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.
Terry Lee Named SCI’s 2019 Artist of the Year
Terry Lee has been described as a Fauvist, French for “the wild beat.” His equal prowess as a sculptor makes him a formidable force in today’s art world.
Minnesota Artist Scot Storm and the $40 Million Duck Stamp
Not many artists in history can claim to have rendered a $40 million painting. But Freeport, Minnesota’s Scot Storm’s will most assuredly one day be able to count himself as one.
Art Of Duck Hunting, a Reflection on Hunting & Wildlife Art ~ VIDEO
Ducks Unlimited’s latest online film joins the Hautman brothers on a special waterfowling trip to North Dakota. Joe, Jim and Bob Hautman are renowned wildlife artists.
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..
2018 Federal Duck Stamp Celebrates Conservation Achievement of Waterfowl Hunters
This theme requires entrants in the 2018 Duck Stamp Contest to include one or more visual elements that reflect the contributions waterfowl hunters make to habitat conservation.
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.
