by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 26, 2026
Collectors and dealers alike descended upon Great Falls for an energetic weekend during Western Art Week, highlighted by a record-breaking sale at the Elk’s Lodge for the 39th Annual March in Montana Auction. The event once again demonstrated the enduring strength of...
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 | 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 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...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 21, 2025
On July 10 and 11, Copley Fine Art Auctions held its 20th-annual Sporting Sale. Consisting of 637 lots, the sale surpassed its $2.6 million high estimate, achieved a 95% sell-through rate, and once again set many new world records. Categories represented in the sale...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Apr 8, 2025
The Poulin Antiques and Auctions’ Spring Premier Firearms and Militaria Auction is right around the corner May 8th-11th. This sale features collections from across the globe including the private collection of Lewis Drake which includes extraordinary sporting arms...
by Chris Dorsey | Mar 18, 2025
That a country kid from Mississippi could build a game call company into a household brand among America’s 15 million hunters is a classic American success story. That he would use his fortune from the sale of the company to, among other things, order a custom...
