Charles Church

The 12th annual Sporting Art Collection, presented by Keeneland in partnership with the Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington, will take place Friday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. ET in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. A total of 203 lots will be offered showcasing a wide range of fine Sporting art and American painting as well as sculptures by masters of their genre. Among the offering are works by Sir Alfred J. Munnings, the official 2024 Breeders' Cup program-cover artwork by Charles Church, a group of quality LeRoy Neimans, New Western paintings...

The Sporting Art Auction, a collaboration between Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington and Keeneland, celebrated its 11th edition with gross sales of $2,826,671, headlined by the sale of LeRoy Neiman's iconic Secretariat, a signed oil on board dated '73, for $146,875. Held last week in Keeneland's Sales Pavilion, the globally prominent auction attracted 112 buyers from four countries who participated in person and remotely. Eighty-eight percent of the 213 works representing fine Sporting Art, American paintings and sculpture by renowned artists were sold. "We were blown away by the interest...