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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 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
Pair of Rock Dove
Charles H. Perdew (1874-1963)
Henry, IL c. 1950
13 1/4 in long
Two exceptionally rare carvings by the maker.
Original paint with minimal wear, spread wing bird has minor touch-up to reset bill tip and wing edge.
Provenance: David Galliher Collection
Rafe Lapham and Martha Andrea Collection
Literature: Ann Tandy Lacy, "Perdew: An Illinois River Tradition," Muncie, IN, 1993, p. 240, exact winged decoy illustrated.
Guyette and Schmidt, "North American Decoys at Auction," April 2008, lots 4 and 5, exact decoys illustrated.
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