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 John Seerey-Lester | Jan 9, 2026
Theodore Roosevelt’s historic safari through British East Africa was more than a year in the planning and took nearly a year to complete. It became the most significant expedition ever taken on the Dark Continent. TR’s safari collected more specimens and identified...
by John Seerey-Lester | Dec 5, 2025
The rains were gone but the rivers were still swollen. He looked on in amazement as the men calmly walked into the river, each man carrying a big elephant tusk across his shoulder. As they neared the middle of the river, they continued to walk until one by one they...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 14, 2025
For over 25 years, the John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery was a cornerstone of Charleston’s vibrant art scene. When the gallery closed in 2021, much of Doyle’s celebrated work was removed from the public market. In 2025, Carroll Neville, owner of Southern Exposure in...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 9, 2025
Copley is pleased to announce a landmark collaboration with the Waterfowl Festival and the Academy Art Museum. On November 13-16, Copley Fine Art Auctions, the nation’s premier decoy and Sporting Art auction house, will present “Copley at the Academy” during the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 29, 2025
The 19th Annual Jackson Hole Art Auction (JHAA) was held live at the Center for the Arts on September 13th in Jackson, WY. A staggering 97% percent of the 432 lots were sold, realizing $13.5 million in sales. The sale set a new benchmark, realizing the highest sale...
by Tom Davis | Sep 28, 2025
Only four years apart in their native Germany, Wilhelm Kuhnert and Carl Rungius would go on to become preeminent painters of the world’s big game. For a short time in the late-1880s their trails crossed, the two young bulls setting out to make their ways in the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 22, 2025
After two days of competition, James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, emerged as the winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of three buffleheads. The announcement was made at an in-person event and via livestream at Patuxent Research...
by Scott Bestul | Sep 3, 2025
In Marc Hanson’s personal hierarchy it will always be fine painting, not subject matter, that takes precedence. There’s a painting in Marc Hanson’s studio that fans of his art will probably never see. It’s a simple piece, really — a winter...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 30, 2025
The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction once again affirmed its leadership in the Western art market, realizing over $22 million in sales with 96% of lots sold while setting multiple world records at its July 26, 2025, auction. Leading the sale were works by Maynard Dixon,...
