The Winter Sale 2017

THE WINTER SALE 2017 FEBRUARY 17 | CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

COPLEY FINE ART AUCTIONS

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WARD BROTHERS PINCH-BREAST BROADBILL SOLD $51,750

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THE WINTER SALE Schedule of Events

AUCTION to be held at The American Theater 446 King Street | Charleston, South Carolina

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Auction Preview

8:30am - 10:30am

Auction

11am

CONTACTS THE DAY OF SALE On Site: 617.536.0030

Cinnie O’Brien: 617.501.7544

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Please review the Terms and Conditions of Sale on page 246 of this catalog.

For further information please contact us at 617.536.0030.

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CATALOG Stephen B. O’Brien Jr., President Cinnie O’Brien, Vice President Colin McNair, Decoy Specialist Leah Tharpe, Fine Art Specialist Robert C. Vose III, American Fine Art Specialist Jim Parker, Decoy Consultant Molly Quill, Designer Chelsie Olney, Editor

FRONT COVER: Lots 235, 237,

238, 303 INSIDE FRONT COVER: Lot 34a PAGE 4: Lot 248 PAGE 7: Lot 244 PAGE 8: Lot 257 INSIDE BACK COVER: Lot 90 BACK COVER: Lot 91

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Schedule of Events

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Important Notices

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Paintings, Works on Paper, and Bronzes

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Decoys and Folk Art

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Index of Artists and Makers

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Buyer Pre-Registration Form

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Absentee/Telephone Bid Form

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Terms and Conditions of Sale

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Authorized Shipping Release Form

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THE WINTER SALE Important Notices 1

Please be advised that all persons wishing to bid at this auction should read, and be familiar with the Terms and Conditions of Sale in this catalog prior to bidding.

not imply that the property is in good condition. Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse condition requests.

2 Buyer’s premium

8 Flat art dimensions

A buyer’s premium of 20% (23% for online bidding) of the final bid price up to and including $1,000,000, plus 15% of the final bid price over $1,000,000, will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the Buyer to Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC as part of the purchase price.

Please be aware that all flat art dimensions are approximate and are rounded to the nearest quarter inch.

3 Consign to our next sale

9 Additional images For lots with multiple items and only one shown, please visit copleyart.com for additional images.

Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC is accepting consignments for our Sporting Sale 2017. Please contact us by phone at 617.536.0030, or by email at consignments@copleyart.com.

10 Decoy stands

4 Pre-registration

11 Condition description of wear or gunning wear

Although you may register at the time of sale, we strongly encourage pre-registration to save you time at check-in.

Pre-Registration forms are available online, as well as in the back of this catalog.

Wear or gunning wear may include all types of wear and damage that can be inflicted, and is to be expected, to an object from handling or use in the field. This may include, but is not limited to, paint wear, flaking, dings, scratches, checks, cracks, craquelure, age lines, dents, chips, rubs, blunts, cracked or replaced eyes, shot scars, seam separations, popped grain, rust, filler loss, sap, discoloration, and altered rigging and stick holes. Varnish may not be mentioned.

5 Absentee and telephone bidding If you plan to place absentee bids or to bid by telephone, please make sure that we receive your Absentee/Telephone Bid form at least 24 hours before the start of the sale. It is possible that any bids received after this time may not be accepted. You will receive confirmation of your absentee bid(s) within 24 hours of receipt. If you do not receive confirmation, please call our office at 617.536.0030.

6 Sales tax Purchases picked up at the auction will be subject to the South Carolina state and local tax of 8.5%. Buyers purchasing for resale and claiming exemption from sales tax must present a properly executed resale certificate prior to the release of property. Purchases delivered to South Carolina after the auction will be subject to the applicable South Carolina state and local taxes and purchases picked up or delivered to Massachusetts after the sale will be subject to the 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax unless exempted by applicable law.

7 Inspection of items offered at this auction All items are sold as is and should be inspected either personally or by agent before a bid is placed. Prospective buyers should satisfy themselves by personal inspection as to the condition of each lot. Although condition reports may be given on request, such reports are statements of opinion only.

Regardless of whether or not a condition report is given, all property is sold as is. The absence of a condition report does

Please be aware that decoy stands are not included with items purchased.

12 Condition description of as found The item is sold with any faults and imperfections that may exist. It is the responsibility of the buyer to determine condition.

13 Auction results Unofficial auction results will be available online approximately one week after the auction at copleyart.com.

14 Pick up and shipping Buyers wishing to pick up items at the sale must do so on the day of the sale. Buyers wishing to pick up items after the auction at our office may do so only by appointment starting five days after the sale. If you would like your items shipped, please complete and return the Authorized Shipping Release form found in the back of this catalog.

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On site: 617.536.0030 Cinnie O’Brien: 617.501.7544

Auctioneer Peter J. Coccoluto South Carolina License #4547

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THE WINTER SALE February 17, 2017 | 11AM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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Properties from

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection Blair Ledingham Collection Grant Nelson Collection Shane Newell Collection John T. Ordeman Collection William H. Purnell, Jr. Collection William B. Webster III Collection Private Collection, Florida Private Collection, Maryland Private Collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Private Collection, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Private Collection, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Private Collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts Private Collection, Michigan Private Collection, Grand Rapids, Michigan Private Collection, St. Louis, Missouri Private Collection, New Jersey Private Collections, New York Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey Private Collection, North Carolina Private Collection, Ohio Private Collection, Virginia

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CHET RENESON B. 1934

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1 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) Out of the Blue signed and dated "Reneson 2014" lower right watercolor, 15 3/4 by 29 3/4 in.

Chet Reneson graduated from the University of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1960. Under the watchful eye of his teacher Henrik Mayer, Reneson learned the value of simplicity, meaning light, dark, and strong. For the past fifty years, Reneson’s painting has remained true to his early mentor’s teaching, encompassing many subjects including wildlife, duck hunting, upland bird shooting, big game fishing, fly fishing, and Bahamian scenes. Reneson’s work has graced the covers of Sporting Classics, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and Sports Afield among others. He is a past member of the Connecticut Watercolor Association and the Old Lyme Art Association. He was the Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year in 1982 and the Atlantic Salmon Federation Artist of the Year in 1982 and 2001. $3,000 - $4,000

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2 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) High Flier signed “Reneson� lower right watercolor, 17 1/2 by 27 1/2 in.

$3,000 - $4,000

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3 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) Grouse Cover signed “Reneson” lower left watercolor, 17 1/4 by 27 1/2 in.

$3,000 - $4,000

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4 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) Late December signed “Reneson” lower right acrylic on board, 20 1/2 by 34 1/2 in.

$8,000 - $10,000

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DAVID A. MAASS B. 1929

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5 David A. Maass (b. 1929) Canvasbacks signed “Maass” lower left oil on board, 26 by 42 in.

An avid sportsman and ardent contributor to conservation organizations, David Maass has been actively painting game birds for more than thirty years. In the past twenty years he has designed more than thirty conservation stamps and prints, a distinction few artists can claim. Over the last several years, Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Minnesota Wildlife Heritage Foundation have each named David Maass their Artist of the Year. Maass’ original paintings and limited edition prints have been exhibited in galleries and shows throughout the country, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, and the annual Minnesota Wildlife Heritage Foundation Show in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

An original Canada goose painting by David Maass is part of the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$6,000 - $9,000

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6 David A. Maass (b. 1929) Passing the Point – Canvasbacks signed “Maass” lower left oil on board, 11 1/4 by 15 1/2 in.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New York label on back PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$3,000 - $5,000

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7 Harry Curieux Adamson (1916-2012) Canada Geese signed “Harry Curieux Adamson� lower left oil on canvas, 18 by 22 in.

Harry Adamson was one of the premier waterfowl painters of the last fifty years.

Born in Seattle in 1916, he studied under Paul J. Fair who is best known for his wildlife photography. Adamson began painting after serving in World War II, selling a painting to the president of Mexico within the first decade of his career. His success continued and he was given the honor of being the first California Waterfowl Association Artist of the Year, as well as the 1979 Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year. His works have been included in shows at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the British Museum, and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Admired by his fellow artists, Adamson had a knack for capturing birds in their natural habitats.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$2,000 - $4,000

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8 Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) Two Teal, 1923 signed “Louis Agassiz Fuertes” lower right watercolor, 9 by 11 3/4 in.

This painting was created by the artist for Volume 2 of John C. Phillips’ book, A Natural History of the Ducks. It depicts two South American birds, the Puna Teal, anas punu, and the Argentine Gray Teal, anas versicolor. A preliminary pencil drawing for this watercolor is in the Fuertes Illustrations Collection at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

PROVENANCE:

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Private Collection, Virginia

John C. Phillips, A Natural History of the Ducks, Vol. 2, Boston, MA, 1923, pl. 44, pp. 402-409, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $4,000

9 Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871-1933) Snow in Lenox, Mass. signed “C.G. Voorhees” lower right oil on board, 4 1/2 by 8 in. inscribed “Scene in Lenox Mass by CG Voorhees and given to mother (Elizabeth Bacon Lovering) by the artist about 1900.” on back

Clark Greenwood Voorhees was one of the founders of the Old Lyme, Connecticut Art Colony and the father of whale carver Clark Voorhees (1911-1980).

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, New York

$900 - $1,200

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10 Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) Birds in Magnolia, 1949 signed “Roger Tory Peterson” lower right watercolor, 16 1/4 by 12 1/2 in.

Orchard Orioles, Summer Tanagers, and Cardinals PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

LITERATURE:

Alexander Sprunt and E. Burnham Chamberlain, South Carolina Bird Life, Columbia, SC, 1949, Plate XXXI, illustrated. $2,000 - $4,000

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11 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Common Yellowthroat, 1948 signed and dated “J.H. Dick ‘48” lower right watercolor, 9 1/2 by 7 1/4 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$400 - $600

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12 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Olive Warblers with Butterfly signed “John H. Dick” lower right watercolor, 18 3/4 by 11 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$400 - $600

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13 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Two Watercolors Painted Redstarts, 1948 signed and dated “J.H. Dick ‘48” lower right 14 1/2 by 10 3/4 in. titled lower center

Warblers, 1949 signed and dated “J.H. Dick ‘49” lower right 16 1/2 by 11 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$400 - $600

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14 Robert Verity Clem (1933-2010) Warblers, 1951 signed and dated “Robert Verity Clem 1951” lower center watercolor, 6 1/4 by 5 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, New York

$1,000 - $1,500

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15 Robert Verity Clem (1933-2010) Quail Huddle, 1969 signed and dated “RVC 1969” lower right watercolor, 10 1/4 by 17 1/4 in. inscribed “’Quail Huddle’ - witnessed in Chatham in February, 1969” and signed “Robert Verity Clem” on back with notice of copyright PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$2,000 - $4,000

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16 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Grouse, 1983 signed and dated “John H. Dick ‘83” lower right watercolor, 9 by 7 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$400 - $600

17 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Four Shorebird Pen and Ink Drawings each titled lower left

Bristle-thighed Curlew signed “John H. Dick” lower left 6 by 6 1/4 in.

Western Sandpiper signed “John H. Dick” lower left 7 by 5 1/2 in.

Baird’s Sandpiper signed “J.H. Dick” lower left 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 in.

Whimbrel in the Rain signed “J.H. Dick” lower right 7 by 7 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

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$200 - $400

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18 Peter Schlunsen (German, 20th Century) Mallards signed “P. Schlunsen” lower right oil on canvas, 24 by 30 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, New York

$200 - $400

19 John Henry Dick (1919-2005) Three Drawings (two shown) each pen and ink

Fishing signed “John H. Dick” lower right 6 by 13 in.

Ferns signed “John H. Dick” lower center 8 1/4 by 5 1/4 in.

Trumpet Vine signed “John H. Dick” lower right 9 1/4 by 7 in.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, New York

$200 - $400

Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 20-21, illustrated.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

$300 - $400

21 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Two Drypoints (one shown) each signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right 10 by 14 in. titled lower left

$300 - $400

Snipe at Dawn

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

9 by 12 in. inscribed “To Jack Wright” lower center titled lower left

$300 - $500

LITERATURE:

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A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 16-17, illustrated.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Virginia

Wild Turkeys 11 by 9 1/2 in. titled lower left

each signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right

Flight Woodcock

LITERATURE:

8 3/4 by 12 in. titled lower left

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S.

Private Collection, Virginia

signed “J.D. Knap” lower left watercolor, 9 1/2 by 14 3/4 in.

The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop, New York label on back

22 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Two Drypoints (one shown)

LITERATURE:

PROVENANCE:

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 86-87, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

each signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right

11 3/4 by 8 3/4 in. titled lower left

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1980, pp. 40-41, illustrated.

23 Joseph Day Knap (1875-1962) Pintails at Dawn

$200 - $300

Early Woodcock

LITERATURE:

Lone Woodcock

20 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Two Drypoints (one shown)

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 82-83, illustrated.

titled lower left Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New York label on back

signed “Ogden M. Pleissner” lower right color print, 17 by 25 3/4 in. published and copyrighted by the Crossroads of Sport, New York, in an edition of 425 PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Virginia

Peter Bergh, The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner, Boston, MA, 1984, pp. 107-8, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $300

LITERATURE:

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1980, pp. 40-41, illustrated.

25 Twenty Federal Duck Stamps each 1 1/4 by 1 7/8 in.

1939-1941, 1948, 1949, 1960-1974 PROVENANCE:

Grouse on Pine Bough 8 3/4 by 12 in.

