Claiborne Stud, where after making one season, that of 1923, having accidentally broken a leg he had to be destroyed. Nimba was bred by Mr. Hancock and bought privately as a yearling by Mr. Marshall Field. She raced but once at two, winning a purse event. At three she won five of her nine starts, giving a grand exhibition in the Realization, as she led from end to end and won in hand by three lengths from Brown Bud and Flippant, with Bostonian, Valorous, and Chance Shot toiling after her in vain. Only once before had the American equivalent of the St. Leger been won by a filly, Vexatious, in 1919, but on that occasion she did not finish first, Over There, who did, being disqualified. As no other filly since Nimba has succeeded in it, she therefore ranks as the only one of her sex to score a clean-cut, unequivocal victory. Moreover, she also won the Coaching Club American Oaks, our equivalent of the Epsom Oaks, leading all the way and beating Frilette three lengths; at Saratoga she took the historic Alabama Stakes, carrying 124 pounds and giving 10 pounds each to La Palina and Recreation, second and third, and in the Travers split Brown Bud and Valorous. At four she triumphed in the Metropolitan, another event which her sex has found it almost impossible to win. She was bred at five but has not, as a matron, emulated her turf record, which closed with seven races out of thirteen starts and $74,045. Nimba was a chestnut, with a penciling of white between her eyes and a filly of almost faultless beauty of the most patrician type, her head and neck being cameo-like in fineness and her limbs as slim and shapely as a fawn’s.”
The Sporting Art Auction
Oct. 06, 2019
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880 - 1953), "Twenty Grand," mezzotint on paper
Est: $300 - $500
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880 - 1953), "Twenty Grand," etching/mezzotint on paper, signed lower left and numbered 175/260 at lower right, printed in New York in 1934 by "At the Sign of the Gosden Head," measures 18.50 x 23 inches unframed, 21 x 25.50 inches framed in black and gilt decorated frame. CONDITION: Good, a few light foxing marks in the margins. Twenty Grand was a famous Lexington, Kentucky bred racehorse that belonged to Mrs. Payne Whitney who saw his debut in a race at Jamaica, Long Island, New York in 1928. Franklin Brooke Voss was born in New York City in 1880 and attended the Art Students League of New York, where George Bridgman was his teacher. He was commissioned paintings by the Whitneys, Riddles, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Wideners, and Willis Sharpe Kilmer and famous horses, including Man o' War, Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Sir Barton and Whirlaway.
Huntington Museum of Art
Aug. 22, 2019
Franklin Brook Voss (American, 1880-1953) Spendthrift oil on canvas 33 x 40 in. (83.8 x 101.6 cm.)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Franklin Brook Voss (American, 1880-1953) Spendthrift signed and dated 'F.B. Voss 1915' (lower left) oil on canvas 33 x 40 in. (83.8 x 101.6 cm.) Painted in 1915
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2019
Franklin Brooke Voss DISCOVERY; THE SADDLER SEVEN; CHAMPION NORNAY SADDLER; MR. STEWART'S CHESHIRE HOUNDS Four h-c color photogravures
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
After Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953) DISCOVERY; THE SADDLER SEVEN; CHAMPION NORNAY SADDLER; MR. STEWART''S CHESHIRE HOUNDS Four hand-colored color photogravures, 1936, 1941 (2) and 1948, respectively, signed in pencil, the first and third numbered 197/260 and 79/310 in ink, respectively, the first published at The Sign of the Gesden Head, New York, the last three published by The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop, New York, with good or full margins, framed. Sight of largest sheet 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches; 502 x 597 mm. Estate of James W. Smith
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 13, 2019
Franklin Brooke Voss American, 1880-1953 Hydraulic, 1947
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Franklin Brooke Voss American, 1880-1953 Hydraulic, 1947 Signed F.B. Voss and dated 1947 (ll); inscribed as titled (lr); dedicated HAPPY BIRTHDAY June 11th (lc) Oil on canvasboard 10 1/8 x 14 inches (25.7 x 35.5 cm) Provenance: Sale, Christie''s, New York, Jun. 6, 2000, lot 14 Hydraulic, a bay colt, was foaled by Hydromel out of Jalna and was acquired by Paul Mellon in 1937. The day that this picture was painted, June 11, 1947, was Paul Mellon''s fortieth birthday. Estate of James W. Smith
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 13, 2019
After Franklin Brooke Voss FAMOUS AMERICAN THROROUGHBREDS Nine hand-colored color photogravures, unframed
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
After Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953) TWENTY GRAND; JOLLY ROGER; LARKSPUR; SEABISCUIT; EQUIPOISE; SUNBEAU; EXTERMINATOR; BILLY BARTON; GALLANT FOX Nine hand-colored color photogravures, 1934, seven signed in pencil, two inscribed with the artist''s name and signed by the artist''s brother, Edward Somerville Voss, numbered out of editions of 260 in ink, published by The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop, New York, with full margins, unframed. Sheets approximately 18 x 22 1/2 inches; 457 x 572 mm. Estate of James W. Smith
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 13, 2019
After Franklin Brooke Voss TALLY-HO Color print; t/w Peter Biegel CUB HUNTING..., color print; & Peter Schuman [RETURN FROM THE HUNT]
