Sales surpassed the $3,000,000.00 mark & this event set 28 new world auction records for Makers, & realized a sell-through rate of 98.9 percent.
Record Auction Realizes $3 Million+ Dollars In Sales Of Rare Decoys & Sporting Art
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Copley’s $3.4 Million Winter 2020 Sale Is One For The Record Books
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…
Decoy Collectors Flock To Portsmouth For Annual Guyette & Deeter Auction
The Annual Guyette And Deeter Summer auction grossed just under $2.5 million, with 53 lots selling for over $10,000 and 3 lots selling for over $100,000.
Historic A.B. Frost Paintings on Offer in Copley’s Sporting Sale 2019
Four exceptional works by Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928) highlight Copley’s Sporting Sale 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
Guyette & Deeter April 25 & 26 Decoy & Sporting Art Sale Starts Next Week
This sale features the final sale of decoys from the William J. Mackey, Jr. Family Holdings. It will also feature decoys and sporting art from the collections of Jonathan & Virginia Chua and more.
Ward Bros. & Rosseau Decoys Top Copley’s Record Setting $2.4 Million Winter Sale 2019
Copley Fine Art Auction, the nation’s premier decoy, and sporting art auction house realized over $2.4 million in sales at the Winter Sale 2019.
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.
Youth Wildlife Artists Sought for Georgia’s T-Shirt Art Contest
Hey kids! Do you enjoy nature as well as creating artwork? Georgia’s 14th annual Youth Birding Competition invites resident children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt Art Contest.
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.
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.
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.
2017 Waterfowl Festival Featured Artist:Julia Rogers
Julia Rogers is the Festival’s seventh Featured Artist and the first woman chosen for this distinction.
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.
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.
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.”
Waterfowl Festival Mourns Hall of Fame Decoy Carver, Ed Itter
It is with a heavy heart that we share with you that ED ITTER, long time Workshop carver, chairman, teacher and Hall of Fame member, has died.
Copley Fine Arts Spring 2016 Sporting Sale Highlights
Copley’s Sporting Sale 2016 was a great success. The auction achieved $1.4 million in sales and saw an impressive 90% of lots sold.
Guyette & Deeter Spring 2016 Decoy Auction Highlights
The top decoy in the sale was an exceptional oversize Monhegan Island style merganser by Gus Wilson that sold for $149,500.
2015 Waterfowl Festival Kicks Off This Week in Easton MD
The nation’s best wildlife painters, sculptors, carvers and photographers are exhibiting in FIVE galleries in Downtown Easton Md as part of the 2015 Waterfowl Festival..
Maryland’s 2015 Waterfowl Festival Celebrates Sporting & Hunting Traditions
Around 1970, a group of Eastern Shore sportsmen and women conceived an event that would ultimately grow into a regional tradition spanning generations – the Waterfowl Festival…
Unique Mouth Artist Slated for the Carlisle Sports & Outdoor Show
It’s fair to say that no other artist is as uniquely talented as Bruce Dellinger, however; because Bruce is a quadriplegic and composes each work of art with a simple pencil and his mouth/teeth…
Industry Leaders Launch Treasures and Traditions TV
Hunting & Fishing Industry Veterans – Delfay, Pennaz and Miller Announce Unique Show for Destination America in 2014…
