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C.M. Russell Rides Again
True West
|July 2019
The namesake museum’s annual auction grossed $4.7 million for its educational programs.
On March 23, 2019, the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, held its annual live auction as the capstone to three days of programs, exhibits and other offerings in keeping with its mission and namesake. The sold-out capacity Saturday live auction along with other sales proved highly successful with the gross total for the 2019 events, including buyer’s premiums, reaching $4.7 million.
This story is from the July 2019 edition of True West.
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