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20 Winter Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
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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LiveJul 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
William H. Southard (1874-1940), Seaford, Long Island, NY, c. 1900
A rare, early shorebird decoy, one of a few Southard curlews known to exist. It displays carved eyes, raised wings with incised primary feather definition, and a "McCleery" collection stamp on the underside.
Provenance: Dr. James M. McCleery Collection
Private Collection, FloridaLiterature: John M. Levinson and Somers G. Headley, "Shorebirds," Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 65, exact decoy illustrated.
Sotheby's, "American Waterfowl: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery," January 2000, lot 428, exact decoy illustrated.Original paint with gunning wear, age lines in body, and bill is a professional replacement.Condition
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