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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 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, NH, c. 1925
The head is slightly turned and uplifted with carved cheeks and a pronounced crest.
Literature: Joe Engers, ed., "The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys," San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 67, related examples illustrated.
Jim Cullen, "Finely Carved and Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Seabrook, NH, 1873-1941," Rye, NH, 2009, p. 34-37, related examples illustrated.
In excellent original paint with a tight age line along the back that has been touched-up and approximately two-thirds of bill is replaced.
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