by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 4, 2026
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC (copleyart.com), the nation’s premier decoy and sporting art auction house known for its accurate descriptions and verified results, realized $5.9 million in their recent Winter Sale. It marked the highest total for any auction in the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 2, 2026
All of us have special memories from our days of hunting and fishing, which we have no doubt shared around campfires or inside sporting lodges. Now, in our new Memories feature, we would like to share your fondest hunting and fishing experiences with all of our...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 23, 2026
Soon after the National Wild Turkey Federation was founded in 1973, the organization began publishing its house magazine, Turkey Call. The publication’s first editor, Gene Smith, was a veteran in the field who had cut his editing teeth working for Florida’s state...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 3, 2026
Renowned hunting and fishing writer and editor Skip Knowles has been named Editor-in-Chief at Sporting Classics Magazine. “I tried to hire Skip a few years back,” says publisher Duncan Grant. “He seemed perfect for this position at Sporting Classics. He’d been at the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 29, 2026
Henry Bishop was a good friend of legendary decoy collector Dr. Peter J. Muller Jr., and there is substantial overlap between their collections. Both from Atlanta, the Muller and Bishop Collections are known for their near-mint birds by top makers, including Elmer...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 12, 2026
An expertly-vetted selection of rare and historical guns, armor and military artifacts drew brisk bidding at Morphy’s final Firearms & Militaria auction of 2025, which totaled more than $7 million. The 1,343-lot sale held at Morphy’s flagship gallery in...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 12, 2026
Copley Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With An All-Star Lineup at the Winter Sale 2026 As Copley Fine Art Auctions celebrates its 20th year in business in 2026, the firm will host its annual Winter Sale on February 20 and 21. Consisting of approximately 640 lots, this...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 12, 2026
Click Here to View All Geoffrey Boothroyd, Boothroyd on British Shotguns. Amity, OR: Sand Lake Press, 1993. [viii], 222,[32—reprint of 1914 Webley & Scott catalog], [xv—index] pages. Hardbound in dust jacket. Illustrated, index. Copy #2 of a printing of 1500...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 8, 2026
Almost every hunter of Social Security age as well as those of a more recent vintage has been influenced by the writings of Jack O’Connor. For that matter, many readers have likely pondered what it would be like to be Bradford O’Connor sharing their father’s...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 29, 2025
Seven hundred years after the explorer’s passing, a tribute one-off shotgun will be up for auction live and online January 24th during the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Sheep Show® Convention in Reno. Click Here to Register, Watch Live & Bid Seven centuries ago, a...