Private Collection, Virginia

$100 - $200

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DAVID HAGERBAUMER 1921-2014

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26 David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) Grouse, 1960 signed and dated “David Hagerbaumer 1960” lower right watercolor, 17 by 22 1/4 in.

$1,000 - $2,000

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27 David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) Canada Geese, 1960 signed “David Hagerbaumer 1960” lower right watercolor, 17 1/2 by 22 1/2 in.

$1,000 - $2,000

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28 David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) Canvasbacks, 1959 signed and dated “David Hagerbaumer 1959” lower right watercolor, 12 1/4 by 16 1/2 in.

$500 - $700

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29 Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989) Snow Geese, 1938 signed and dated “Peter Scott 1938” lower right oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.

Sir Peter Scott was described by David Attenborough as the “patron saint” of conservation in the UK. He founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, co-founded the World Wildlife Fund, and designed its iconic panda logo. As the son of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Peter continued in his father’s footsteps by conducting an expedition to Iceland in search of the breeding ground of the pink-footed goose. In 1975, Scott gave a scientific name to the Loch Ness Monster so it could be registered as an endangered species; the name turned out to be an anagram of “Monster Hoax by Sir Peter S.” He was the host of a BBC television series on natural history, and wrote and illustrated many books on birds and other subjects. He won a bronze medal in sailing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In addition to these many pursuits, Sir Peter Scott had his first art exhibition in London in 1933 and continued to paint throughout his life.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ireland and Massachusetts By descent in the family to the present owner

$4,000 - $6,000

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30 David A. Maass (b. 1929) Mallards Landing signed “Maass” lower right oil on board, 9 1/2 by 13 1/2 in.

$1,500 - $2,500

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31 Manfred Schatz (1925-2004) Pheasants signed “M Schatz” lower left oil on canvas, 24 by 32 in.

$4,000 - $6,000

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32 Owen J. Gromme (1896-1991) Wood Ducks, Teal, and Snipe, 1970 signed and dated “O.J.GROMME.70” lower right oil on canvas, 29 1/2 by 23 3/4 in.

$8,000 - $10,000

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LUKE FRAZIER B. 1970

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33 Luke Frazier (b. 1970) That Little Itch signed “l. frazier” upper left oil on board, 12 by 12 in.

Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California; the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; the C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana; the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery Alabama; and the Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah.

Luke Frazier is one of the West’s top wildlife artists. Born and raised in the mountains of northern Utah, Frazier spent much of his youth hunting and fishing. His early forays into nature inspired a passion for the outdoors. As a child Frazier spent countless hours sketching and sculpting wildlife, demonstrating not only an apparent interest, but also an instinctive ability. Later, he received his formal art training at Utah State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and a Master of Fine Arts degree in illustration. Frazier cites the influence of Winslow Homer, Edgar Payne, Bruno Liljefors, Carl Rungius, and Bob Kuhn in his work.

In Wildlife Art, Bill Kerr, cofounder of the National Museum of Wildlife Art and a personal collector of Frazier’s work, stated, “What impresses me about Luke Frazier is his potential, he’s talented, he’s dedicated, his work reminds me of some kind of an exotic combination of Kuhn’s modernism and the classic palette of the academicians.”

Frazier’s paintings have been exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming; the Autry

$2,000 - $4,000

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34 Luke Frazier (b. 1970) Mists of the Miramichi, 2016 signed “l. frazier� lower right oil on board, 18 by 30 in.

$5,000 - $8,000

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FRANK E. SCHOONOVER 1877-1972

"The voyageur was the son of Canada’s lakes & rivers – over his paddle strokes sped on the huge fur brigade –"

34a Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) Trappers on the Lake, 1932 signed and dated "Frank E. Schoonover '32" lower right oil on canvas, 20 by 44 in.

Frank E. Schoonover was born in 1877 in New Jersey. As an artist, he trained in illustration at the Drexel Institute with Howard Pyle, where he recalled he “felt honored because his class was a pretty strong one-made up of big shots…Jessie Willcox Smith, Maxfield Parrish.” Schoonover would open a studio in Wilmington, Delaware, and for a time had a studio in Jamaica, down the street from fellow student and famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth. Like Wyeth, Schoonover completed many paintings for books and adventure stories during the Golden Age of Illustration. Schoonover was considered the "Dean of Delaware Artists," founded the Wilmington Sketch Club, and helped found the Delaware Museum of Art.

Courtesy of Schoonover Studios Ltd.

Lake, with its bright colors and handsomely rendered figures, depicts a tranquil, merry day and stands among the finest paintings by the artist. In it, the reclining trapper displays Schoonover’s signature use of red in his hat. The life of a trapper on the frontier was not easy, but here Schoonover gives rare insight into a relaxed scene. Trappers on the Lake offers a unique glimpse of trappers with down time, playing the fiddle, smoking a pipe, and waving to other friendly companions.

Cortlandt Schoonover writes, “Capturing outdoor scenes of action was Frank Schoonover’s natural delight - and the delight of his vast public. The western United States and Canada was Schoonover’s favorite setting. He had spent a great deal of time there: on horseback with the cowboys; traveling thousands of miles by canoe, dogsled, and snowshoe with the Indians; and trekking many long miles afoot. He became a magician of dramatic outdoor composition and always had his pubic eagerly anticipating the next pictorial adventure.”

PROVENANCE: Harry Craig, May 24, 1937 Private Collection Private Collection, New York

Trappers on the Lake was created by Schoonover for Canadian author Constance Lindsay Skinner’s 1933 story, My Canoe is All My Good. It was designed and published as a double spread, and Skinner was very pleased with it, writing, “I am more or less enraptured...When Schoonover draws a canoe, he draws both a canoe and a dream…[I am] expressing my delight over the combinations of canoes, water, air, pines and voyagers, which are Mr. Schoonover’s special gifts.”

LITERATURE: Constance Lindsay Skinner, “My Canoe is All My Good,” Junior Red Cross Journal, April 1933, pp. 176-77, illustrated.

Frank E. Schoonover, The Edge of Wilderness, Toronto, 1974, p.

156, illustrated as Trappers on Lake.

Cortlandt Schoonover, Frank Schoonover: Illustrator of the North American Frontier, New York, 1976.

John R. Schoonover, Louise Schoonover, LeeAnn Dean, and Louise Schoonover Smith, Frank E. Schoonover, Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. 2, No. 1924, p. 565, illustrated.

Canoe scenes are among Schoonover’s masterworks, and they are highly valued on the market. As the Canoe Swept By… and A Northern Mist, each depicting canoe scenes, hold the two top prices for the artist at auction. Trappers on the

$100,000 - $150,000

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ERNEST AND CAROLYN KRAMER COLLECTION

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer's interest in art was sparked by the rich artistic heritage of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Carolyn's hometown. Gloucester and nearby Rockport have attracted important world-class artists since the turn of the century, such as Fitz Hugh Lane, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, Frank Duveneck, Emile Gruppe and Aldro Hibbard.

In 1968 the Kramers began collecting etchings by Frank W. Benson, "The Dean of American Sporting Art," and this became the catalyst for their collection and the business, Ernest S. Kramer Fine Arts & Prints, Inc., established in 1982.

The gallery was a direct outgrowth of years of collecting Gloucester, Rockport, and Cape Ann paintings, as well as nineteenth and early twentieth century American and European fine prints. Previously, Ernest was the New England district manager for the United States Chamber of Commerce for seventeen years with representatives in four states. Carolyn was a former elementary school teacher in upstate New York.

In addition to sporting art, they maintain an extensive inventory of American and European fine prints of the early twentieth century, with an emphasis on the 20s, 30s and 40s. They maintain the finest selection of works on paper for the connoisseur, including a large repository of etchings by Anders Zorn, the Swedish master. Other artists include Thomas Hart Benton, Luigi Kasimir, Rockwell Kent, Martin Lewis, Louis Lozowick, A. Lassell Ripley, Raphael Soyer, James A. MacNeill Whistler, Harry Wickey and Grant Wood.

After close to fifty years of collecting and thirty-five years in business, the Kramers have decided to retire. They are eager to give other collectors the opportunity to acquire fine examples of sporting art by Frank W. Benson, as well as works by many other important twentieth century printmakers.

photo courtesy of the Kramer Family

FRANK W. BENSON 1862-1951

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35 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Winter Wildfowling, 1927 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 11 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Paff #265, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer

Collection $2,000 - $4,000

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36 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Pintails, 1916 signed “Frank W. Benson” lower left drypoint, 13 7/8 by 10 7/8 in.

Paff #105, edition of 35 of 49 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,000

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37 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Sunrise, 1920 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 6 7/8 by 10 3/4 in.

Paff #180, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

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38 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Morning Flight, 1918 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 7 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Paff #152, edition 26 of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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39 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Two Canoes, 1927 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 5 7/8 by 7 3/4 in.

Paff #266, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

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40 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Log Jam, 1915 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 9 7/8 by 7 7/8 in.

Paff #73, edition of 30 numbered “9/50” lower right PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$6,000 - $9,000

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41 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Anchorage, 1915 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 3 7/8 by 5 3/4 in.

Paff #57, edition 26 of 48 Guild of Boston Artists, Boston label on back PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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42 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Landing, 1915 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 7 1/2 by 11 3/8 in.

Paff #70, edition 33 of 50 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer

Collection $2,000 - $3,000

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43 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Yellowlegs #4, 1928 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower right drypoint, 7 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Paff #284, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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44 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Yellowlegs, 1931 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left lithograph, 11 3/4 by 9 in. edition of 50 or less PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$2,500 - $3,500

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45 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Nascaupee Indian, 1921 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 8 by 6 in.

Paff #210, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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46 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Woodcock, 1930 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left drypoint, 11 7/8 by 9 3/4 in.

Paff #292, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$2,000 - $3,000

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47 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Hovering Geese, 1922 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left drypoint, 14 by 10 7/8 in.

Paff #213, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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48 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Springing Teal, 1930 signed “Frank W. Benson” lower left drypoint, 13 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.

Paff #306, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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49 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Punter, 1927 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 7 7/8 by 11 7/8 in.

Paff #273, edition of 150 PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $1,400

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50 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Pintails Passing, 1930 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left drypoint, 15 by 9 7/8 in.

Paff #300, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$600 - $900

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51 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Calm, 1921 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 4 7/8 by 6 7/8 in.

Paff #199, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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52 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Marshes at Evening, 1918 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 9 by 11 in.

Paff #131, edition 8 of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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53 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Duck Hunter, 1914 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 6 by 7 7/8 in.

Paff #27, edition 17 of 50 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,500 - $2,000

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54 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) River Drifters, 1914 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 8 7/8 by 7 in.

Paff #36, edition 29 of 50 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$2,500 - $3,500

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55 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Supper, 1920 signed “Frank W. Benson” lower left etching, 6 7/8 by 4 7/8 in.

Paff #182, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,200 - $1,800

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56 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Retriever, 1916 signed “Frank W. Benson” lower left etching, 7 7/8 by 9 in.

Paff #99, edition 32 of 50 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$4,000 - $6,000

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57 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Herons at Rest, 1923 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 11 7/8 by 7 7/8 in.

Paff #219, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

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58 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Dead Goose, 1915 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left drypoint, 4 by 6 in.

Paff #83, edition 37 of 50 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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59 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Here They Come, 1928 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left drypoint, 13 7/8 by 11 3/4 in.

Paff #278, edition of 150 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,200

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60 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The River, 1916 signed “Frank W. Benson.” lower left etching, 9 7/8 by 7 7/8 in. numbered “115” lower right Paff #90, edition of 104 Frederick Keppel & Co., New York label on back PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY 1896-1969

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61 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) A Covey of Quail, 1947 signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right etching, 8 5/8 by 14 in. titled and dated lower left PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 54-55, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$400 - $600

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62 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Quail Shooting signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right drypoint, 8 7/8 by 14 in. titled lower left PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer

Collection LITERATURE:

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 38-39, illustrated. $400 - $600

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63 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) The Duck Blind signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right drypoint, 9 7/8 by 13 7/8 in.

PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 72-73, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$400 - $600

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64 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) After Woodcock signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right drypoint, 11 1/8 by 9 1/2 in.

titled lower left PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp. 46-47, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$400 - $600

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65 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Flight Woodcock signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right drypoint, 9 by 12 in. titled lower left PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1980, pp. 40-41, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$400 - $600

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66 Minna Wright Citron (1896-1991) The Magic Box, 1942 signed and dated “Minna Citron ‘42” lower right lithograph, 10 1/2 by 8 3/4 in. edition of 30 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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ANDERS LEONARD ZORN 1860-1920

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67 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) Augustus Saint Gaudens II, 1897 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 5 1/2 by 7 7/8 in.

Saint Gaudens and his Model Hjert & Hjert #74, Asplund #114, Delteil #111 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$3,000 - $5,000

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68 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, 1908 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 11 3/4 by 7 3/4 in. inscribed “Troubetzkoy” lower left Hjert & Hjert #139, Asplund #218 third state, edition of 75 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

69 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) Beserk, 1914 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 9 3/4 by 7 in.

Hjert & Hjert #271, Asplund #261 PROVENANCE:

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Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

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70 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) Prince Paul Troubetzkoy II, 1909 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 9 3/4 by 7 in.

Hjert & Hjert #140, Asplund #219 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

71 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) President William H. Taft, 1911 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 10 by 8 in.

Hjert & Hjert #156, Asplund #239, fourth state Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago label on back

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PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection$1,000 - $2,000

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72 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) The Hair-Ribbon, 1912 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 12 by 8 in.