Est: $400 - $600
After Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953) TALLY-HO Color offset print, 1943, signed and numbered 42/250 in pencil; Together with Peter Biegel CUB HUNTING IN SEPTEMBER, color offset print, signed in pencil; and Peter Schuman [RETURN FROM THE HUNT], color offset print, signed and numbered 80/200 in pencil, each with full margins, framed. Image of largest 18 x 27 inches; 457 x 686 mm. Estate of James W. Smith
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 29, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss: Man O' War
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Oil on Canvas Portrait of the famed American Thoroughbred Racehorse Man O' War. Signed Lower right F.B. Voss 1922. Cleaned and Restored, canvas tight (wax back stabilization on a vacuum table) No Evidence of inpainting (tested under black light) Surface good, no damage. Fine Craquelure throughout. Work measures 22" x 16" and frame measures 26" x 20". In a hand made frame, with old plaque on lower front. From a Private Connecticut collection. Man O"war was named the Outstanding Horse of the 20th Century, winning 20 of 21 races including the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes among many others.
Nest Egg Auctions
Dec. 15, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Billy Barton
Est: $25 - $25,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Billy Barton hand-colored aquatint, from the series of prints after Voss' original paintings titled Hand-Coloured Prints After Original Paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds, pencil signed and blindstamped at lower left, numbered 60/260 in ink lower right, matted and framed. DOA 21 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Dec. 15, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Discovery
Est: $25 - $25,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Discovery hand-colored aquatint, from the series of prints after Voss' original paintings titled Hand-Coloured Prints After Original Paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds, pencil signed and blindstamped at lower left, numbered 102/260 in ink lower right, matted and framed. DOA 21 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Peacock with Anderson Fowler Up
Est: $20,000 - $25,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) PEACOCK WITH ANDERSON FOWLER UP $20,000. – 25,000. Oil on canvas, 28” x 36” Signed, dated 1939 $20,000. – 25,000. Provenance: Commissioned by Anderson Fowler, 1939; Thence by descent; Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton Illustrated: Peter Winants, The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss, 2005. p. 79 Exhibited: The Voss Family: Artists of American Sporting Life, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, New York, July 2007-January 2008 (Illustrated in catalogue) Anderson Fowler was a lifelong horseman and sporting enthusiast. At Princeton, he is remembered as a character who “played polo, rode in amateur jump races, and played an excellent hand of bridge.” In a 1988 interview in The Blood- Horse, Fowler humbly said, “I’m afraid that I didn’t get much accomplished as a student because I was always involved in hunt meets and other sporting activities.” Despite this statement, he went on to accomplish many things. Fowler rode Peacock, the horse pictured here, to victory in hunt meetings up and down the Eastern seaboard in the 1930s. Fowler purchased Peacock from fellow amateur rider, friend, and future brother-in-law Carroll Bassett in the spring of 1933. Several weeks later Fowler, aboard Peacock, lost by a nose to Bassett and Marion du Pont Scott’s legendary Battleship in the Country Club Race Meet at Brookline, Massachusetts. Peacock quickly put this loss behind him and won several more races that year. His win at Far Hills, near Fowler’s home in New Jersey, was described in the New York Times as “an easy four-length triumph.” Amateur riders such as Fowler and Bassett rode in country hunt meets held on farms instead of racetracks. They formed a tight-knit community that included the Voss family. Foxhunting was often included in a horse’s training, the speed of the chase conditioning horses perfectly to racing over hills and fences. Many horses were hunted during the week and raced, with their owners in the stirrups, at regional hunt meets on weekends. Fowler was a lifelong resident of Gladstone, New Jersey, near Far Hills. He was the master of the Essex Foxhounds, president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Breeders Association, board member and treasurer of Monmouth Park, and a member of The Jockey Club. He served in the Army in World War II, first instructing horsemanship at Fort Riley, Kansas, where one of his pupils was heavyweight-boxing champion Joe Louis. Fowler later saw action in the Pacific, participating in the landing at Leyte with General Douglas MacArthur. Following the war, he served in the New Jersey legislature for eight years as an assemblyman. (Later he would name one of his homebred winners Assemblyman). Fowler once jokingly said, “I ran for practically every office in Somerset County. My only claim to fame in politics was that I never lost an election.” Assemblyman was one of many homebred stakes winners. Others include Baitman, Raritan Valley, and Master Speaker. The homebred Green Alligator impressively won the 1991 California Derby and went on to finish fourth in the 1991 Kentucky Derby. Fowler kept his broodmares at Buckingham Farm in Maryland, which was owned and operated by his daughter Binnie and her husband, Eddie. Anderson Fowler died in 1997.
