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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
An exemplary running yellowlegs, this decoy displays painted tack eyes and superb paint.
Provenance: Ralph Lasbury Collection
Andi and David Fischer Collection
Private Collection, Florida
Literature: Guyette and Schmidt, Inc., "North American Decoys at Auction," St. Michaels, MD, July 29-30, 2004, lot 174, exact decoy illustrated.
Adele Earnest, "The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings," New York, NY, 1965, pp. 170 and 171, plates 145 and 147, similar decoy illustrated.
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