Hjert & Hjert #264, Asplund #253 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$1,000 - $2,000

73 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish/American, 1860-1920) Queen Sophia, 1909 signed “Zorn” lower right etching, 9 3/4 by 7 in.

Hjert & Hjert #144, Asplund #223 PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

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74 Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) My Studio, 1944

76 Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) Life Class, c. 1936

signed “Raphael Soyer” lower right lithograph, 12 1/4 by 9 1/2 in. titled lower left Cole #63, edition of 250

signed “Raphael Soyer” lower right lithograph, 6 by 5 5/8 in. titled lower left Cole #42A sheet with embossed stamp “Jacob Friedland Lithographic Printing 55 E 9th St N.Y.C.” in margin lower center

PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,200

75 Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) In Studio, 1933

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signed “Raphael Soyer” lower right lithograph, 15 by 10 in. inscribed “For Margaret Lowengrund” lower left Cole #29, edition of 25

Margaret Lowengrund (1902-1957) was an active printmaker and print dealer in New York City. She established the Contemporaries Gallery in 1952, and taught lithography at the New School, among other artistic pursuits. Her archives can be found at the New York Public Library.

PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,200

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PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,200

77 Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) Casting Office, 1945 signed “Raphael Soyer” lower right lithograph, 9 3/4 by 12 7/8 in. titled lower left Cole #65, edition of 250 PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$800 - $1,200

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78 Albert W. Barker (1874-1947) Two Lithographs each signed “Albert W. Barker” lower right

The Old Cart, 1933 12 by 8 1/2 in. titled in margin edition of 52

Hauling the Log, c. 1930 5 3/4 by 7 3/8 in. titled in margin edition of 50 PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

79 Harry Herman Wickey (18921968) Two Works .

Storm King in Winter

80 Harry Herman Wickey (18921968) Two Etchings each signed “Harry Wickey” lower right

signed “Harry Wickey” lower right etching, 9 by 12 in. inscribed “100 proofs” lower left

Railroad Cut No. 3, 1932

Beach Scene

Hudson River Landscape, 1930

signed “Wickey” lower center charcoal drawing, 6 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.

PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$200 - $300

$200 - $300

8 by 11 7/8 in. edition 18 of 75 8 by 12 1/4 in. edition 19 of 75 Frederick Keppel Co., New York label on back PROVENANCE: Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$200 - $300

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81 Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962) Two Prints Minoritenkirche, Vienna signed “Luigi Kasimir” lower right etching and aquatint, 22 by 17 3/4 in. numbered “II/L” lower left

Vienna, St. Stephen’s Interior signed “Luigi Kasimir” lower center etching and aquatint, 21 by 15 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$400 - $600

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82 Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes (Austrian, 1887-1972) Two Etchings each signed “T.K. Hoernes” lower right

Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium 17 by 12 1/4 in. edition 104 of 150

European Street Scene 18 1/4 by 13 3/4 in. numbered “130” lower left PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$200 - $300

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83 Charles Frederick William Mielatz (1864-1919) Two Etchings (one shown) each signed “Mielatz imp.” lower center

Arch of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1909 10 1/2 by 5 1/4 in.

The Bride’s Door, St. Thomas, 1917 12 by 4 in.

PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$200 - $300

84 Charles Frederick William Mielatz (1864-1919) Two Etchings (one shown) Our Bridge of Sighs signed “Mielatz imp” lower center 7 7/8 by 4 7/8 in.

New York from the Harbor, 1905 signed and dated in plate “Mielatz 1905” lower right 11 7/8 by 7 3/8 in.

PROVENANCE:

Ernest and Carolyn Kramer Collection

$200 - $300

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GEORGE GOODWIN KILBURNE 1839-1924

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85 George Goodwin Kilburne (English, 1839-1924) The Beaufort Meeting at Frocester, 1904 signed and dated "Goodwin Kilburne 04" lower right oil on canvas, 23 by 39 in.

George Goodwin Kilburne was born in 1839 in Norfolk, England. He was educated at a school in Kent where his father was the principal before moving to London at the age of fifteen. He was apprenticed to the Dalziel Brothers, the leading wood-engraving firm in Victorian London. Several years after his five-year apprenticeship he married Janet Dalziel, daughter of the painter Robert Dalziel.

About this time, the artist turned to painting. Kilburne traveled extensively throughout Europe studying and painting. Over the course of his career, he was a member of and exhibited with the leading societies of the day, including the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and the Royal Society of British Artists, among others. He lived in Hampstead and Swiss Cottage with his family. His work is in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Manchester Art Gallery, and the Sheffield Art Gallery, among others.

Kilburne was known for his precision of detail, particularly in dress. This is evident in The Beaufort at Frocester. Nigel Maidment, the secretary of the Beaufort hunt, notes, “The

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hunt dress is peculiar to the country in that the Huntsman and Whippers-In wear green and the subscribers a bluecoat with buff facings - the Beaufort Liveries.”

In the painting, dating from 1904, each individual is carefully depicted in his or her precise dress, as befits one of the oldest and most famous hunts in the United Kingdom. The Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt, also known as The Beaufort, dates to 1762 in its pursuit of foxes. It has one of the oldest and largest fox hunting packs in England, with pedigree records going back to 1743.

Frocester is a village in Gloucestershire, about fifteen miles from the Badminton Estate, the seat of the Dukedom of Beaufort. The Beaufort Hunt continues to flourish today, and the kennels continue to win prestigious prizes, including fifty wins at the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show. The Beaufort at Frocester is an elegant depiction of a prestigious English tradition.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Michigan

$4,000 - $6,000

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86 Ewoud de Groot (b. 1969) Oystercatchers, 2015 signed and dated "Ewoud '15" lower left oil on canvas, 28 by 55 in.

Ewoud de Groot lives and works in Egmond aan Zee, a coastal village in the Northern Netherlands. After receiving a degree in illustration and painting from the Minerva Academy of Art, he began illustrating nature books for a period before pursuing painting full-time in 1999. Today, de Groot is recognized as a rising star in wildlife painting, bringing a truly unique perspective to the genre. His work strives to find both a balance and a tension between the representational and the abstract, the traditional and the contemporary. For de Groot, painting wildlife is not an exercise in rendering all the exact details. Instead, his work is an ongoing experiment of composition, color, and technique, concerned with conveying a sense of mood and atmosphere found in the natural world. $8,000 - $10,000

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�To me, as an artist, producing a good painting is about exploring all the different facets of composition, colour and technique and not just reproducing an image in a photorealistic way. Although I consider myself a figurative painter, I always try to find that essential balance and tension between the more abstract background and the realism of the subject(s). In a way you could say that I am on the frontier between figurative and non-figurative, or the traditional and the modern.“ - Ewoud de Groot

87 Ewoud de Groot (b. 1969) Reflection, 2016 signed and dated "Ewoud '16" lower right oil on canvas, 39 by 39 in.

$8,000 - $10,000

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FRANCIS LEE JAQUES 1887-1969

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87a Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969) Green-Winged Teal signed "FL Jaques" lower right oil on board, 7 7/8 by 11 in.

$4,000 - $5,000

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87b Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969) Swans and Snow Geese oil on board, 10 1/4 by 30 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: Brown & Bigelow Co.

$2,000 - $3,000

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FRANK W. BENSON 1862-1951

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88 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Rising Canada Geese, 1920 signed and dated "F.W. Benson '20" lower right watercolor, 20 1/4 by 15 1/4 in.

Adelson Galleries, New York label on back Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas label on back

$10,000 - $15,000

88a Frank W. Benson (1862-1969) Black Duck ink wash, 17 by 12 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: Descended within the family of the artist

Private Collection, purchased at Skinner Inc., March 31-April 8, 2016, lot 1194 ​

$2,000 - $4,000

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89 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Wood Duck, 1937 signed and dated “F.W. Benson ‘37” lower right watercolor, 26 by 20 1/4 in.

Frank W. Benson first became famous as a creator of plein air impressionist paintings. His later etchings and paintings of birds brought him similar renown. Benson’s impressionist works and striking compositions of wildfowl and upland birds earned him numerous awards. By the time he was sixty, he had become known as “America’s most medaled artist.”

A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Frank Benson grew up hunting and fishing with his brothers and cousins in the nearby marshes of Essex County. When he was given a small boat at age twelve, Benson began to explore the waters near his home, carefully studying the birds and their environment. He was fascinated by ornithology and spent long hours wandering the halls of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, drawing specimens, and pouring through the library’s thick volumes of natural history. On one visit, young Frank made so many sketches that he ran out of paper. His family treasures his study of a duck, drawn on a piece Museum stationery, perhaps given to him by a professor who admired the boy’s enthusiasm.

It is not surprising that Benson’s first oil paintings were of a rail and a snipe brought back from a hunting trip and nailed to a barn door. Benson then portrayed them, in the words of a later critic, “with stark and youthful realism.” [1] He had originally planned to be an ornithological illustrator in the manner of Audubon, but two years at the Académie Julian in Paris inspired him to broaden his focus. In midcareer Benson returned to his first love, birds. In addition to depicting them in oil, watercolor, wash, etching, and drypoint, he diligently worked to support organizations that fostered stewardship of the land and conservation of its resource. A founder of the Essex County Ornithological Society, Benson formed lasting friendships with fellow birders.

One of these was William Brewster, a noted ornithologist, who was the curator of mammals and birds at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology for almost thirty years.

He was also the first president of the Audubon Society.

The society was founded in 1895 by Harriet Hemingway, the wife of one of Benson’s closest friends, Augustus.

Benson immediately donated several paintings to the new organization to benefit the group’s work.

It is no surprise that Benson was chosen to illustrate Concord River, a collection of excerpts from the diaries and field notes that Brewster left to Harvard when he died in 1913. (A copy of the book accompanies this lot.[2]) Benson’s handsome watercolor, Wood Duck, is the frontispiece.

The ornithologist in Benson is evident in the care with which he deliberately shows the plumage of both the male and female ducks and poses each bird in a different attitude of flight. And yet, arranged against a pale winter sky, the birds appear natural; the composition is not contrived. As Roger Tory Peterson once noted, “Audubon painted bird portraits – stiff, exact, unnatural -- but Benson painted bird pictures.” [3] Benson contributed eleven other illustrations to Brewster’s book, one of which, an image of a wedge of Canada geese, was used on the dust jacket of Concord River. Benson loaned this black and white wash “with characteristic generosity,”[4] to sculptor Daniel Chester French to aid him in the creation of his double-sided Brewster medal. The medal is given to outstanding contributors to the field of ornithology. Frank W. Benson was awarded one of the first two.

We are grateful to Frank W. Benson scholar Faith Andrews Bedford, who has written extensively on the artist. Her books include Frank W. Benson American Impressionist (Rizzoli), The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson (David R. Godine), and Impressionist Summers: Frank W. Benson’s North Haven (Rizzoli/Skira).

Endnotes:

Samuel Chamberlain, “Frank W. Benson--The Etcher,” Print Collector’s Quarterly, 25, no. 2 (April 1938), p. 167.

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The first volume of Brewster’s field notes, October Farm, was published by Harvard in 1936.

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[3] Faith Andrews Bedford, Frank W. Benson: American Impressionist (New York, Rizzoli, 1994), p. 136.

William Brewster, Concord River (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press), p. vi.

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PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Dover, Massachusetts Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts

William Brewster, Concord River, Cambridge, MA, 1937, p. iii, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$40,000 - $50,000

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90 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Flying Eddy, 1923 signed and dated "F.W. Benson '23" lower right watercolor, 17 1/2 by 22 1/2 in.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts label on back

Edward C. Storrow was a Boston-based cotton merchant born in Brookline in 1867.

He graduated from Harvard in 1889, where he rowed crew and remained active as a coach for several more years. Storrow was a member of the Union Club, the Boston City Club, and the Harvard Clubs of Boston and New York. In 1926 he lent a number of watercolors by Frank W. Benson to the Fogg Museum, where they were displayed and described as "delightful in their feeling for light and air, and in their fresh, clear coloring." Another Benson watercolor from his collection, "Currituck Marshes, North Carolina," is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Frank Benson was an avid outdoorsman and recorded many of his experiences in his paintings. He began actively using watercolor, a portable medium ideal for plein air work, in the early 1920s. During this period Benson frequented Canada's Gaspe Peninsula where he and his friends fished for salmon. Although he painted numerous scenes associated with salmon fishing, Flying Eddy is one of only a few that portrays the actual act of fishing.

This work was one of a select group of watercolors included in the 1938 joint exhibition of Boston School artists Frank W. Benson and Edmund C. Tarbell held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Boston, Massachusetts, Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frank W. Benson and the late Edmund C. Tarbell, Museum of Fine Arts, November 16 December 15, 1938.

EXHIBITED:

PROVENANCE: Mrs. Edward C. Storrow, Dedham, Massachusetts Private Collection, Massachusetts Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts

$40,000 - $60,000

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EDMUND H. OSTHAUS 1858-1928

"Any painter who paints for shooting men had better be a shooting man himself, for no one is more jealously critical of detail than the man who knows guns and dogs and game... Edmund Osthaus, who trained and shot over his own setters and pointers, transformed oil paint into dog flesh quivering under the stress of a point."

-Kay and George Evans, “Dogs that Live Forever,” Field & Stream

91 Edmund H. Osthaus (1858–1928) Pointer and Quail, 1892 signed and dated "Edm H Osthaus 1892" lower left oil on canvas, 27 by 24 in.

