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THBPair of Pintails
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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 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
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- Lot Description
Pair of Pintails
Richard "Fresh Air Dick" Janson (1872-1951)
Sonoma, CA, 1930
17 1/2 in. longA matched pair of classic West Coast decoys with glass eyes and their original rigging. Carved from West Coast redwood, with bill detail, and layered primary feathers. The drake's head is slightly turned.
Janson decoys are the gold standard for Pacific Coast decoys. These birds are from the "Barrel Birds" rig found on the north coast of California in the early 1990's.
Near mint condition, black smudge on neck of drake.
Provenance: "Barrel Birds" Rig
Private Collection, New York
Literature: Michael R. Miller and Frederick W. Hanson, "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast," Davis, CA, 1986, cover and pp. 142-152 similar birds illustratedCondition
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