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SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Premier Auction
LOCATION:325 W Potter Dr.\, Anchorage\, AK 99518 \, US
DESCRIPTION:Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals is pleased to present t
 he Fall 2026 Premier Auction! Bringing together 350 lots of 
 Alaskan art\, Alaska Native carvings and artifacts\, natural g
 old\, fine jewelry\, historical objects\, and international ant
 iques\, this Premier offering rewards a closer look. Behind m
 any of its most compelling pieces are personal histories: an
  early portrait of the hunter who helped shape Fred Machetan
 z’s experience of Alaska\, a gold pocket watch passed down 
 through the family of an SS Princess Sophia victim\, and a co
 llection of Dale DeArmond prints with direct ties to the per
 sonal collection of her longtime friend and fellow artist\, R
 ie Muñoz. The range is equally memorable. A substantial nat
 ural Alaskan gold nugget joins an elaborate Denise Wallace t
 ransformation mask\, a complete suite of DeArmond’s Nondalt
 on Legends\, territorial-era paintings\, remarkable Arctic car
 vings\, and objects spanning centuries of northern life. Beyo
 nd Alaska\, collectors will find Meiji Japanese metalwork and
  ceramics\, Chinese export silver\, European sculpture\, Salvad
 or Dalí engravings\, and high-end tube audio equipment. This
  LIVE-ONLINE simulcast sale differs from our typical online 
 auctions. Pre-bidding will remain available until the live s
 ale begins. At the scheduled start time\, we will go LIVE thr
 ough a video and audio broadcast\, offering lots individually
  and accepting competing bids in real time through our aucti
 on platform and participating third-party auction platforms.
  If you cannot join the live broadcast\, PLEASE leave your ma
 ximum bids in advance so you do not miss the opportunity to 
 compete for your favorites. Highlights of this auction inclu
 de: An important 1946 Fred Machetanz oil painting\, Accibuck.
  Painted during the artist’s postwar return to Alaska\, thi
 s portrait depicts a friend\, hunter\, and storyteller from hi
 s earliest years in Unalakleet. Believed to be the original 
 color oil study for Accibuk the Seal Hunter\, the first of hi
 s fifty stone lithographs\, it offers a compelling connection
  to the beginnings of one of his most enduring bodies of wor
 k. Denise Wallace’s elaborate 1987 Man’s Mask. Signed\, d
 ated\, and marked “#1\,” this remarkable early work combin
 es hammered copper\, carved wood\, scrimshaw\, and miniature tu
 sk carvings. Its hinged outer face opens to reveal a finely 
 carved wolf within. Acquired directly from the artist and su
 bsequently passed down through the original owning family\, i
 t presents an exceptionally unusual opportunity to collect W
 allace’s work in a substantial sculptural format. A 6.12-t
 roy-ounce natural Alaskan gold nugget\, weighing approximatel
 y 190.35 grams. Its substantial mass\, deeply textured surfac
 e\, and rugged three-dimensional form make it a commanding sp
 ecimen of Interior Alaska placer gold. The complete twelve-p
 art Nondalton Legends series by Dale DeArmond\, represented b
 y signed artist’s proofs and offered in twelve consecutive
  lots. Based on Dena’ina oral narratives\, the series comes
  from a distinguished private collection whose supplied hist
 ory identifies the set as having come directly from Rie Muñ
 oz’s personal collection. An extensive additional selectio
 n of Dale DeArmond and Rie Muñoz works\, including early woo
 dcuts\, artist’s proofs\, and several DeArmond prints accomp
 anied by their original carved printing blocks. The group in
 cludes Speak\, Brother Raven\, Taku\, Skunk Cabbage\, and the aw
 ard-winning Spring Comes to Gambell Village. John Fraser Pug
 h’s 18-karat gold IWC Stuyvesant pocket watch. The U.S. Co
 llector of Customs for the District of Alaska lost his life 
 in the 1918 sinking of the SS Princess Sophia. Offered by hi
 s direct descendants\, the engraved watch preserves a deeply 
 personal connection to one of the North’s most consequenti
 al maritime tragedies. An original James Kivetoruk Moses dra
 wing of a hunter amid broken Arctic sea ice\, executed in pen
 cil\, ink\, and watercolor. The compact panoramic composition 
 combines vivid color with closely observed hunting equipment
 \, shifting water\, and the isolation of its central figure. O
 riginal paintings and drawings by notable Alaskan artists\, i
 ncluding Byron Birdsall\, Norman Lowell\, Scott McDaniel\, Jon 
 Van Zyle\, Joan Arend Kickbush\, Ernest Robertson\, George Ahgu
