From Cole, three pages, November 15, 1927, he purchased "Father de Smedt" last spring for $30,000, it was agreed that Nancy C. Russell would accept in part payment the following pictures in oil: "Fleet Savoy" $750, "Tanning Hides" or "The Robe Flesher" $750; and watercolor: "The Buffalo Herd" $2000, "Prairie Pirates" $1500, "Crow Indians in Winter" $1500; sold "Bruin not Bunny Turned the Leaders" for $12,500 with credit of $2200 for watercolors "Wet Horses" $1200, and "Texas Trail Boss" $1000.
Cole, Philip. From Philip G. Cole to Nancy C. Russell. TU2009.39.2287.1-6. Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman). November 15, 1927. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/tu20093922871-6 (08/17/2016).
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