Harold Harrington Betts Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Harold Harrington Betts Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 09, 2024
Harold Harrington Betts, Navajo Traders, ca. 1910
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Harold Harrington Betts (1881 - 1951) Navajo Traders, ca. 1910 oil on canvas signed lower left: H Betts
Santa Fe Art Auction
May. 19, 2024
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,150 - $1,500
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 15, 2024
Harold Harrington Betts American (1881 - 1951) O/C
Est: $400 - $800
Harold Harrington Betts, American (1881 - 1951) Oil on Canvas laid down on Masonite. "Woodland Scene" Signed H. Betts Lower Right. Measures 28-1/2' X 22". Frame Measures 34-1/4' x 27-1/2". Condition: Good used Condition, canvas laid down on masonite lifting at top. Estimate: $400.00 - $800.00 Domestic Shipping: Third Party
Kodner Galleries
Apr. 23, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $600 - $900
Glorietta Pass Sight- 30" x 35" Overall- 35 1/2" x 40 1/2" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Apr. 23, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $600 - $900
San Francisco Peaks Sight- 24" x 30" Overall- 33 1/2" x 44 1/2" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Apr. 23, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $600 - $900
Sight- 32" x 39" Overall- 38" x 44" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Apr. 23, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $600 - $900
Sight- 24" x 30" Overall- 30" x 35" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Feb. 29, 2024
Harold Harrington Betts, Untitled (Landscape with Sheep and Figures)
Est: $200 - $300
Harold Harrington Betts Untitled (Landscape with Sheep and Figures) 1907 pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper sight: 4.875 h x 7.125 w in (12 x 18 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'H. Betts. 07'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 08, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $700 - $1,100
Glorietta Pass Sight- 30" x 35" Overall- 35 1/2" x 40 1/2" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Feb. 08, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
San Francisco Peaks Sight- 24" x 30" Overall- 33 1/2" x 44 1/2" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Feb. 08, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Sight- 32" x 39" Overall- 38" x 44" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Feb. 08, 2024
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1963) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Sight- 24" x 30" Overall- 30" x 35" Third party shipping only for this lot
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Dec. 17, 2023
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,250 - $1,500
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 21, 2023
Harold Harrington Betts Hop Sing Chop House, 1906
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) Hop Sing Chop House, 1906 Oil on board Signed and dated H.H. Betts 1906, lower right Located Flagstaff, Ariz., lower right.
Larsen Art Auction
Sep. 10, 2023
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,250 - $1,500
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 11, 2023
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,300 - $1,600
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 12, 2023
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,350 - $1,700
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 18, 2022
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Sep. 11, 2022
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,450 - $1,900
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 12, 2022
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 25, 2022
Harold Harrington Betts, Untitled (Dune Scene)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Harold Harrington Betts Untitled (Dune Scene) c. 1920 oil on linen 16 h × 20 w in (41 × 51 cm) Signed to lower left 'H. H. Betts'. Provenance: Jane Meyer Fine Art, Elburn, IL | Private Collection, Chicago This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 13, 2022
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 29, 2022
Harold Betts O/C Winter Scene, Hunter and Dogs Illustration
Est: $700 - $900
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) oil on canvas painting, possibly an illustration, depicting a hunter with a rifle over his shoulder, accompanied by three dogs, walking at dusk or dawn along a street into the light of an open barn door. Footprints are visible in the snow beneath the subjects' feet, and faint smoke billows upwards through the door, while light glows from a handful of nearby buildings and from the tips of mountains in the background. Signed "H. H. Betts" lower left. Unframed. A handwritten card en verso with artist information, stating the painting was purchased from art dealer Woody Straub Aug. 7, 1997. 34" H x 39" W.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Dec. 12, 2021
Harold Harrington Betts (IL,MI,1881-1951) oil painting
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