 puk\, and Florence Nupok Malewotkuk. Subjects range from hist
 oric towns and mountain landscapes to hunting\, village life\,
  and Arctic wildlife. A 21.6-kilogram Alaskan gold-in-quartz
  specimen from Petersville\, displaying more than twenty visi
 ble occurrences of native gold and an open pocket of quartz 
 crystals. Presented on a natural moose-antler base\, this sub
 stantial specimen combines Alaska mining history with striki
 ng geological character. Fine jewelry led by an approximatel
 y 179-carat Australian opal pendant on a substantial 14-kara
 t gold chain\, a 10 CTW graduated diamond rivière necklace\, 
 a diamond platinum bracelet\, natural Alaskan gold nugget jew
 elry\, and a Rolex Datejust reference 16013. An engaging grou
 p of Denise Wallace jewelry\, including a “Killer Whale / W
 olf Transformation” bracelet\, figural rings\, and scrimshaw
  earrings\, together with Northwest Coast jewelry by Jenny Ly
 nn Smith and other artists. Alaska Native and Northwest Coas
 t masks\, carvings\, and ceremonial forms\, including works by 
 Art Thompson\, John Hoover\, Casper Mather\, Lola Ferguson\, Pet
 er L. Smith\, and others. Highlights include Thompson’s pai
 nted cedar wolf mask and eagle rattle\, Hoover’s carved ced
 ar triptych\, and a cedar seal-form ceremonial helmet believe
 d to be Haida. An extensive collection of Arctic artifacts a
 nd historic objects\, including Old Bering Sea\, Punuk\, and Th
 ule-period material\; engraved harpoon heads\; hunting impleme
 nts\; carved figures\; sewing tools\; sled components\; wooden v
 essels\; and objects associated with daily life around the Be
 ring Sea. Scrimshaw and walrus tusk carvings by well-known n
 orthern artists\, including Paul Tiulana\, Paul Nattanguk\, Fra
 nk Ellanna\, Moses Soonagurook\, Teddy Mayac\, and others. The 
 selection includes large cribbage boards\, wildlife dioramas\,
  engraved tusks\, and a group of three fox-form parasol handl
 es associated with the early twentieth-century Nome market. 
 Alaska Native basketry\, including substantial baleen baskets
  by Eunice Hank\, Harry Hank\, Carl E. Hank\, and other makers\,
  alongside finely worked Aleut and Yup’ik grass baskets an
 d miniature examples. Early Alaska historical material\, incl
 uding approximately 240 glass lantern slides with a recorded
  Hudson Stuck collection association\, a 1909 letter by Bartl
 ett L. Thane\, historic maps\, and a signed deluxe volume of H
 enry M. Stanley’s In Darkest Africa. Seventeen lots of Ame
 rican Gold Buffalo and Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins\, offer
 ed as individual coins and pairs\, together with American Sil
 ver Eagles\, Morgan dollars\, silver bars\, and an Engelhard pl
 atinum bar. International fine art and antiques\, including a
 n Old Master painting on copper from the circle of Jacob Jor
 daens\, Salvador Dalí’s eleven-engraving Our Historical He
 ritage suite\, an Italian Grand Tour marble relief\, and sculp
 ture by John Henry Waddell and Louis Sosson. A substantial s
 election of Asian decorative arts\, including Meiji Japanese 
 cloisonné\, mixed-metal vases\, Imari and Kutani porcelain\, n
 etsuke\, Chinese export silver\, a silver-gilt filigree and en
 amel tea caddy\, and a monumental blanc de Chine Guanyin. Hig
 h-end tube audio equipment\, including VTL\, Paoli\, and Joule 
 Electra components\, offered together in a consecutive group 
 for collectors and listening enthusiasts. Natural history an
 d mineral specimens\, including a complete juvenile woolly ma
 mmoth tusk from Pleistocene Alaska\, two substantial grape ag
 ate specimens\, a Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite fragment\, and a
  313-gram Sericho pallasite slice rich in olivine crystals. 
 Big-game taxidermy\, including a full-body Alaskan bull musko
 x\, a Dall sheep shoulder mount\, a brown bear wall mount\, and
  black bear and grizzly bear rugs. And much more! Everything
  opens at only $5! Whether you collect Alaskan art\, seek a p
 articular piece of history\, or simply enjoy discovering some
 thing extraordinary\, we invite you to explore the full catal
 og and join us on October 11. AUCTION CLOSING: This auction 
 will GO LIVE for online bidding in real time on Sunday\, Octo
 ber 11\, 2026\, at 9:30 a.m. AKDT (1:30 p.m. EDT). Lots will b
 e offered individually during the live broadcast. Please reg
 ister and place advance bids early\, particularly if you will
  be unable to participate during the sale.
URL:https://www.alaskapremierauctions.com/auctions/detail/bw1657
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