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THBRomer Grey with the Virgin Seas Wahoo
Lot 128
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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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Romer Grey with the Virgin Seas Wahoo
photograph, 30 1/4 by 17 1/2 in.
"'Wahoo!' I yelled, amazed. 'Sure as you're born. It's a wahoo, Romer, and a whopper!'" - Zane Grey in "Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas."
In 1925, Zane Grey and his crew sailed 300 miles west of Panama to the tiny and remote Cocos Island. They were aboard Grey's newly acquired 190-foot sailboat, "Fisherman," which he outfitted specifically for fishing expeditions such as this. This trip is described and photographed in great detail in Grey's book, "Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas." In this book, Grey tells of Romer catching a massive 50-pound wahoo, the first wahoo that Grey had ever seen in the Pacific Ocean. The photo in this lot shows Romer straining to lift the wahoo described in the book. Grey even placed this very photo in the book alongside another shot of Romer's launch approaching the boat, "Fisherman," with the fish. Grey clearly cherished this memory, keeping the large photo in his Altadena home.
Provenance: Zane Grey Altadena Estate
Brock-Tinglum Collection
Ronald J. Gard Collection
Literature: Zane Grey, "Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas," Harper & Brothers, New York, NY 1925, Illustration 5, exact photo illustrated.
Lang's Sporting Collectables, Inc., "Fall Two Session Auction." November 2-3, 2007, lot 744, exact photo illustrated.
Condition: Good with some discoloration and wear. Horizontal scratch lower right.Please email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com.Condition
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