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Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...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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