Edmund Henry Osthaus was born in Hildesheim, Germany, in 1858, the son of a prosperous farmer who subsequently emigrated to Toledo, Ohio. Osthaus studied at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Dusseldorf from 1874 to 1882 with Andreas Muller, Peter Jansen, E. von Gebhardt, Ernst Deger, and wildlife and landscape painter Christian Kroner. In 1883, after studying painting for six years, Edmund Osthaus became an instructor at the Toledo Academy of Fine Arts. He served as the director from 1886 to 1893, refining his painting technique and pursuing his passions: hunting and fishing.

In 1893 Osthaus dedicated his full attention to painting, shooting, and field trials.

He was a charter member of the National Field Trial Association established in Newton, North Carolina, in 1895.

“Edmund Osthaus followed field trials from the fall prairie chicken trials in Canada to the important quail trials in the South in mid-winter, judging, sketching, and sometimes entering his dogs. He was a handsome, powerfully built man," and his artistic talent combined with his love of dogs enabled him to capture the essence of the focused working dog while depicting them in precise anatomical detail.

This major work is directly related to the world-record-setting Osthaus oil sold

by Copley in 2008, also titled Pointer with Quail. Painted two years later, Osthaus poses the same dog, this time in a vertical format. The work perfectly captures a realistic fall landscape with golden grasses and russet leaves. The viewer can almost hear the crunching of the pointer’s paws on the rustling leaves and smell the crisp autumn air. The fit dog is rendered in masterful detail, as its taut body, full of energy, approaches its quarry. The confident artist, with his wealth of knowledge of birds, dogs, and life in the field, offers us, the viewers, one of his masterworks.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, St. Louis, Missouri, received in 1999 by descent in

the family Kay and George Evans, "Dogs that Live Forever," Field & Stream, Vol. LXXV, No. 2, June 1970, pp. 234-240.

LITERATURE:

$30,000 - $50,000

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92 Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928) On Point signed "Edm. H. Osthaus" lower right oil on canvas, 23 1/2 by 33 1/2 in.

This painting, depicting two hunting dogs who have spotted their quarry, belonged to Alvin Brooks Tillinghast of Toledo, Ohio. Tillinghast was a larger-than-life businessman and patron of the arts who had a storied life. He is remembered as “one of Toledo’s most important industrialists.”

He built what is now known as the Tillinghast Willys Bell Home in Toledo, an exuberant Tudor mansion that appeared in The Inland Architect in 1901. Tillinghast lived there until 1909, when financial difficulties forced him to sell. Toledo journalist Linkhorn notes, “Though Mr. Tillinghast didn’t live at the home long, he certainly made his impression on Toledo, the town he came to as an eager 19-year-old. He was one of the original trustees of the Toledo Museum of Art and the last remaining member of that group when he died in 1951 at age 98. He was wellknown and quite active right up to the end. Newspapers gleefully covered Mr. Tillinghast’s birthday tradition of four decades, playing billiards with an old friend.”

He was also a close friend of Osthaus, and at one point they lived down the street from one another. They served together on the board of the Toledo Tile Club, with Osthaus as Vice President and Tillinghast as Secretary. The Tile Club was a social club for men that also held an annual exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art. Both were sustaining members of the Toledo Museum when it was built, and Tillinghast donated paintings to the institution. His wife also served as secretary and treasurer of the Athena Society at the museum. Tillinghast was a Shriner, a Freemason, vice president of the board of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and an important patron of the Toledo Conservatory of Music, which held a birthday tea for him when he turned 94.

Tillinghast had varied and extensive business concerns including the retail grocery business, owner of a powdered licorice company, vice-president of the Central Savings Bank Company, president of the Royal Brush & Broom Company, traveling book salesman for James Pott & Co. Publishers, and founder of the Toledo Rocker Tip Co. By the 1920s he was into mining and land investments.

With the Depression and the up and down nature of his businesses, Tillinghast asked his insurance agent, Merritt Mason, for help when he could not keep up with payments.

Family lore and a handwritten note on the back of the painting say Mason bought On Point in 1927 or 1928 while he was a district manager for Northwest Mutual Insurance in Northwest Ohio.

According to Don Waters, an Ohio conservationist who advised Mason on the purchase of the painting, “Mr. Osthaus was a friend of mine and hunted pheasants with me in the years 1927-1928. The orange & white setter is a very fine likeness of his ‘Uncle Billy’ which was one of the last orange & white setters which he owned. I kept him for about 6 months in 1927 for the artist. Mr. Osthaus was very partial to the orange & white coloring. Osthaus was a wonderful sportsman having hunted all his life in America.

He was a great field trial judge, and ran many of his own dogs in competition.”

PROVENANCE: Alvin Brooks Tillinghast, Toledo, Ohio Merritt Mason, Toledo, Ohio, c. 1927 Private Collection, Ohio, by descent in the family Private Collection, acquired from the above

$25,000 - $35,000

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FREDERICK STONE BATCHELLER 1837-1889

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93 Frederick Stone Batcheller (1837-1889) Woodcock and Quail signed "Batcheller" lower right oil on canvas, 22 by 18 in.

Rafael Valls Limited, London label on back

Frederick Stone Batcheller was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1837. As a young man, he was apprenticed to a marble cutter at the Tingley Brothers stone yards, though he later focused on painting. Batcheller was a member of “The Group of 1855,” an artists’ group formed to promote culture and the arts in Providence. As a painter, he was particularly known for his still lives. Batcheller was an active member in artist circles and co-founded the Providence Art Club in 1880.

His works can be found in the collections of Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Providence Art Club, among others. $5,000 - $7,000

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94 Frederick Stone Batcheller (1837-1889) Ruffed Grouse, 1863 signed and dated "Batcheller 63" lower left oil on canvas, 22 by 18 in.

Rafael Valls Limited, London label on back

$5,000 - $7,000

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WILLIAM GOADBY LAWRENCE 1913-2002

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95 William Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002) Leaping Sailfish signed "Wm Goadby Lawrence" lower left oil on canvas, 19 1/4 by 23 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: John L. Wehle, founder of the Genesee Country Museum and the John L. Wehle Gallery of Art in Mumford, New York, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport, Inc., New York, June 1946 By descent to the present owner

$4,000 - $6,000

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96 William Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002) Storm Signals, 1962 signed "Wm Goadby Lawrence" lower right oil on canvas, 28 1/4 by 42 in. inscribed "Wm Goadby Lawrence, Edgecomb, Me. Aug 12, 1962" on stretcher bar on back

The creation of Storm Signals is documented in extensive hand-written letters between William Goadby Lawrence and Robert W. Selle, who commissioned the painting. The process, which stretched over two years, included thorough research and revision.

Lawrence painted several watercolors as studies for the work. Dr. John C. Lilly, dolphin researcher and author of the 1961 book Man and Dolphin, consulted on the painting.

PROVENANCE: Robert W. Selle, Brookline, Massachusetts Private Collection, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts by decent from the above LITERATURE:

The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1963-1964, p. 30, similar work illustrated. $5,000 - $8,000

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97 William Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002) Grayhounding signed "Wm Goadby Lawrence" lower right lithograph, 9 3/4 by 13 3/4 in. edition of 65 titled lower left

$200 - $300

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98 Life-Size Crane Sculpture Water Fountain Converted into a Lamp bronze and mixed metal, 71 by 22 by 26 in.

The motif includes a swallow, a cattail, a heron, and a water lily.

The flower of the Lily has a light switch under it and an electrical fixture for two small bulbs in it. As found, without a cord, and with some damage to appendages, lily pads, etc. $2,500 - $3,500

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JOHN SWAN B. 1948

2017 Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Artist of the Year Painting

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99 John Swan (b. 1948) Tails signed "John Swan" lower right oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.

far afield as the bonefishing mecca of The Bahamas and Canada’s Gaspe Peninsula, also a favorite sporting haunt of renowned impressionist Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). “I paint wherever I can fish,” he admits. The result is a body of spectacularly immediate works set in the world’s premier sporting destinations.

John Swan is the 2017 Featured Artist for The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of Tails will go directly to BTT, whose mission is to conserve and enhance global bonefish, tarpon, and permit fisheries and their environments through stewardship, research, education, and advocacy. The BTT serves as a repository for information on the life history of these species and works internationally with anglers, guides, scientists, regulators, and the public to nurture and enhance fish populations.

Based on firsthand experience, and often created en plein air, Swan’s paintings are imbued with freshness: the energy of a tarpon struggling against the line or the quietude of a hunter’s early dawn preparations.

John Swan was born and raised in Maine and studied at the University of New Hampshire. In the 1980s, Swan was painting local rural landscapes until he completed a fly fishing painting that appeared on the cover of Gray’s Sporting Journal. This early success with a sporting scene ensured that hunting and fishing subjects would be an integral part of Swan’s work in the years to come.

Among his distinctions are one-man shows at the American Museum of Fly Fishing, the King Gallery of New York, and the Stephen O'Brien Jr. Fine Arts Gallery of Boston. His awards include being named Artist of the Year three times by the Atlantic Salmon Federation as well as being the Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year in 1987.

He has illustrated numerous books including Joseph Bate’s classic Atlantic Salmon Fishing and Thomas McGuanes’s anthology Live Water.

Considered one of America’s foremost sporting and wildlife artists, Swan is equally adept in watercolor and oils. His paintings bring to life fishing and hunting trips to places as

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100 Gary E. Neel (20th Century) Pheasant signed "Gary E. Neel" lower right watercolor, 26 1/2 by 34 1/2 in.

A well-regarded "dry brush" watercolorist, Neel's works were handled by the Crossroads of Sport in the 1970s.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$400 - $600

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101 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) The Beaver Pond, 1971 signed "Reneson" lower right watercolor, 15 1/2 by 25 in. titled, signed, and dated on back PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport LITERATURE:

The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1971-1972, p. 35, illustrated. $2,000 - $3,000

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102 Chet Reneson (b. 1934) October Shadows, 1971 signed "Reneson" lower right acrylic on board, 24 by 36 in. titled, signed, and dated on back PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport LITERATURE:

The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1971-1972, p. 35,

illustrated. $5,000 - $8,000

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DAVID A. MAASS B. 1929

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103 David A. Maass (b. 1929) Ruffed Grouse signed "Maass" lower left oil on board, 24 by 36 in.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$6,000 - $9,000

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104 David A. Maass (b. 1929) Mallards in Snow signed "Maass" lower right oil on board, 24 by 30 in.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$4,000 - $6,000

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105 Herb Booth (b. 1942) Deer in Snow signed "Herb Booth" lower right watercolor, 20 by 28 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$1,200 - $1,800

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106 David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) Canadas Over Cornfield signed "David Hagerbaumer" lower right watercolor, 18 1/2 by 25 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport LITERATURE:

The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1972-1973, p. 31, illustrated. $700 - $1,000

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107 Herb Booth (b. 1942) Pintails signed "Herb Booth" lower right watercolor, 20 by 28 in.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$1,200 - $1,800

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108 Gary E. Neel (20th Century) Canada Geese signed "Gary E. Neel" lower right watercolor, 27 by 35 in. inscribed "71" lower right PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport

$400 - $600

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ARTHUR BURDETT FROST 1851-1928

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109 Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928) The Peasant Sportsman, 1911 signed "A.B. Frost" lower right oil on canvas, 14 1/2 by 17 1/2 in. together with preliminary pencil sketch, 6 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.

A. B. Frost was born in Philadelphia in 1851, but spent his most prolific years in New Jersey. Considered one of the great illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration, he illustrated more than ninety books and produced illustrations for Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s, and Life magazines. Frost’s illustrative work chronicles the mood and details of the daily life of farmers, hunters, and fishermen, as well as barnyards and pastoral motifs.

By 1876, he was on Harper’s staff working on many books, including Tom Sawyer, Uncle Remus, and Mr. Dooley. He also illustrated Theodore Roosevelt’s sporting book, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.

Frost was an ardent sportsman who spent his summers and autumns fishing, rowing, and hunting ducks and snipe. He completed hundreds of watercolors and oils of the New Jersey seaside. The artist is best known for his hunting and shooting prints which capture the drama of sport in realistic, detailed settings. Frost lived at his estate, Moneysunk, in Convent Station, New Jersey.

This work, The Peasant Sportsman, is the original oil reproduced by Scribner’s Magazine in a 1911 article by Ethel Rose on shooting in Normandy, France. She describes the setting, “Fields, woods, and meadows stretch unobstructed, sometimes for miles and miles, often without boundaries of any kind except the deeply sunken stones that mark the corners of property limits.” Of the dogs involved, she writes, “Besides the setters, retrievers, pointers, and others known and used at home there are many side [breeds] of these dogs as well as the truly national ‘griffons’ of various sorts, rough-coated intelligent beasts of many types and sizes, adapted to and trained for different purposes.”

Rose continues, “There will be wonderful autumn days of golden haze and drifting, pale gold leaves, when faint smoke smells are in the air; and later frosty mornings in what seems a silver world, all of it among such picturesque surrounding as will make the season one hark back to often in memory on future winter evenings ‘back home'.”

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Freehold, New Jersey, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport LITERATURE:

Ethel Rose, “Shooting in France (Normandy),” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. XLIX, No. 4, April 1911, pp. 399-409, illustrated. $8,000 - $12,000

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110 James W. Harris (b. 1946) Bird Down, 2011 signed "J.W. Harris" lower right oil on canvas on board, 18 by 24 in. inscribed "Bird Down - Black Lab" and signed "James W. Harris" on back

$600 - $900

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111 Consuelo Eames Hanks (1928-2015) Three Works (one shown) each signed "Consuelo Eames Hanks" lower right

Canada Goose pencil drawing, 8 1/2 by 11 in.

Two Canada Geese Nesting pencil drawing, 6 by 10 1/2 in.