ARTIST: Harold Harrington Betts (Illinois, Michigan, 1881 - 1951) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 71 x 86 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 36 inches / 76 x 91 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119295 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Little is currently known about a group of Florida paintings completed by Harold Harrington Betts after 1896, including a large and colorful harbor scene with sailing ships in the Miami area in the Sam and Robbie Vickers Collection, Jacksonville, Florida, and an elegant topographical view of the architecturally significant Villa Flora, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1896 for $ 15,000.00 in the Moorish Revival style commissioned by a retired Baptist minister named O. A. Weerrolsen.After serving as his winter home for a number of years, the Villa became a popular area hotel in 1906 and later in 1934 it was a restaurant known as the Villa Flora Grill. In 1941 the large and elegant building passed into the stewardship of the Sisters of St. Joseph who continue to use it for administrative purposes, housing and for a chapel for novices to the order. The Villa continues to be a prime example of an exuberant Spanish-Moorish Revival city villa in St. Augustine.The painting of the Villa by Betts approaches the massive stone structure from an interesting and unusual angle that suggests its ancient lineage and its tropical location. The Villa is recorded in the Florida State Archives and the Archives of the Detroit Publishing Company who produced copious photographs of the villa as early as 1902.These two works and other paintings by Betts with a Florida location suggest that Betts likely traveled along the east coast of the State before World War I. Available historical records in Arizona show Betts in the American West after 1908-1909. There Betts painted views of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Taos, New Mexico where he became interested in painting the cultures of the Pueblo communities in the area including the Hopi and Zuni people.Born in New York City in 1881 into a family of accomplished artists, Harold Betts exhibited widely including over fifteen exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and several at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Many of Betts' paintings with titles that suggest and/or contain exact locations are included in the Inventory of the Smithsonian Institution and are available to scholars. Most of Betts' Pueblo masterworks are included in the Santa Fe Railway Collection. Betts continued to paint in the American West, Chicago and in Florida until sometime in the 1930s when information about the artist disappears from newspapers and the historical record. His exact death date is currently unknown.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 06, 2021
Harold Harrington Betts, Untitled (Navajo Riders, Oraibi, Arizona), 1906
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Harold Harrington Betts (1881 - 1951) Untitled (Navajo Riders, Oraibi, Arizona), 1906 oil on canvas on board signed, inscribed and dated lower right: H. H. Betts / Oraibi, Ariz. 1906
Santa Fe Art Auction
Oct. 16, 2021
Harold Harrington Betts Painting, "Fall Landscape"
Est: $300 - $400
Signed Lower Right. Oil on Canvas. The Painting Measures 14" x 19". The Frame Measures 17 3/4" x 22 1/2". Harold Harrington Betts was one of the Four Betts Family Chicago Painters. Third-Party Shipping or Personal Pickup Required.
Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
Oct. 07, 2021
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS, 1881 - 51, OIL ON CANVAS H 25" W 30" LANDSCAPE WITH HORSES
Est: $500 - $800
Signed Original carved wood frame: 32" x 37". Perhaps a hunting lodge in the background with figures and two horses.
DuMouchelles
Jul. 25, 2021
Harold H. Betts (1881-1951) portrait
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Title: "Medicine Man" Arizona measures 36" x 28" oil on canvas " Native American" Provenance: Current 78 year old owner Judy Cuevas (Wife of the Late Ray Cuevas) Mother purchased this painting in High School at an Arizona Trading post in the early 1960's . The painting depicts a familiar HH Betts subject that we have seen him portray in other paintings. A Pueblo Medicine Man.
California Auctioneers
May. 29, 2021
Harold Harrington Betts, Drawing Water at the Pueblo, ca. 1923
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Harold Harrington Betts (1881 - 1951) Drawing Water at the Pueblo, 1923 oil on canvas signed lower right: H Betts
Santa Fe Art Auction
Feb. 26, 2021
Harold Harrington Betts (1881-1951) Gov' of War 26 x 30in framed 32 x 36in.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Harold Harrington Betts (1881-1951) Gov' of War signed '-H.H. Betts-' (lower left) oil on canvas 26 x 30in framed 32 x 36in. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 21, 2020
Harold Harrington Betts (American/Illinois, 1881)
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
Harold Harrington Betts (American/Illinois, 1881-1951) , "Spanish Bayou", oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled lower left, 37 in. x 39 in., framed . Provenance: Neal Auction Company, Oct. 4, 2003, lot 559
Neal Auction Company
Jun. 22, 2019
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (1881-1951) NAVAJO TRADE
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Framed oil painting on canvas, Navajo Trade, signed lower left H. Betts (Harold Harrington Betts, Illinois, Michigan, 1881-1951), relaid on canvas, slight in painting at upper edge of sky, sight: 25.5"h, 35.5"w, overall: 36.5"h, 46.75"w, 34lbs Start Price: $1,500.00
Austin Auction Gallery
Mar. 23, 2019
Harold Harrington Betts, Illinois/ Michigan (1881-1951), Boston Bay Harbor, St. Charles River, oil on canvas, 23 x 35 inches
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Harold Harrington Betts Illinois/ Michigan (1881-1951) Boston Bay Harbor, St. Charles River, oil on canvas, signed lower right, gilt-framed. 23 x 35 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Feb. 01, 2019
Harold Harrington Betts Small Landscape Painting
Est: $400 - $700
10.5 in T x 12.25 W; Frame 13.2 in H x 15 in T x 1 in D.
