SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Returning to its annual late August spot on the auction calendar, Scottsdale Art Auction offered about 425 lots on August 23; the sale was 97 percent sold by lot and totaled $2,552,648. Achieving $117,000, including buyer’s premium, to earn pride of place was “Song of the Blue Aspens” by Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), a 29-by-24-inch oil on canvas composition that came to auction from a private collection in Montana. More highlights, including new world auction records, will be discussed in a forthcoming issue.