Day's Limit print, 11 3/4 by 8 1/2 in. titled and numbered "482/600" lower left

$100 - $200

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112 Ralph W. Gray (1880-1944) Laurentian Park [Quebec], 1935 signed and dated "Ralph W. Gray 1935" lower left watercolor, 17 1/4 by 21 1/4 in. titled lower left

$150 - $250

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113 Milton C. Weiler (1910-1974) Two Watercolors (one shown) each signed "M.C. Weiler" lower right

Fly-Fishing, 1943 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 in. inscribed "To Fred and Jerry" lower right

In the Punt Boat, 1943 3 3/4 by 6 3/4 in.

$200 - $400

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114 Daniel Loge (b. 1954) River Fisherman signed "D. Loge" lower left watercolor, 6 3/4 by 9 3/4 in. inscribed "Best Regards to Jack Ordeman," signed, and titled on back PROVENANCE:

$150 - $250

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BRETT J. SMITH B. 1958

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115 Brett J. Smith (b. 1958) One Step Pool signed "Brett J Smith" lower left oil, 14 by 18 in.

Brett J. Smith was born on March 19, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His early introduction to sporting art came from his father who worked professionally as an illustrator and moonlighted as a fine artist contributing paintings for covers of the early outdoor and western magazines. Sportsmen nationwide collect Smith’s work because it is not only visually exciting, but also authentic and brings to bear his intimate knowledge of his sporting experience. $3,500 - $5,500

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116 Brett J. Smith (b. 1958) Camp on the Flathead signed "Brett J. Smith" lower right oil on canvas, 24 by 40 in.

Smith’s work has been featured in such publications as Gray’s Sporting Journal, Ducks Unlimited Magazine, Sporting Classics, Shooting Sportsman, and Double Gun Journal. He has also been recognized for his work with such organizations as Gulf Coast Conservation Association, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Ruffed Grouse Society, Ducks Unlimited, and many others. $5,000 - $7,000

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117 William J. Schaldach (1896-1982) Leaping Brook Trout

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signed "Wm J. Schaldach" lower right watercolor, 12 3/4 by 15 1/2 in.

$1,500 - $2,500

118 Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869-1959) Alarmed, 1925 signed "C. Rungius" lower right etching, 6 1/4 by 8 1/2 in. edition of 100 Arthur H. Harlow, New York label on back

Donald E. Crouch, Carl Rungius: The Complete Prints, Missoula, MT, 1989, pp. 77, 101, pl. 6, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,500 - $2,000

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119 Terry Lee (b. 1948) Bear signed "Terry Lee" lower right oil on canvasboard, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 in.

$900 - $1,200

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119a Rudolph Belarski (1900-1983) Moose Hunting signed "Rudolph Belarski" lower right oil on canvas, 29 by 26 in.

Illustrated on the front cover of Outdoor Life November 1949, a copy of the magazine is included. $3,000 - $5,000

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BOB KUHN 1920-2007

120 Bob Kuhn (1920-2007) Lions signed "Bob Kuhn" lower right mixed media, 8 3/4 by 13 1/2 in. inscribed "For Stan Hutchinson, with best wishes" lower right

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Bob Kuhn enjoyed visiting the Buffalo Zoo and sketching its inhabitants as a child. After studying design, anatomy, and life drawing at the Pratt Institute in New York City, Kuhn made his living working as an illustrator for various wildlife and outdoor magazines. In the early 1970s Kuhn switched to painting full time. Kuhn’s work is featured in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art at the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, New York. $15,000 - $25,000

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121 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Woodcock in Flight signed "Richard E. Bishop" lower right oil on canvas, 24 by 27 in.

This painting depicts a scene that any seasoned upland hunter can identify with. The Timberdoodle has flushed, risen to the top of the stand, and levels out before rapidly moving across the horizon.

$6,000 - $9,000

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THOMAS AQUINAS DALY B. 1937

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122 Thomas Aquinas Daly (b. 1937) Casting at West Falls Pool signed "tAdaly" lower right watercolor, 9 1/2 by 13 1/2 in.

$2,000 - $3,000

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123 Thomas Aquinas Daly (b. 1937) Hanging Game Still Life signed "tAdaly" lower left watercolor, 15 1/4 by 11 in.

$1,500 - $2,500

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124 Thomas Aquinas Daly (b. 1937) Wild Apples signed "tAdaly" lower left watercolor, 7 1/2 by 11 in.

$1,000 - $2,000

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THE ESTATE OF JOYCE AND LARRY HUFFMAN

Born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1935, Larry L. Huffman moved to Wisconsin in 1957 for a draftsman job with a skylight company, where he ultimately became CEO. He had a variety of business pursuits, including Wildlife Images and a commercial real estate development firm. He and his wife Joyce he raised four sons, Greg, Todd, Doug, and Troy.

Gordon Whittington remembers, “Larry was a smart, selfmade businessman...He simply loved world-class bucks.” His dedication to the whitetail community began in 1962 during the archery deer season in the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin. Whittington continues, “Of all the people involved in the whitetail community, Larry was right up there as one of the most important figures of our generation.”

Beginning in the 1990s, Huffman collected an outstanding grouping of trophy racks. His obituary notes, “His collection contained over 85 trophies ranked in either the Boone and Crockett Club or Pope and Young record books. The collection included two of the most famous trophies in the world; The Jim Jordan Buck and the Hole-in-the-Horn Buck.”

Huffman published two Legendary Whitetails books during his

lifetime and was working on a third volume when he passed away in 2007. In 2002, Huffman completed the sale of the Legendary Whitetails trophy collection to Bass Pro Shops to go on permanent display in their stores. In addition, he started the Iowa Deer Classic Show in 1999.

Huffman was active in many hunting and conservation groups, and he served as president of the Wisconsin Chapter of Safari Club International, among other roles. He practiced active deer management on over 700 acres near Westfield, Wisconsin, and was a representative to the Wisconsin Conservation Congress.

Les Davenport remembers, “Though Larry Huffman will always be recognized for his Legendary Whitetails Collection, he was also an outstanding outdoorsman, hunter and conservationist.”

LITERATURE:

Les Davenport, “Larry Huffman: Mr. Legendary Whitetail,” North American Whitetail, September 22, 2010.

Dick Idol and Larry Huffman, Legendary Whitetails: Stories and Photos of 40 of the Greatest Bucks of All Time, Big Fork, MT, 1996.

Larry L. Huffman, Legendary Whitetails II, Mequon, WI, 2001.

“Larry L. Huffman,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 18-19, 2007.

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125 William J. Koelpin (1938-1996) Victor Vanquished, 1989 signed and dated “Wm. J. Koelpin © 89” on base inscribed “Victor-Vanquished” and “7/24” on base bronze, 10 by 10 by 18 in. edition 7 of 24 PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$2,000 - $4,000

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126 David LeRoy Schaefer (1949-2012) First Snow, 1985

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signed and dated “D. Schaefer © 85” on base bronze, 17 by 8 by 20 in. inscribed “2/50” on base edition 2 of 50 PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$800 - $1,200

127 David LeRoy Schaefer (1949-2012) Eagle Catching a Fish, 1982 signed and dated “D. Schaefer © 82” on base bronze, 35 by 12 by 28 in. inscribed “5/30” edition 5 of 30 PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$600 - $900

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128 Richard Plasschaert (b. 1941) No Man's Land signed "Plasschaert" lower right oil on canvas, 23 1/2 by 35 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$1,500 - $2,000

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129 George Kovach (b. 1942) Bighorn Bachelors signed "G. Kovach" lower left oil on canvas, 39 1/2 by 29 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$800 - $1,200

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130 William J. Koelpin (1938-1996) Lake Erie Bluebills, 1976 signed and dated "Koelpin 76" lower right oil on canvas, 27 1/2 by 35 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Joyce and Larry Huffman, West Bend, Wisconsin

$1,000 - $2,000

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131 Harry Brown Baker (1868-1941) Five Works .

Saloon Scene ink wash on board, 20 by 15 in.

Gallop Entrance gouache on board, 22 by 15 in.

Believed to be wife of artist.

Top Saddle gouache on paper, 11 by 13 1/2 in.

Hoof 'n Hat gouache on paper, 9 by 12 in.

Native American Sketch charcoal, 9 by 12 in.

PROVENANCE:

Shane Newell Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

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132 after Alexander Pope (1849-1924) The Brook Hill Dog, 1911 signature and date printed "Alexander Pope -'11" lower right lithograph on tin, 38 by 29 in. inscribed "The "Brook Hill" Dog" lower center

This vintage advertising sign was distributed by Friedman, Keiler & Co. Distillers to be displayed in bars and saloons. $800 - $1,200

133 after Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932) Maas & Steffen Fur Company Advertising Poster Beyond Reach, 1928 color print, 21 by 13 1/2 in.

$200 - $300

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134 Rare Remington Arms Advertising Poster Wolves Around Campfire, 1909 color print, 28 1/4 by 18 1/4 in.

$400 - $600

135 Tin Advertising Sign Made in U.S.A., c. 1980 33 by 23 in.

A heavy gauge pressed tin sign with a printed mahogany frame and a reprint of an advertising motif.

This sign is a copy of an old "Dupont, Generations Have Used Dupont Powder" by artist Edmund H. Osthaus.

PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III Collection

$100 - $200

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136 after John James Audubon (1785-1851) Ring Plover (No. 66, Plate CCCXXX) "Ring Plover Charadrius Semipalmatus" lower center hand-colored engraving, sheet sight size 17 1/2 by 25 1/4 in.

"Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S." lower left "Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell. 1836" lower right

138 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Two Prints

$600 - $900

color print, 31 by 27 in. edition 120 of 1000

137 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) A Map of Well Known Salt Water Game Fish of North America, 1935 signed "Richard E. Bishop" and "Joseph P. Sims" lower center color print, 27 by 35 in. edition 296 of 1000

$300 - $500

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Map of the Diving Ducks Eiders and Mergansers of North America, 1937

Map of the Surface Feeding Ducks Swans and Geese of North America, 1934 color print, 30 by 25 in. edition 120 of 2000

$600 - $900

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139 Douglas Allen (b. 1935) Charging Elephant signed "Douglas Allen" lower right oil on paper, 11 by 11 1/2 in.

$400 - $600

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140 Stanley Stearns (b. 1926) Canvasbacks signed "Stanley Stearns" lower left watercolor, 4 1/4 by 5 3/4 in.

Bendann Art Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland label on back

$150 - $250

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141 Stanley Stearns (b. 1926) Redheads signed "Stanley Stearns" lower right watercolor, 4 by 5 1/4 in.

Bendann Art Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland label on back

$150 - $250

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142 Two Big Game Targets c. 1930s (one shown) color prints, 17 by 24 1/2 in.

$200 - $300

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FRANCIS GOLDEN 1916-2008

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143 Francis Golden (1916-2008) Dove Hunting signed "Francis Golden" lower right watercolor, 16 by 27 in.

$1,000 - $2,000

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144 Francis Golden (1916-2008) Fly Fishing Scene signed "Francis Golden" lower right watercolor, 21 1/2 by 29 in.

$1,000 - $2,000

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145 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Four Color Prints (two shown) Duck Shooting from a Blind, 1963 signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right 17 1/4 by 26 3/4 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed and the Sportsman’s Gallery

The Turkey Blind, 1957 signed “A. Lassell Ripley” lower right 18 by 27 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed

Big Fish Rise, 1984

The Bridge Pool, 1957 signed "Ogden M. Pleissner N.A." lower right 15 1/8 by 24 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed in an edition of 300

End of the Grouse Season, 1966

PROVENANCE:

signed "A. Lassell Ripley" lower right 16 1/2 by 27 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed and the Sportsman's Gallery

Collection

Woodcock Cover, 1963

$400 - $600

signed "A. Lassell Ripley" lower right 17 by 27 in. published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed and the Sportsman's Gallery PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

Collection

William B. Webster III

Peter Bergh, The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner, Boston, MA, 1984, pp. 107, 110, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

147 Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) Three Color Prints (two shown) each signed "Ogden M. Pleissner" lower right

$300 - $500

The Battenkill at Benedict’s Crossing, 1978

146 Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) Four Color Prints (two shown)

16 1/4 by 22 3/4 in. published and copyrighted by the Crossroads of Sport and Orvis in an edition of 290

Grande River - Upper Malbaie, 1959

Dry Fly Fishing for Salmon, 1982

signed “Ogden M. Pleissner N.A.” lower right 17 by 27 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Frost & Reed in an edition of 300

15 by 24 1/2 in. published and copyrighted by Theodore Gordon Flyfishers in an edition of 300

Dry Fly Fishing for Salmon, 1982 signed “Ogden M. Pleissner” lower right 15 by 24 1/2 in. embossed lower left published and copyrighted by Theodore Gordon Flyfishers in an edition of 300

Hillside Orchard - Grouse Shooting, 1975 15 3/4 by 25 3/4 in. published and copyrighted by the Crossroads of Sport in an edition of 275 PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

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Peter Bergh, The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner, Boston, MA, 1984, pp. 107, 109, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

15 3/4 by 26 in. edition 142 of 400 Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, impressed stamp published by David R. Godine Publishers, Inc., Boston, MA

$300 - $500

148 Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) Two Color Prints The Marsh Gunners, 1982 signed "Ogden M. Pleissner N.A." lower right 16 by 24 1/2 in. edition 273 of 300 published by Wild Wings, Inc.

