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Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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Jul 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Two rare decoys from South Oyster Bay, Long Island, one swimming and the other preening. The decoys display glass eyes, carved bill detail, and the swimmer has raised heart-shaped wings. A turned-head goose by the same maker is illustrated in the book "American Vernacular" by Maresca and Ricco.
Provenance: Private Collection
Literature: Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, "American Vernacular," Boston, MA, 2002, p. 44, related decoy illustrated.
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