19th Annual
Old West
Show & Auction
Cody, Wyoming
June 26-28, 2008
Information Subject To Change
AUCTION AND SHOW SCHEDULE JUNE 2008
Click here for Location and maps
Click here for Show Application - Coming Soon!
Auction Preview:
Wednesday, June 25 - 10am-5pm
Thursday, June 26 - 8am-9:45am
Auction:
Thursday, June 26 – 10am
Show/Special Early Admission for Special Guests:
Thursday, June 26 – 6pm
$50
Show/General Admission:
Friday, June 27 – 10am-5pm
Saturday, June 28 – 9am-5pm
$5 daily
Cowboy Up! for an evening at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center!:
Brian Lebel’s Cody Old West Show & Auction and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
invite you to join us for an evening of cowboy cuisine, entertainment, silent auction, and libations— for the benefit of the Paul Dyck Collection acquisition fund.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
6:00–8:00 p.m.
$35.00 - Reservations required - RSVP by June 18, 2008
Andrea Brew - 307.578.4098 - andreab@bbhc.org
www.bbhc.org
Click Here to download listing of items available at the BBHC silent auction.
If anyone is interested in donating, contact the Special Events Office Andrea Brew or Jill Gleich at (307) 578-4098.
Save These Dates
2009
Cody Old West Auction: June 25
Cody Old West Show: June 26-27
Cowboy Collectibles & Antiques
Scouting Cowboy Country
Hilary Heminway Round's Up Western Finds in Cody, Wyoming
by Alex Heminway
reprinted from Architectural Digest June 2002
Established in the 1890's by the intrepid "Buffalo Bill," Cody, Wyoming, like its founding father, is an American original. The perfect portrait of a Rocky Mountain town, Cody outcrops at the edge of Yellowstone National Park on the arid plains of northwest Wyoming. The town's storied history boasts prospectors and cowboys, outlaws and cattle kings. "To understand Cody," says designer Hilary Heminway, "one must recognize the allure of the American West." Streets and hat brims are wide, boots de rigueur. Cattlemen ranch against odds and old enemies: time and weather. Hospitality is as certain as snow in September....
... Brian Lebel is an exacting collector. "He always has wonderful, surprising items," notes Heminway. "He specializes in the rare and singular." At Old West Antiques & Cowboy Collectibles, a second-story showroom above Sheridan Avenue, Lebel displays offerings that include a 17th-century conquistador's spur, Jesse James's own Smith & Wesson Model 3 "Russian" revolver (with a bill of sale from his mother, Zerelda Samuels) and Navajo rugs. A formal seating arrangement from Buffalo Bill's Cody house is showcased in the shop along with nickel-inlaid bone-handle chuck wagon cutlery. Lebel also carries vintage spurs, cowboy hats and boots, as well as angora chaps, or "woollies," beaded Sioux moccasins and a rack of antique saddles...
...Walking back along Cody's main street, Hilary Heminway reflects on her love of western design: "The best western furniture is both functional and comfortable. Western style is not high heels and divans; it's boots and sturdy, comfortable chairs. Despite movie theaters and neon," she continues, "Cody still exudes a feeling of the frontier. This town can be rough-and-tumble, but it's the heart and soul of both the old and the new West."
