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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 24, 2016 - Jul 25, 2016
Canvasback Hen
Ferdinand L. Homme (1901-1963)
Stoughton, WI, c. 1940
A fine hollow Homme decoy with a turned high head on a raised neck seat. The carving features extensive detail on the bill, wings, and tail. "MIKE" is painted on the underside.
Original paint with gunning wear.
Literature: Donna Tonelli, "Fish and Fowl Decoys of the Great Lakes," Atglen, PA, 2002, p. 206, similar decoys illustrated.
Guyette and Schmidt, "North American Decoys at Auction, April 24 & 25, 2008," St. Michaels, MD, 2008, p. 105, lot 457, exact bird illustrated.
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