Setting Up on Horseshoe Pond - Delta Man, 1981 signed "Ogden M. Pleissner" lower right 17 1/2 by 26 3/4 in. inscribed "20/20 Artist Proof" lower left published by the North American Wildlife Foundation - Delta Project in an edition of 275 PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

Collection Peter Bergh, The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner, Boston, MA, 1984, p. 107, 109, 110, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $400

149 Marguerite Kirmse (1885-1954) Team Work, 1930 signed "Marguerite Kirmse" lower right etching, 8 by 12 5/8 in titled and inscribed "To Mr & Mrs Greeley Clark with the best wishes of the artist MK" lower left PROVENANCE:

John T. Ordeman Collection

$400 - $600

150 Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949) Grouse signed "Shang" lower right oil on canvasboard, 19 3/4 by 15 1/2 in.

Dixon MacD. Merkt, Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler, Spanish Fork, UT, 1984, p. 65, color plate I, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,500 - $3,500

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151 Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960) Sneaking Out, 1954 signed and dated "Lynn Bogue Hunt 1954" lower right oil on canvas, 10 by 12 in. titled on Abercrombie & Fitch, NY, label on back

$2,000 - $3,000

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152 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Duck Blind, 1925 signed "Frank W. Benson." lower left etching, 7 7/8 by 10 7/8 in.

Paff #245, edition of 150 E. & A. Milch, Inc., New York label on back

$2,000 - $3,000

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153 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Old Tom, 1926 signed "Frank W. Benson." lower left etching, 14 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.

Paff #246, edition of 150

$3,000 - $5,000

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154 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Casting For Salmon, 1929 signed "Frank W. Benson" lower left etching, 7 3/4 by 10 in.

Paff #288, edition of 150

$2,000 - $3,000

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155 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Lone Yellowlegs, 1928 signed "Frank W. Benson" lower left drypoint, 11 7/8 by 7 7/8 in.

Paff #280, edition of 150

$1,500 - $2,500

156 Reinhold H. Palenske (1884-1954) Two Etchings (one shown) each signed "R.H. Palenske" lower right each titled lower left

Woodland Traffic 7 3/8 by 6 in.

Sun Rise - Opening Day 8 7/8 by 11 7/8 in.

PROVENANCE:

John T. Ordeman Collection

$200 - $300

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157 Churchill Ettinger (1903-1984) Two Drypoints each signed "Churchill Ettinger" lower right each titled lower left

Black Duck Blind 7 7/8 by 10 7/8 in.

Butterballs

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$200 - $400

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158 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Two Etchings (one shown)

160 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Three Prints (one shown)

each signed "Richard E. Bishop" lower right each titled lower left

each signed "Richard E Bishop" lower right each titled lower left

Good Calling, 1957 12 7/8 by 9 7/8 in. edition of 100

Wood Duck, 1941

Blue Wings, 1950

drypoint, 10 3/8 by 9 1/8 in. edition of 100

4 7/8 by 6 7/8 in.

Blacks, 1938

PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

Drifting In, 1941

Collection Russell A. Fink, Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints, St. Paul, MN, 2008, pp. 240, 250, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $400

159 Roland Clark (1874-1957) A Southland Marsh, 1931 signed "Roland Clark" lower right drypoint, 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 in. titled lower center edition of 75 PROVENANCE:

etching, 5 3/8 by 7 1/2 in.

William B. Webster III

Collection

etching, 7 3/4 by 5 3/8 in.

"This image was also used for the cover of the menu for the annual dinner at the Wilderness Club on March 15, 1941."

PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

Collection Russell A. Fink, Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints, St. Paul, MN, 2008, pp. 188, 214, 215.

LITERATURE:

$300 - $500

Roland Clark's Etchings, New York, NY, 1938, No. 4, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $400

99

160

162

161

163 Two Etchings Diana Thorne (1895-1963) Setter and Quail signed "Diana Thorne" lower right 5 7/8 by 7 7/8 in.

William J. Schaldach (1896-1982) Promising Puppy signed "W.J. Schaldach" lower right 6 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.

163.1 163.2

PROVENANCE:

John T. Ordeman Collection

$200 - $300

164 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Two Etchings (one shown) each signed "Richard E Bishop" lower right each titled lower left

Flooded Timber, 1945 9 by 6 7/8 in.

165

162 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Two Prints (one shown) 164

161 Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling (1876-1962) Two Etchings (one shown) each signed and dated "Jn. Darling '26" lower right

The Convoy, 1926 10 1/8 by 7 5/8 in.

Coming In, 1926 12 by 15 in. inscribed "#3" lower right PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III

Collection $400 - $600

Lucky Pond, 1954 10 3/8 by 9 1/8 in. edition of 100 PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III Collection

Russell A. Fink, Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Aquatints, and Drypoints, St. Paul, MN, 2008, pp. 225, 247, illustrated.

Nor'easter, 1940

LITERATURE:

signed "Richard E Bishop" lower right etching and drypoint, 10 3/8 by 9 in. titled lower left edition of 100

$200 - $400

From a Battery, 1926 signed "REBishop" lower right etching, 7 1/8 by 11 5/8 in. titled lower left edition of 64

165 Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Grouse and Wild Apple Tree

PROVENANCE:

titled lower left

William B. Webster III

signed "A. Lassell Ripley" lower right drypoint, 8 by 10 in.

Collection

PROVENANCE:

Russell A. Fink, Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints, St. Paul, MN, 2008, p. 95, illustrated

LITERATURE:

LITERATURE:

$200 - $400 100

William B. Webster III Collection

A. Lassell Ripley and Dana S. Lamb, Sporting Etchings, Barre, MA, 1970, pp.

44-45, illustrated. $200 - $400

166

166 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Broadbills, 1919 signed "Frank W. Benson." lower left drypoint, 10 by 8 in.

Paff #153, edition 82 of 155 Kennedy & Co., New York label on back

$400 - $600

167 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Winter Yellowlegs, 1918 signed "Frank W. Benson." lower left drypoint, 6 3/4 by 10 3/4 in.

Paff #142, edition 75 of 106 W.B. Simpson, Glasgow label on back

$500 - $700

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167

168 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Mallards at Evening, 1927 signed "Frank W. Benson." lower left drypoint, 13 7/8 by 11 7/8 in.

Paff #271, edition of 112

$500 - $700 169

169 Two Federal Duck Stamps and Prints (one shown) Leslie C. Kouba (1917-1998) Canada Geese, 1958 Federal Duck Stamp Design signed "Les C. Kouba" lower right lithograph, 6 3/4 by 9 1/4 in. inscribed "Federal Duck Stamp Design, 1958-9" lower left

Edward J. Bierly (1920-2004) American Mergansers, 1956 Federal Duck Stamp Design signed "Edward J. Bierly" lower right aquatint etching, 5 by 6 3/4 in. titled lower left each Abercrombie & Fitch, Co., New York label on back

$300 - $500

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170 Two Ruffed Grouse Prints (one shown) Churchill Ettinger (1903-1984) Thunder and Lightning signed “Churchill Ettinger.” lower right etching, 7 3/4 by 8 7/8 in. inscribed “(c) B & B” in plate in pencil lower right titled and numbered lower left

174

Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Grouse on Pine Bough

171

signed by the artist's wife "A. Lassell Ripley (D.R.)" lower right etching, 8 3/4 by 11 3/4 in. titled lower left

$200 - $400

171 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Federal Duck Stamp Design, 1936 signed "Richard E. Bishop" lower right drypoint, 5 by 8 in. titled lower left edition of 1845 with Federal Duck Stamp PROVENANCE:

172 175

John T. Ordeman Collection

$300 - $500

176

172 Three Prints (one shown) Owen J. Gromme (1896-1991) Pileated Woodpecker, 1974 signed "Owen J. Gromme" lower right color print, 20 by 15 in. edition 26 of 580 published by Wild Wings, Inc.

Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) Rising Salmon, 1961 signed "Ogden M. Pleissner N.A." lower right color print, 17 1/2 by 26 3/4 in. published by the Sportsman's Gallery & Bookshelf in an edition of 300

173

after Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Cans reproduction etching, 10 1/2 by 7 1/4 in.

PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III Collection

$100 - $200

173 Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) Safe Return, 1956 signed "Richard Bishop" lower right drypoint, 9 7/8 by 11 7/8 in. inscribed "Philadelphia Ducks Unlimited. 25th Anniversary - 1965" and "To Warren M. Wells, Jr with best wish - Rich Bishop" lower center edition of 100

Russell A. Fink, Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints, St. Paul, MN, 2008, p. 249, illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $300 102

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174 Three Derrydale Prints (one shown) Edward King (1886-1962) Diana Goes Hunting - In and Out, 1930 signed "Edward King" lower right hand-colored lithograph, 7 by 10 in. published and copyrighted by the Derrydale Press in an edition of 350

Quail Shooting - The Briar Patch, 1930 signed "Edward King" lower right hand-colored lithograph, 7 by 10 in. published and copyrighted by the Derrydale Press in an edition of 350

Ralph Boyer (1879-1942) Fathers of American Sport - Thaddeus Norris, Esq., Angler, 1931 signed "R.L. Boyer" lower left hand-colored aquatint, 13 1/4 by 9 1/2 in. published and copyrighted by the Derrydale Press in an edition of 250

Euguene V. Connett noted, "Thaddeus Norris was the author of The American Angler's Book."

PROVENANCE:

178

John T. Ordeman Collection

John T. Ordeman, The Derrydale Prints, Ringwood, NJ, 2005, pp. 27, 63, 67, King's lithograph illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$100 - $200

175 Book and Print Mentzer, Michael and Coopey, Judith Redline,

The World of Owen Gromme. 1983, No. 27/950, NIB.

Bobwhites, 1983 color print, 17 1/2 by 23 1/2 in. signed "Owen J. Gromme" lower right edition 27 of 950 published by Wild Wings, Inc. PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III Collection

$100 - $200

177 Robert S. Sleicher (b. 1927) Brook Trout - Fast Waters on the Ausable signed "R.S. Sleicher" lower right oil on board, 20 by 24 in. inscribed "Brook Trout - Fast Waters on the Ausable (West Branch) - Adirondacks" on back

176 Charles Oglesby Longabaugh (18851944) Two Drypoints (one shown) each signed "C. Longabaugh" lower right each titled lower left

$400 - $600

Pintails 178 Joseph Day Knap (1875-1962) Flying In

6 7/8 by 4 7/8 in.

What Do They Want?

signed "J.D. Knap" lower right watercolor, 14 1/2 by 19 3/4 in.

6 7/8 by 5 in.

$400 - $600

PROVENANCE:

William B. Webster III Collection

$200 - $400

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179 Collection of Four Sporting Plates Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960) Four 10 1/4 in. natural-edged dinner plates with wildfowl scenes by Lynn Bogue Hunt. They are black and white with a brief description of each wildfowl on the back. The species depicted on the plates include canvasbacks, Canada geese, ruffed grouse, and quail.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Grand Rapids,

Michigan $150 - $300

180 Egrets late 19th c. oil on canvas, 37 by 13 in.

An early southern scene depicting two wading birds. $2,000 - $4,000

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181 Miguel Fernando "Milo" Lopez (b. 1955) Fly Fisherman signed "Milo" on top of rock bronze, 16 by 7 3/4 by 6 1/4 in.

$800 - $1,200

182 after Jules Moigniez (French, 1835-1894) Hunting Dog Book Ends, c. 1940 bronze, 6 1/4 by 8 1/2 by 3 1/2 in. inscribed “J Moigniez” on top of base stamped “Tiffany & Co.” on upper back of base

$1,500 - $2,500

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183 Native American Green Creel, c. 1930 9 3/4 by 10 3/4 by 8 3/4 in.

As found. $200 - $300

184 Creel, c. 1930 8 1/2 by 13 by 7 1/2 in.

Caption next to illustration of this creel reads "Made in the 1930s by a Cherokee, this basket was stained with berry juice to produce an impressive wicker creel." As found.

184

LITERATURE:

Hugh Chatham and Dan McClain, The Art of the Creel, Ennis, MT, 1997, p. 134, exact basket illustrated. $400 - $600

185

185 Sturgeon Fish Decoy 24 3/4 in. long

A hollow copper fish with brass eyes. Original finish with light wear and bent fins. $800 - $1,200

186 Brook Trout Carving on Birch Bark, 1918 plaque 9 1/2 by 23 1/2 in.

Original paint with flaking, wear and missing fins.

Back of plaque reads "Ray Schartman, 1918 at age 20." Last name may be misspelled- it is barely legible.

186

$600 - $800

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187 Cast Metal Fisherman Waiting For a Bite 13 by 9 by 7 in.

Original paint with flaking, a repair to right arm, log added decades ago. $1,200 - $1,600

188 Marilyn Newmark (1928-2013) First Meeting, 1970 signed and dated "M Newmark 1970" on edge of base bronze, 6 1/2 by 3 1/2 by 11 3/4 in. inscribed "23 / 750 Avnet / Shaw M Newmark 1970 N. Sketch" on base edition 23 of 750

Marilyn Newmark was from Long Island, rode regularly, and studied with Paul Desmond Brown.

She became an Academician at the National Academy of Design, as well as a fellow of the National Sculpture Society and a member of the Society of Animal Artists. Her work can be found at the National Museum of Racing in Saratoga, New York and the International Museum of the Horse in Lexington, Kentucky, among others.

188

LITERATURE:

The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1970-1971, p. 45. $600 - $900

189

189 Hanging Setter Sign Bracket 49 by 28 1/2 by 1 1/4 in.

Hand forged bracket with silhouette metal setter and grouse motif. As found. $500 - $700

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190 Stephen R. Smith (b. 1942) Atlantic Salmon

191

Jamestown, NY, c. 1995 plaque is 18 1/2 by 54 in.