Hughes Auctions
Oct. 25, 2018
Harold Harrington Betts, (American, 1881-1951), Landscape, oil on canvas, 14" x 19"
Est: $300 - $500
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) Landscape oil on canvas signed lower right 14" x 19"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 24, 2018
H. H. Betts, "Portrait of Lady Spotswood" c. 1900
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) after an unknown artist Portrait of Lady Spotswood - circa 1900 Elizabeth Anne Butler Spotswood Brayne (1686-c.1751), wife of Alexander Spotswood (1675-1740), Lieutenant Governor ofColonial Virginia from 1710-1722. Oil on canvas Inscribed and signed to verso of canvas "Lady Spotswood / (copy) by H.H. Betts / Original by Davies / Lee Gallery" Approx. 72.5" x 52.25" (framed), 64" x 44" (unframed) Provenance:From the Private Collection of Dr. Phillip Golomb, M.D. of Montgomery, Alabama
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jan. 13, 2018
LANDSCAPE BY HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (AMERICAN, 1881-1951).
Est: $400 - $800
LANDSCAPE BY HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (AMERICAN, 1881-1951). Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Desert and pine trees. 24"h. 25.5"w., framed, 27.5"h. 29.5"w.
Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 28, 2017
HAROLD H. BETTS (Illinois/Michigan, 1881-1951) oil
Est: $500 - $700
HAROLD H. BETTS (Illinois/Michigan, 1881-1951) oil on canvas, sunset with trees and river. Signed lower left. Image measures 25" x 35". In a gilt wood frame, 29.5" x 39.5" overall.
O'Gallerie
Nov. 12, 2017
Harold Harrington Betts (1881-1951?) Oil on Canvas
Est: $600 - $1,200
Birch tree fall landscape with creek. Signed lower left. Good condition with some light surface dirt. Unframed. 20" x 30"
District Auction
Sep. 16, 2017
Harold Harrington Betts (IL/MI, 1881-1951), Oraibi, Arizona
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
oil on canvas on board, signed and inscribed at lower right "H. H. Betts / Oraibi, Ariz. 1906," presented in the likely original carved and gilt wood frame. SS 29.25 x 39 in.; DOA 35 x 45 in. From the Estate of Mary Ellen Dryden, Pittsboro, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Jul. 10, 2017
HAROLD H. BETTS OIL ON CANVAS (Illinois/Michigan,
Est: $700 - $900
HAROLD H. BETTS OIL ON CANVAS (Illinois/Michigan, 1881-1951) Sunset with trees and river. Signed lower left. Image measures 25" x 35". In a gilt wood frame, 29.5" x 39.5" overall.
O'Gallerie
Mar. 04, 2017
Harold Harrington Betts, (American, 1881-1951), Boats in a Harbor, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"
Est: $400 - $600
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) Boats in a Harbor oil on canvas signed lower left 20" x 24"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 02, 2016
Harold Harrington Betts | Prospector
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Artist: Harold Harrington Betts | 1881 - 1951 Title: Prospector Signed l/l: HB Media: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 27 by 36 inches
Altermann Galleries
Jul. 30, 2016
Harold Betts (1881-1951 Chicago, IL)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
''Indian Woman Making Yai-Yayi Indian Bread'', initialed and dated lower left: H.B. '09, dated again, titled and inscribed verso: Cochiti Pueblo N.M., oil on canvas, 23'' H x 30'' W, est: $1000/2000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Apr. 16, 2016
Harold Harrington Betts (1881-1951 Chicago, IL)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Coastal with grass-covered hill, signed twice lower left: H. Harrington Betts, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 25'' H x 30'' W, est: $1000/2000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Apr. 12, 2016
HAROLD HARRINGTON BETTS (American, 1881-1951) Half Dome, Yosemite, as seen from Glacier Point 33 1/4 x 38 1/4in
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Harold Harrington Betts (American, 1881-1951) Half Dome, Yosemite, as seen from Glacier Point signed 'H.H. Betts' (lower right) oil on canvas 33 1/4 x 38 1/4in overall: 39 x 43 3/4in FOOTNOTES Literature Joan Irvine Smith, A California Woman's Story, Irvine, 2006, p. 428, illustrated in color.
Bonhams
Jun. 28, 2015
H.H. Betts (1881-1915) oil/canvas Native American
Est: $6,000 - $12,000
Native American handsomely posing in front of Trading Post with his pack mule. measures 40"x28" Originally from the "C.W. Post estate as it was commissioned by them" (Post cereal family,)
California Auctioneers
Mar. 15, 2015
Harold Harrington Betts Oil on Canvas
Est: $100 - $200
Birch tree woodland landscape, signed HH Betts, lower right, unframed. 20" x 30"
District Auction