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Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Jane Fowler Bassett
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) JANE FOWLER BASSETT $15,000. – 20,000. Oil on canvas, 25 1⁄4” x 30” Signed, dated 1943 $15,000. – 20,000. Provenance: The Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton Jane Fowler grew up in Gladstone, New Jersey, graduated from Foxcroft School in Virginia in 1932 and made her debut in New York that winter. In 1934 she married Carroll Bassett, a sculptor, amateur steeplechase jockey, and friend of her brother Anderson. The marriage ended unhappily several years later, but Mrs. Bassett retained her ex-husband’s last name for the rest of her life. Voss painted the Fowler and Bassett families on numerous occasions. A portrait of Anderson Fowler is included in this sale. Anderson, or “Andy” to Jane, purchased the horse he is pictured on from his sister’s future husband. To say that the steeplechasing and foxhunting community of the 1930s was close knit might be an understatement. Later in life Jane Fowler Bassett settled in Monkton, Maryland, and hunted with the Elkridge-Harford Hounds. Voss was a regular with the Elkridge-Harford (his brother Ned was the master) and knew Mrs. Bassett well. He included her in a group painting of the 1943 Thanksgiving meeting of the hounds, quite possibly using this painting as a point of reference for the group portrait. Later Mrs. Bassett commissioned Voss to paint a portrait of the Elkridge-Harford Hounds on scent and running over a coop. This composition, with Mrs. Bassett slightly off-center and details of the landscape and foxhunt in the background, was a standard one for Voss and one he developed early in his career. The background in this portrait is more detailed than many of Voss’ other portraits, perhaps due to his fondness for the Maryland countryside.
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Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Horse Head
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) HORSE HEAD $2,000. – 3,000. Oil on board, 10” x 14” Signed, dated 1950 $2,000. – 3,000. Provenance: The Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton
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Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Chestnuts
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) CHESTNUTS $1,500. – 2,500. Oil on board, 9” x 12” Signed, dated 1932, inscribed Chestnuts $1,500. – 2,500. Provenance: The Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton
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Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Portrait of a Hound
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) PORTRAIT OF A HOUND $5,000. – 7,000. Oil on board, 12” x 16” Signed, dated 1939 $5,000. – 7,000. Provenance: The Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton Exhibited: The Voss Family: Artists of American Sporting Life, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, New York. July 2007-January 2008. (Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue) Voss painted commissioned portraits of foxhounds and other dogs throughout his career. Many of his early commissions were of dogs, and eighty percent of the 1912 entries in his commission book were for paintings of dogs. Voss probably painted this American foxhound for Anderson Fowler in 1939, the same year he painted the portrait of Fowler on Peacock, also in this sale. Fowler was a master of the Essex Foxhounds in New Jersey.
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Nov. 18, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss - Far Hills
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953) FAR HILLS $2,000. – 3,000. Oil on canvas, 10” x 14” Signed, inscribed, dated 1935 $2,000. – 3,000. Provenance: The Estate of Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton The Far Hills Race Meeting traces its origins to the Essex Hunt, a foxhunt founded in Montclair, New Jersey in 1870. In 1913 the organizers of the Essex Hunt incorporated as the Essex Fox Hounds. In the tradition of these clubs, the Essex Fox Hounds established an event to thank the farmers and landowners who allowed them to hunt on their property. The Farmer’s Day Race Meeting, as it became known, included the New Jersey Hunt Cup Steeplechase — a race that remains on the Far Hills Race Meeting card today. Voss, as a mid-Atlantic jump-racing enthusiast, would have attended the races there annually. In 1916, the event moved from the original club site to the Grant B. Schley estate — today known as Moorland Farm, pictured here. Eventually becoming the Far Hills Race Meeting, the races have been run continually — with the exception of a short hiatus during World War II — on the same site. The Far Hills Race Meeting currently offers some of the richest purses in America and is home to one of the best fall tailgating scenes in the country. The 2018 meet marks its 98th anniversary.
