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THBHollow Golden Plover
About Seller
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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About Auction
LiveJul 24, 2016 - Jul 25, 2016
Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
Hollow Golden Plover
Massachusetts, c. 1880
11 in. long
The exquisite paint on this decoy, from the intricate ticking on the face to the vermiculation on the back and banding on tail, is among the finest seen on any Massachusetts shorebird carving. It carefully represents spring plumage. The body features feather-light hollow construction. The paint has an excellent dry surface.
Decoys by this maker have at times been attributed to Tom Wilson, with two examples recently approaching and surpassing the $100,000 mark at auction.
This decoy is one of the premier Massachusetts shorebirds in existence.
Excellent original paint with even gunning wear, minimal roughness to very tip of original bill and wing tips, faint age line on underside, and flattening around stick hole for resting.
Provenence: Private Collection
Literature: Robert Shaw, "Bird Decoys of North America," New York, NY, 2010, p. 79, related example illustrated. - Shipping Info
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