Copley Fine Art Auctions will host its live-streamed Sporting Sale July 9-10. Here are just a few noteworthy waterfowl art pieces up for auction.
Waterfowlers and art collectors, mark your calendars! This July, Copley Fine Art Auctions’ Sporting Sale will feature a wide array of sporting art, including antique decoys, captivating oil paintings and other forms of waterfowl art that embody the spirit of the wild. Here is a preview of just some of the waterfowl art up for auction next month.
Schedule of Events
Friday, July 9
10:00 a.m. Auction begins with The Johnson Collection of American Bird Decoys, lots 1–67, followed by lots 68–246
Saturday, July 10
10:00 a.m. Auction begins, lots 247–507
The Sporting Sale 2021 Preview: Waterfowl Art
The McCleery King Merganser by Joe King (1835–1913), c. 1880, est. $25/35,000.
Wood Duck Pair by Charles “Shang” Wheeler (1872–1949), c. 1940, est. $20/30,000.
Inlaid Table and Flying Canvasback Pair by John Glenn (1876–1954), c. 1910, est. $20/30,000.
Maynard Reece (1920–2020), Texas Bound, oil on canvas, 24 by 34 1/4 in., est. $6/7,000.
Rare Mallard “Call Duck” by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), 1939, est. $20/30,000.
Exceptional Flying Black Duck by Chauncey Wheeler (1888–1945), c. 1925, est. $10/15,000.
Frank W. Benson (1862–1951), The Gunner, etching, 10 by 8 in., est. $10/15,000.
High-Head Canvasback Drake by Joseph Sieger (1871–1959), c. 1900, est. $20/30,000.
Exceptional Swimming Red-Breasted Merganser Hen by A. Elmer Crowell (1862–1952), c. 1915, est. $25/35,000.
The Will-Hunter Blair Black Duck Pair by John Blair Sr. (1842–1928), c. 1870, est. $20/30,000.
David A. Maass (b. 1929), Redheads, oil on board, 24 by 36 in., est. $6/9,000.
Richard E. Bishop (1887–1957), Spread Formation, oil on canvas, 24 by 27 1/4 in., est. $5/8,000.
Flying Pintail Drake by Ira D. Hudson (1873–1949), c. 1930, est. $10/20,000.
Frank W. Benson (1862–1951), Old Tom, etching, 14 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.
Wings of Wonder: The Remarkable Story of the Cobb Family and the Priceless Decoys They Created on Their Island Paradise.
Featuring more than 200 decoys and hundreds of historical photos, maps and documents Lloyd Newberry traces the fascinating story of the Cobb Family through three generations. It’s a chronicle that historians and folk-art collectors will find both educational and enjoyable. For their use in hunting, they crafted their own wooden decoys. Though natural and man-made disasters brought an end to their island paradise, these wonderful and highly coveted replicas of the many species they hunted cemented their fame among historians and folk art collectors for centuries to come. Shop Now