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Sep. 06, 2018
FRANK BROOK VOSS (U.S.A., 1880-1953). DR. HELLSWORTH. Oil on canvas. signed and dated. 46 x 59 cm
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
FRANK BROOK VOSS (U.S.A., 1880-1953). DR. HELLSWORTH. Oil on canvas. signed and dated. 46 x 59 cm Estimado $70,000-100,000 FRANK BROOK VOSS (ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, 1880-1953) CABALLO DR. HELLSWORTH Óleo sobre tela. Firmado y fechado: 'F.B. Voss 1911'. Con referencia en el marco: "DR. HELLSWORTH BY DR. SAM OUT OF EASY STRIDE MEADOW BROOK, 1910. / FRANK B. VOSS / CLENBOW FOUNDATION COLLECTION". Detalles de conservación. 46 x 59 cm Frank Brooke Voss fue un pintor neoyorkino. Nació en una de las grandes familias deportistas de Estados Unidos y sus hermanos fueron corredores de caballos desde temprana edad. Estudió durante siete años en la Art Student´s League of New York bajo la tutela de George Bridgman, con énfasis en anatomía. Falleció cayendo de un caballo durante una carrera. Referencias: Página oficial de la Chrisholm Gallery, http://chisholmgallery.com/franklin-brooke-voss
Morton Subastas
Jul. 14, 2018
SET OF 4 VOSS SIGNED FOX HUNTING EQUESTRIAN PRINTS
Est: $300 - $600
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), Set of 4 Signed Voss Equestrian Prints - "Full Cry"; Off to Draw"; "The Meet"; "Stiff Timber"; signed in pencil, plate edge: 11 x 14", paper: 20 x 26", unframed Provenance: The Estate of Fletcher P. Williamson From a family of sportsmen and artists, Voss studied at the Art Student's League in New York, foxhunted and rode races in New York and Maryland, and painted racehorses and hunting horses for his sportsmen friends. Completing more than 500 commissions in a period between 1920 and 1950, Voss died, as he would have liked - out foxhunting with the Elkridge-Hartford Hounds near his Maryland farm.
Vogt Galleries Texas
Jul. 14, 2018
FRANK BROOKE VOSS, "TALLY-HO" LITHOGRAPH
Est: $700 - $1,200
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), "Tally-Ho Foxhunting in America", hand-colored artist's proof, ed. 159/250, pencil signed, plate edge: 13.25 x 18", frame: 24.75 x 27.75" Provenance: The Estate of Fletcher P. Williamson From a family of sportsmen and artists, Voss studied at the Art Student's League in New York, foxhunted and rode races in New York and Maryland, and painted racehorses and hunting horses for his sportsmen friends. Completing more than 500 commissions in a period between 1920 and 1950, Voss died, as he would have liked - out foxhunting with the Elkridge-Hartford Hounds near his Maryland farm.
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Jul. 14, 2018
FRANK BROOKE VOSS, "ELKRIDGE-HARFORD HOUNDS" LITHOGRAPH
Est: $700 - $1,200
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), "Elkridge-Harford Hunt Crossing Atlanta Hall Farm Meadow", hand-colored artist's proof, ed. 35/150, pencil signed, plate edge: 13.75 x 20.75", frame: 24.5 x 30.25" Provenance: The Estate of Fletcher P. Williamson From a family of sportsmen and artists, Voss studied at the Art Student's League in New York, foxhunted and rode races in New York and Maryland, and painted racehorses and hunting horses for his sportsmen friends. Completing more than 500 commissions in a period between 1920 and 1950, Voss died, as he would have liked - out foxhunting with the Elkridge-Hartford Hounds near his Maryland farm.
Vogt Galleries Texas
Jul. 14, 2018
FRANK BROOKE VOSS. "ELKRIDGE-HARFORD HOUNDS" COLORED ARTISTS PROOF
Est: $500 - $700
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953), "Elkridge-Harford Hounds Thanksgiving Day Meet at St. James' Church, My Lady's Manor, Maryland", hand-colored artist's proof, ed. 131/202, pencil signed, plate edge: 13.75 x 20.75", frame: 23.25 x 29.25" Provenance: The Estate of Fletcher P. Williamson
Vogt Galleries Texas
May. 31, 2018
Franklin Brooke Voss (12pcs)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Franklin Brooke Voss (New York, 1880-1953) set of ten: FAMOUS AMERICAN THOROUGHBREDS, plates 1-10 handcolored etchings, framed as set; Published New York: 1934, edition 58/260, each pencil signed lower left, plate H13 1/2" W15 1/4" and frame size H24" W26" together with pair by Voss from the same series: TWENTY GRAND (pl8) 15/260 and TOP FLIGHT (pl10) 26/260, framed size H20" W21 1/2" (12pcs) Provenance: Estate of Richard & Katherine Leach, River Run Farm, Saratoga Springs, New York
Charlton Hall
May. 23, 2018
Mr. Paul Mellon's "Drinmore Lad" After F. B. Voss:
Est: $600 - $900
Signed artist's proof with a lable from the Sporting Gallery & Bookshop, New York
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May. 23, 2018
Franklin Voss lithograph Elkridge-Harford Hunt with an original pencil sketch of a fox
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
The No 34/150, signed in pencil, remarqued with a graphite fox drawning. Titled: Elkridge-Harford Hunt Crossing Atlanta Hall Meadow
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