A forty-five-inch-long fish carving. Signed on the back by the maker "Stephen R. Smith Salmon #1." $2,000 - $4,000

191 Megan Boyd (1915-2001) Gold Canary Salmon Fly Brora, Scotland, c. 1980 2 1/2 in. long, frame 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 in.

192.1

PROVENANCE: Paul Schmookler Collection Private Collection

$400 - $600

192 Megan Boyd (1915-2001) Two Atlantic Salmon Flies Brora, Scotland, c. 1970 Sally 1 3/4 in., Glentana 3 in.

A "Glentana" on a 8/0 hook and a "Sally" on a #2 up-eye hook.

192.2

PROVENANCE:

Paul Schmookler Collection Private Collection $400 - $600

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193 Pair of Salmon Andirons 20 by 9 by 1 in, 1 dog is 19 in.

Cast iron, one fish is reversed on the damaged leg.

As found. One leg is broken, length only 13 1/2 in. $200 - $300

194

194 E. F. Payne Rod Co. (1894-1968) Bamboo Fly Rod, c. 1950 Highland Mills, NY sold by Abercrombie & Fitch, 1956 8 ft., 3 / 2 original tag reads "87036, 8 feet, 3 7/8 ounces, No. 200"

As found.

195

$800 - $1,200

195 H. L. Leonard (1869-1907) Two Bamboo Fly Rods Bangor, ME 8 ft. Tournament, 3/2, purchased in early 1950s original label reads "W-M-6,Tournament, L Screw Lock, 8 feet, 3 7/8 ounces, No 50 be-F" 7 ft. Catskill, 2/2, purchased in mid 1950s original label reads "Catskil, 7 feet, 2 1/8 ounces, No 38 a c m"

196

As found. $400 - $600

196 Three Fly Rods Two Orvis, Manchester, VT, 6 1/2 ft., 2/2, Flea, 1- 2 ounce, serial no. 63916 and 1- 2 1/8 ounce, serial no. 71027.

Hardy Bros., Alnwick, England. 9 ft., 5/2. The N.A.A.F., Palakona.

As found. $200 - $400

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THOMAS BRAYSHAW 1886-1966

June 2006 issue of Decoy Magazine and, seventy years earlier, was featured in Field & Stream Magazine, December 1936. He penned several articles himself, including “Know Your Fish” and “Why More Hatcheries?” for Northwest Sportsman Magazine.

Tommy Brayshaw “was someone special, a rare breed, who enjoyed a full and productive life focused on the many incredible pleasures provided by nature. His dominant passion was fishing, of course, but he was also a dedicated husband and father, a conservationist, philanthropist, gardener, golfer and golf course designer, teacher, guide, marksman, gun collector, fly-tier, rodmaker, and artist,” according to Kangas.

His works could be found in the Granville Island Sport Fishing Museum in Vancouver until its closure and remain in the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives, Vernon, British Columbia. His papers can be found in the Library of the University of British Columbia, Special Collections Division.

Brayshaw in 1965 holding one of his carvings, photograph by Ralph Wahl

LITERATURE:

Gene Kangas, “Thomas ‘Tommy’ Brayshaw - Combining the gift of art with a passion for fishing,” Decoy Magazine, May/June 2006, pp. 24- 27, cover.

Stanley E. Read, Tommy Brayshaw: The Ardent Angler-Artist, Vancouver, BC, 1977.

Field and Stream Magazine, December 1936, p. 78.

Thomas Brayshaw, “Why More Hatcheries?,” Northwest Sportsman Magazine, March 1950.

Thomas Brayshaw, “Know Your Fish,” Northwest Sportsman Magazine, 1955.

Thomas Brayshaw was born in Yorkshire, England in 1886. He fished the River Ribble as a boy, made it to the famous Alm and Coquet Rivers near Alnwick, and moved to British Columbia in 1911 at the age of twenty-five. Brayshaw married Edith “Becky” Sudgen in 1916 after service in World War I and together they moved back to Canada.

The University of British Columbia notes, “He was a well-known sport fisherman and devoted most of his adult life to catching, studying and drawing of fish...Brayshaw achieved recognition for his wooden fish carvings. He spent his retirement in Hope, B.C. after growing fruit in the Okanagan [Vernon, BC] between the wars.” He also taught math at the local preparatory school.

According to the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, “Around 1925, Brayshaw began taking commissions for carving trophy fish.

His reputation spread quickly and soon he was in high demand. In collaboration with writer and angler Roderick Haig-Brown, Brayshaw began developing his detailed diary sketches of fish into illustrations for books. He worked in pencil crayon, watercolor, and pen & ink, recording the delicate movement and poetic fluidity of west-coast fish.” Gene Kangas writes, “His pictures always portrayed healthy, full-of-life fish.”

About his carvings, Gene Kangas notes, “Since Brayshaw’s trophy fish represent actual catches, the estimated number of sculptures created by him in approximately four decades is very limited, less than an average of two a year...owning one today is an exclusive delight.” He continues, “The profiles of freshly caught fish were traced onto paper and detailed notes were taken to remember anatomical specifics. He possessed a unique fisherman’s artistic eye for detail and beauty.” Brayshaw carved models of prize trophy catches like Tyee salmon.

Upon retirement, Brayshaw and his wife came to live in a house they called “Stackhouse” in Hope, near the Fraser and Coquihalla Rivers in British Columbia. The artist was featured on the cover of the May/

Ralph Wahl surrounded by fishing photographs and his prized steelhead carving (lot 197) March 23, 1985.

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197 Thomas Brayshaw (1886-1966) Steelhead Trout Carving

198 Thomas Brayshaw (1886-1966) Brown Trout "Priest" Carving

Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, 1946 28 1/2 in. long

Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, c. 1940 7 in. long

Inscribed in the hollowed out back of this carved trophy fish plaque is "Steelhead 7 1/2 lbs Coquihalla. June 28. 1946. Ralph Wahl. Bellingham. Wash. TB." Signed by the maker with conjoined "TB." initials. The Coquihalla River in British Columbia is renowned for its steelhead fishery. Original paint with minimal wear.

A small full-bodied fish carving. These small "priest" fish carvings were made by Brayshaw for fishermen to give the "last rites" to a fish. Original paint with minor wear, and the thin leather hand strap is missing from the tail.

In 2005, a 1932 Brayshaw rainbow trout plaque, sold at a London auction house for more than $30,000.

PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$600 - $900

PROVENANCE: Ralph Wahl Collection Blair Ledingham Collection

$5,000 - $8,000

back of Lot 197

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199 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Spring Salmon signed "T. Brayshaw." lower left mixed media, 7 by 13 1/2 in.

PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

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200 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Steelhead signed "T. Brayshaw." lower right mixed media, 8 by 13 1/2 in. titled lower right PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

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201 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Steelhead signed "T. Brayshaw" lower right l mixed media, 5 3/4 by 9 3/4 in. titled lower left PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$600 - $900

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202 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Cutthroat Trout signed "T. Brayshaw" lower left mixed media, 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 in. titled lower center PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$600 - $900

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203 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Chinook signed "T. Brayshaw" lower right mixed media, 6 1/2 by 5 3/4 in.

PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$600 - $900

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204 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Kamloops Rainbow Trout signed "T. Brayshaw." lower left mixed media, 9 1/2 by 13 1/2 in. titled lower left PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

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205 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Two Mixed Media Drawings Cutthroat Trout and Coho, 1949 each signed "T. Brayshaw" lower right each 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 in. each titled lower center each Wild Wings label on back PROVENANCE:

Blair Ledingham Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

205.2

206.1

206 Thomas Brayshaw (Canadian, 1886-1967) Two Drawings Spring Salmon, 1966 initialed "TB" and titled lower right mixed media, 4 by 8 1/2 in. inscribed "A very happy Christmas to Jill & Phil & a very, very Happy year through 1966. from Tom" on back

Dolly Varden Char initialed "TB" lower left mixed media, 3 3/4 by 5 1/2 in. inscribed "To Phil with a hope that you will find some use for these few steelhead and trout flies. Tom" on back titled lower right each Alexander G. Harrison, Vancouver label on back

In Spring Salmon, the artist inventively uses the weave of the paper to convey the fish's scales.

PROVENANCE:

206.2

Blair Ledingham Collection

$1,000 - $1,500

End of Session I

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Tommy Brayshaw June 1951 on the Coquilalla River

SESSION II Decoys and Folk Art

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GEORGE H. BOYD 1873-1941 | SEABROOK, NH

207 Miniature Swan GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 in.

Excellent original paint with Boyd's typical craquelure.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 65, species listed.

LITERATURE:

$3,000 - $5,000

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208 Miniature Canvasback Drake GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 4 1/2 in. long

Original paint with light wear, minor touch-up to head, and bill repair.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 72, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,000 - $2,000

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209 Miniature Red-Breasted Merganser Pair GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 4 1/4 in. long

Original paint with craquelure, hen has a replaced bill and some minor touch-up to small indentations in the head.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 61, related examples illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $4,000

210 Miniature Mallard Pair GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 4 1/8 in. long

Original paint, drake has minor rubs to top of head, and two faint grain lines along the back.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Christie's, The Russell B. Aitken Collection of Waterfowl Decoys, New York, NY, 2003, lot 1271, exact carvings illustrated.

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 44, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

210

$2,000 - $4,000

211 Miniature Black Duck Pair GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, 1939 4 1/4 in. long

Lightly signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of each. Original paint.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 38, similar miniature illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $4,000

211

212 Miniature Yellowlegs GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 4 1/2 in. long

Outstanding original paint and condition.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 169, exact miniature illustrated.

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 65, species listed #20.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $3,000

213 Miniature Upland Plover GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1920 4 1/4 in. long 212

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“Upland Plover” written on bottom of base. Outstanding original paint with Boyd’s best feather paint.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved & Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Rye, NH, 2009, p. 65, species listed #12.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $3,000 118

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217

216 Miniature Goldeneye Drake

215

A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1930 2 3/4 in. tall

214 Miniature Pintail Drake

Maker's rectangular stamp on bottom. Original paint with minor wear.

JOSEPH W. LINCOLN (1859-1938) ACCORD, MA, C. 1920 4 in. long

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Stamped by the maker, "Joe Lincoln, Accord, Massachusetts" on the bottom. Original paint with minor touch-up to neck seam and tail tip.

$1,000 - $1,500

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

217 Miniature Hooded Merganser A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1930 2 1/2 in. tall

Cap Vinal, Joseph W. Lincoln, Rockland, MA, 2002, p. 72, similar bird illustrated.

LITERATURE:

Signed and displaying maker’s rectangular stamp on bottom. Original paint and condition with possible touch-up to cheeks.

$2,000 - $3,000

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

215 Miniature Wood Duck JOSEPH W. LINCOLN (1859-1938) ACCORD, MA, C. 1920 3 1/2 in. long

$1,000 - $1,500

A similar full-size example sold for over $200,000 in 1986. Original paint with minor touch-up to white on head and side.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Cap Vinal, Joseph W. Lincoln, Rockland, MA, 2002, p. 72, similar bird illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $3,000 119

ALLEN J. KING 1878-1963 | NORTH SCITUATE, RI

218 Miniature Shoveler Pair ALLEN J. KING (1878-1963) NORTH SCITUATE, RI, C. 1940 2 1/4 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the side of the base.

Original paint.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Far Hills,

New Jersey Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 107, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,200 - $1,800

219 Miniature Wood Duck Pair ALLEN J. KING (1878-1963) NORTH SCITUATE, RI, C. 1930 2 3/4 in. tall 218

Signed by the maker on the side of the base.

Crossroads of Sport, Inc. paper label on the bottom. Original paint with flaking to drake’s feet.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Far Hills,

New Jersey Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 107, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,200 - $1,800

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220 Miniature Ruffed Grouse WENDELL GILLEY (1904-1983) SOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME, C. 1940 3 1/4 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the bottom of base. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$100 - $300

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221 Miniature Pintail Drake WENDELL GILLEY (1904-1983) SOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME, C. 1940 3 1/2 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the bottom of base.

Original paint, with restoration to head and tail.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$100 - $300

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222 Miniature Wood Duck WENDELL GILLEY (1904-1983) SOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME, C. 1950 3 1/2 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$100 - $300

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ROBERT MORSE 1920-1960 | ELLSWORTH, ME

223 Miniature Blue Jay ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1955 4 in. tall

Worn signature on top of base. Original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 145, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$400 - $600

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224 Miniature Downy Woodpecker ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1955 3 3/4 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the side of the base. Original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$400 - $600

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225 Miniature Goldfinch ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1955 2 5/8 in. tall

Species identification by the maker on the bottom of the base. Original paint with minor wear and minor touch-up to left tail tip.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$400 - $600

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ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1950 3 3/4 in. tall

Signed “R. Morse” on top of base. Original paint with loss of several toes.

226 Miniature Tufted Titmouse ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1955 4 3/4 in. tall

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

Signed by the maker on the side of the base. Original paint with minimal wear.

$400 - $600

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey,

229 Miniature Purple Finch

acquired from RJG Antiques

ROBERT MORSE (1920-1960) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1955 3 1/2 in. tall

LITERATURE: Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint,

Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 145, similar miniatures illustrated.

Worn signature on side of base. Original paint with minimal wear.

