The top lot of the sale was the Mackey–Muller Swan by Charles Birch (1867–1956), which set a new world record for the maker landing at $210,000. This was the second-highest price for any swan decoy…
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Copley’s Winter Sale 2020
The sale will offer the opportunity to see and take home world-class paintings and bird carvings. The Copley’s Winter Sale 2020 live auction will begin at 10am on Saturday, February 15 2019.
Copley Fine Art Auctions Sporting Sale & Auction 2019 Preview
On Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25, 2019, Copley Fine Art Auctions, the nation’s premier decoy and sporting art auction house, will host their Sporting Sale 2019.
Featured Decoys From Museum Of American Bird Art Exhibit On Display
Don’t miss this opportunity to view some of the best known Gardner Dexter decoys, including the famed dowitcher pair from the collection of Jane and Ron Gard, formerly of the James McCleery Collection
Seeking Consignments for our Spring 2019 Firearms, Militaria & Sporting Auction
Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers is seeking consignments and offering 0% commission on any lot consigned to the April 13th, 2019 Firearms, Militaria & Sporting Auction.
Guyette & Deeter’s November 2018 Decoy Auction Highlights
The sale grossed $1.6 million, with the top lot of the sale being an important pair of canvasbacks by James Holly that sold over estimate at $153,400. 34 other lots sold for over $10,000.
Mojo Elite Series Duck Decoys Now Shipping To Dealers
The entirely new patent pending design was created with all working components attached directly to the support pole by a special structural housing.
33rd Annual Spring Decoy Auction Grosses $2.2 Million – This Sale Was No Sleeper
In conjunction with the National Antique Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show. The auction grossed $2.2 million, with 31 lots selling for over $10,000 and four lots selling for over $100,000..
Crowell and Pleissner Top Copley’s $1.8 Million Winter Sale 2018
All eight cover lots sold. Thirty-nine items sold for five-figure prices, evenly dispersed between decoys and paintings. There was robust and active bidding from all platforms.
Dirt Nap Time For Geese with Avian X Decoys
Many would talk of corn stubble, sweatshirt weather and flocks of big, gray-bellied honkers back peddling into a spread of several dozen full-body decoys.
Pennsylvania Approves Use of MOJO Electronic Duck Decoys
Preliminary measures were taken in Pa. to legalize the use of electronic hunting devices like MOJO spinning wing decoys for the 2017-18 hunting season.
AVIAN-X: New Late Season Topflight Decoys
New Avian-X Topflight Late Season Mallards keep shotgun barrels hot when the conditions turn cold.
Copley’s 2017 $4.7 Million Sporting Sale – Auction House Packed
Copley’s Sporting Sale 2017 took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A packed house enthusiastically competed for over 500 lots, leading to total sales of $4.7 million…
Iconic Americana, Paintings, and Sporting Art at Auction : August 2 – August 4, 2017
Rare hand carved decoys, sporting art, firearms, weapons and militaria will be made available in an upcoming auction by Eldred on Aug 2 2017, as part of a three day live auction.
Copley Fine Art Auctions’ Record-Setting $4.7 Million 2017 Sporting Sale
Featuring the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys, Sessions I and II set numerous world records, signaling the decoy market is back to full strength.
New From Avian-X the X-Stand Helps Waterfowl Hunters Reset Decoys
New X-Stand from Avian-X helps waterfowl field hunters set and pickup decoy spreads faster than ever.
Delta McKenzie Release Easy to Assemble, Tough to Destroy 3-D Deer Targets
Delta McKenzie, known for archery targets, introduces patent-pending 3D deer target ideal for hunting season practice—the Big Daddy Buck.
Rinehart Expands The Innovative Doloma Deer Decoy Line
For Rinehart Targets, the launch of the entire motion-focused, innovative Doloma Deer Decoy line was a great success in 2016.
Guyette & Deeter February Bird Decoy Auction Highlights
Guyette & Deeter held its fifth annual decoy auction in partnership with the Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, South Carolina on February 18, 2017.
Rinehart Doloma Decoys Now Available for Spot-and-Stalk Hunting
Rinehart Targets announces a new addition to their Doloma Decoy product line. Spot & Stalk Antelope Decoy is the answer for mobile “speed goat” hunters.
Get in Close with the Spot & Stalk Turkey Decoy from Rinehart Targets
Rinehart Targets continues to diversify with the Spot & Stalk Turkey Decoy. A product built for an extremely action-packed method of hunting.
Southern Decoys To Be Featured In February Guyette & Deeter Auction
On February 18 2016, Guyette and Deeter, Inc. will hold their fifth consecutive decoy and sporting art auction in partnership with the Southeastern Wildlife Expo, in Charleston, South Carolina.
New Avian-X Speck Full-Body Goose Decoys Are A Game Changer
The lead birds maple leaf and drop nearly to the ground, then ride just a few feet over the stubble as the birds in tow lock their wings.
New Hunter-Friendly Flextone Thunder Series Turkey Decoys
Wild turkeys have some of the best eyes in the woods. It’s estimated that turkeys see about three times better than a human with perfect 20/20 vision.
Guyette & Deeter, 2016 in Review
Our February auction at the Southeastern Wildlife Expo will be held at the Charleston, South Carolina Marriott on February 18, 2017.
New Motion Turkey Decoy Stake from Montana Decoy
A new twist on giving your turkey decoys key movement, the Montana Motion Stake from Montana Decoy is lightweight, simple and easy to use.
New Fanatic XL from Montana Decoy
Not just another reaping decoy, the Fanatic XL is built larger to provide more cover and allow the hunter to get away with more movement when chasing gobblers with a gun or bow.
Guyette & Deeter’s 31st Annual Fall Decoy & Sporting Art Auction Nov 10th
Guyette & Deeter’s next auction will feature over 400 decoys and related shooting sports items to be sold with prices ranging from $400 – $200,000.
Avian-X’s NEW Topflight Canvasback/Redhead Sleepers Make Diabolical Diver Decoys
Avian-X’s NEW Topflight Canvasback/Redhead Sleeper Pack provides a duck-dropping one-two punch of realism to any big-water decoy spread.
Wildlife Painter Spotlight – Grant Hacking
While Grant Hacking is originally from South Africa and most known for his gorgeous paintings of African wildlife and landscapes, he said, “I love to paint birds.”