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THBBluebill Decoy, Capt. George W. Combs Sr. (1911-1992)
Lot 355
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
65 Sharp Street
Hingham, MA 02043
United States
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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- Lot Description
Capt. George W. Combs Sr. (1911-1992)
Freeport, Long Island, NY, 1938
13 in. long
This balsa-bodied bluebill drake is out of the maker's personal gunning rig and has his "G. W. Combs" marking incised on the underside. This decoy took home, and retains, a ribbon from the 1948 National Sportsmen's Show in New York. This "famous decoy contest in 1948,” writes Quintina Colio, “was held in the Grand Central Palace, New York City, sponsored by Schaefer Brewing Company and the winner was the Ward Brothers, from Crisfield, Maryland. Renowned judges included Wm J. Mackey, Jr., Lynn Bogue Hunt and Dr. Edgar Burke.” This bird retains its two "16" competition tags. A rigmate was gifted to the Shelburne Museum in Vermont.
Original paint with light gunning wear and rubs to tail.
Provenance: Capt. George W. Combs Sr. Rig
Private Collection, by descent from the above
Literature: Quintina Colio, "American Decoys," Ephrata, PA, 1972, front pages.
Russell A. Fink, “Catalog of American Bird Decoys," Lorton, VA, 1976, lot 141, rigmate illustrated.Please email condition report requests to colin@copleyart.com. Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.Condition
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