$400 - $600

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

227 Miniature Snowy Owl ROBERT MORSE (1920-1950) ELLSWORTH, ME, C. 1950 4 in. tall

$400 - $600

Signed on the bottom of the base. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey, acquired from RJG Antiques

$400 - $600

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232 Miniature Wigeon HAROLD N. GIBBS (1886-1970) BARRINGTON, RI, 1939 2 3/4 in. tall

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

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PROVENANCE:

$200 - $400

230 Miniature Wood Duck HAROLD N. GIBBS (1886-1970) BARRINGTON, RI, 1957 2 1/4 in. tall

233 Miniature Gadwall HAROLD N. GIBBS (1886-1970) BARRINGTON, RI, 1965 2 1/4 in. tall

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of the base.

Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of the base.

Original paint with minimal wear.

Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey

$200 - $400

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey

$200 - $400

231 Miniature Bittern HAROLD N. GIBBS (1886-1970) BARRINGTON, RI, 1957 3 1/4 in. tall

234 Miniature Pintail HAROLD N. GIBBS (1886-1970) BARRINGTON, RI, C. 1940 3 1/4 in. tall

Signed with his conjoined "HNG" initials and dated by the maker on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey

Signed by the maker on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey

Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 119, similar miniature illustrated.

LITERATURE:

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Far Hills, New Jersey

Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 118, similar miniatures illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$200 - $400

$200 - $400

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GRANT NELSON COLLECTION

and impeccable provenance. In this important session, carvings hail from the collections of Asa Allen, Adele Earnest, Robert Congdon, Alan Haid, Harold Herrick, William J. Mackey, Jr., Dr. James McCleery, and William Butler. Nelson’s acquisitions, totaling well over one hundred birds, are a defining collection in the field.

The Grant Nelson Collection of Shorebird Decoys is one of the finest ever assembled. Nelson’s love for shorebirds grew out of his appreciation for avian works

by Boston impressionist painter Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). For two decades, Nelson’s focus was on acquiring exemplary works with great form, surface,

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J. LEWIS "LEW" BARKALOW 1875-1960 | FORKED RIVER, NJ

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235 Yellowlegs J. LEWIS "LEW" BARKALOW (1875-1960) FORKED RIVER, NJ, C. 1900 PROVENANCE: William J. Mackey, Jr. Collection Grant Nelson Collection

This shorebird decoy is stamped "LB" by the maker on both sides of the bird. The underside bears a "Mackey Collection" stamp. This is the finest Barkalow carving to come to auction with its exceptional paint, drop tail, high head, and impeccable provenance. When it last sold it set a world record for any Barkalow decoy at auction.

Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., Very Rare and Important American Bird Decoys from the Collection of William J. Mackey Jr. of Belford, NJ, Session II, July 18, 1973, lot 417, exact decoy illustrated.

James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 171, plate 365, rigmate illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, page 120, plate 102, rigmate illustrated.

Decoys Unlimited, Inc., Our Annual Summer Decoy Sale, West Barnstable, MA, 2007, lot 715, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

"His pride in the result is proven by the initials 'L.B.,' impressed on each one." - William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, 1965 Original paint with light craquelure and minor gunning wear, very minor old grey working touch-up. Original bill.

$10,000 - $15,000

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HARRY V. SHOURDS 1861-1920 | TUCKERTON, NJ

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236 Robin Snipe HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1900

Original paint with even gunning wear and a reset bill.

PROVENANCE:

Grant Nelson Collection

John M. Levinson and Somers G. Headley, Shorebirds, Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 82, plate 6-15, similar decoy illustrated.

James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 70, plate 136, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$5,000 - $6,000

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CHARLES SUMNER BUNN or WILLIAM “BILL” BOWMAN 1865-1952 and 1824-1906 | SHINNECOCK RESERVATION, NY, BANGOR, ME and LAWRENCE, NY

237 Yellowlegs CHARLES SUMNER BUNN (1865-1952) SHINNECOCK RESERVATION, NY OR WILLIAM “BILL” BOWMAN (1824-1906) OF BANGOR, ME AND LAWRENCE, NY, C. 1900 11 3/4 in. long

Copley is pleased to bring to light this decoy’s important provenance which appears to have remained unpublished since Johnsgard’s book over 40 years ago.

The Herrick-Ward yellowlegs is one of the finest Bunn/ Bowman decoys held in private hands. The majority of the birds from this famous Herrick Collection reside at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook.

“The carver created a replica of the live bird as well as any decoy maker of record.” -William J. Mackey, Jr.

This exemplary shorebird is notable for its superb from, impeccably painted surface, and original bill and wing tips.

Outstanding original paint with gunning wear, minimal touch-up to reset neck and spot on top of head, wing tip reset, rare original bill.

Chronicled in at least two major decoy books, Shore Bird Decoys by Fleckenstein and Johnsgard’s The Bird Decoy, few Bunn/Bowman yellowlegs match this bird’s stature.

This decoy was also exhibited at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1975. This monumental exhibition featured over 300 decoys from many of the era’s top collections.

PROVENANCE: Harold Herrick, Jr. Rig Bud Ward, acquired from the above Grant Nelson Collection

Paul A. Johnsgard, The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form, Lincoln, NE, 1976, p. 161, exact decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shore Bird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, pp. 67 and 84, plates XXXIX and 87, exact decoy illustrated.

Sotheby's and Guyette and Schmidt, American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery, New York, NY, 2000, p. 103, lot 217, similar decoy illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, Farmington, ME, April 2004, lot 596, exact decoy illustrated.

E. Jane Townsend, Gunners Paradise, Stony Brook, NY, 1979, p. 128, plate 219, similar decoy illustrated

LITERATURE:

Elegant features of this decoy sculpture include an inserted bill, eye grooves, glass eyes, and pronounced shoulder, wing, and tail carving. The paint is near perfect with a dry surface.

Decoy historian and author Henry Fleckenstein, Jr. illustrated this decoy twice and stated, “This bird is made in the nestled head position exemplifying Bowman’s finest work. His fantastic brushwork clearly illustrates that here was a man that was a true artist making decoys rather than just a decoy maker that had an artistic bent.”

Johnsgard features this exact bird on the same page as Dr. George Ross Starr's famous Crowell yellowlegs. In his comments he designated legendary dealer Bud Ward as the lender who obtained the decoy directly from H. H. Herrick, of Lawrence Long Island. This is one of the very few documented Bunn/Bowmans out of the famous Herrick rig to be held in private hands.

Lincoln, Nebraska, The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1975.

EXHIBITED:

$50,000 - $70,000

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238 The McCleery Bunn/Bowman Golden Plover CHARLES SUMNER BUNN (1865-1952) SHINNECOCK RESERVATION, NY OR WILLIAM "BILL" BOWMAN (1824-1906) OF BANGOR, ME AND LAWRENCE, NY, C. 1900 11 1/2 in. long

This is one of the finest plover decoys known. Golden plover in original paint by this maker are exceedingly rare. The underside retains the McCleery Collection stamp.

Regarding the maker of the Bunn/Bowman decoys, William J. Mackey, Jr. wrote, “His was a unique talent not given to any other decoy maker.”

Outstanding original paint with light gunning wear and original bill.

PROVENANCE: James M. McCleery, M.D. Collection Grant Nelson Collection

Robert Shaw, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston, TX, 1992, back cover and pp. 36-37, exact decoy illustrated (cataloged as black-bellied).

Sotheby's and Guyette and Schmidt, American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery, New York, NY, 2000, p. 100, lot 208, exact decoy illustrated (cataloged as black-bellied).

Robert Shaw, Bird Decoys of North America, New York, NY, 2010, p. 180, exact decoy illustrated (cataloged as black-bellied).

E. Jane Townsend, Gunners Paradise, Stony Brook, NY, 1979, p. 114, plate 186, related example illustrated.

Gene and Linda Kangas, Decoys, Paducah, KY, 1992, p. 307, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

Houston, Texas, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston Museum of Natural History, 1992-1993.

EXHIBITED:

$50,000 - $70,000

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NOAH BERNARD STERLING 1884-1954 | CRISFIELD, MD

239 Wading Greater Yellowlegs Pair NOAH BERNARD STERLING (1884-1954) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1910 17 in. tall

Made famous in Adele Earnest’s 1965 publication The Art of The Decoy, birds from this rig are pure folk art in every sense. They pre-date the Bird in Space sculptures by the pioneer of modernism Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), yet evoke parallels to the minimalist's avian representation. Sterling has rendered the wading yellowlegs down to its basic geometric forms, comprised of spherical heads, cylindrical necks, and conical bodies with a sharp chine on the underside.

These iconic sculptures transcend the art of the decoy and stand with the works of the Modernists.

Maryland shorebird decoys are exceedingly rare, with only a handful of makers known to exist. Among this small group, Noah Sterling towers above the rest.

One of the birds has the "Adele Earnest Collection" stamp on the bottom of the base.

Original paint with gunning wear. One has original bill reset at base; the other has a replaced bill. Original wire legs.

PROVENANCE: Adele Earnest Collection Grant Nelson Collection, acquired from Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts

Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, West Chester, PA, 1965, p. 51, plate 28, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$18,000 - $24,000

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GEORGE H. BOYD 1873-1941 | SEABROOK, NH

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240 Black-Bellied Plover GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1900

One of the finest George Boyd plovers known, this exact decoy is illustrated prominently in two important decoy books, including two images in Shore Bird Decoys. It displays Boyd's classic form, "shoe button" eyes, and stippled feather detail. Two stick holes on the underside allow the bird to be presented in a standing or feeding pose. Near mint with a few very minor spots of touch-up, original bill.

PROVENANCE: Steve Tyng Collection William Butler Collection Grant Nelson Collection

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shore Bird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, pp. 56 and 58, exact decoy illustrated twice.

John and Shirley Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, p. 45, exact decoy illustrated.

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved and Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Seabrook, NH, 1873-1941, Rye, NH, 2009, the title page, pp. 22 and 23, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

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Stephen O’Brien, Jr. Fine Arts, 2003 Catalog, Boston, MA, 2003, no. 47, exact decoy illustrated. ​ $5,000 - $7,000

241 Plover in Winter Plumage GEORGE H. BOYD (1873-1941) SEABROOK, NH, C. 1900

A plover decoy in rare winter plumage. Excellent original paint with minimal gunning wear, 1/2 bill replacement, and a very small dab of black paint on the wing tip.

PROVENANCE:

Grant Nelson Collection

Jim Cullen, Finely Carved and Nicely Painted: The Life, Art and Decoys of George H. Boyd, Seabrook, NH, 1873-1941, Rye, NH, 2009, pp. 23 and 71, similar decoys illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys At Auction, November 12 & 13, 1997, West Farmington, ME, 1997, p. 37, lot 146, exact bird illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$5,000 - $7,000

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242 Running Golden Plover NANTUCKET, MA, C. 1880

One of the finest examples from this famous rig to ever come on the market. “This highly distinctive and elegant golden plover is unusual for its curved and split-carved tail, the use of unpainted walnut for the bill and upper legs, and the fact that it has two legs, rather than the more typical single supporting stickup rod. It came from a rig of shorebirds (all with two legs) that was found many years ago in a basket at a Girl Scout rummage sale on Cape Cod.� -David Schorsch on a rigmate, American Decoys: A Folk Art Tradition, 1996 Original paint with minimal gunning wear.

PROVENANCE:

Grant Nelson Collection

John and Shirley Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, p. 128, rigmate illustrated.

Milwaukee Art Museum, The Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk Art, Milwaukee, WI, 1993, p. 160, cat. no. 63, rigmate illustrated.

David A. Schorsch, American Decoys: A Folk Art Tradition, New York, NY, 1996, pp. 18-19.

LITERATURE:

$5,000 - $7,000 135

IRA D. HUDSON 1873-1949 | CHINCOTEAGUE, VA

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243 Flying Pintail Drake IRA D. HUDSON (1873-1949) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1930 24 1/2 by 21 1/2 by 7 in.

Ira Hudson's flying waterfowl carvings represent some of the finest examples of American folk art. Their strong appeal has vaulted Hudson's work to the forefront of Americana from Virginia. This example's full cheek carving, impeccable provenance, and stylish paint places it among an elite group of Hudson fliers.

PROVENANCE: Originally purchased from Hudson in 1940 for seven dollars Private Collection, by descent in the family Private Collection, Maryland Grant Nelson Collection

Henry H. Stansbury, Ira D. Hudson and Family, Chincoteague Carvers, Lewes, DE, 2002, p. 146, similar carving illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 75, plates 91 and 92, similar carvings illustrated.

Quintina Colio, American Decoys, Ephrata, PA, 1972, p. 95, similar examples illustrated.

LITERATURE:

"Ira Hudson, the great decoy maker of Chincoteague, was the most prolific carver from Virginia. Despite his working steadily to fill orders to support his wonderful family, he took time to make these fanciful decorations. His record stands that he always produced a most collectible work of art." -Quintina Colio, American Decoys, 1974 In original paint with some professional restoration to wings, tail has been reset, missing feet.

$22,000 - $28,000

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244 Greater Yellowlegs IRA D. HUDSON (1873-1949) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1910 12 in. long

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Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 157, exact decoy illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 161, plate 135, similar decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Southern Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, pp. 73-74, similar decoys illustrated.

Henry H. Stansbury, Ira D. Hudson and Family, Lewes, DE, 2002, p. 139, exact decoy illustrated.

Paul A. Johnsgard, The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form, Lincoln, NE, 1976, p. 164, exact decoy illustrated.

This exact decoy is illustrated in at least three important decoy books, including Johnsgard's 1976 The Bird Decoy.

With its exceptional form, three-piece construction, and strong provenance, this bird features everything astute Hudson collectors look for.

LITERATURE:

This is one of the finest Hudson yellowlegs known, with a full body, drop tail, long and thin neck, pronounced head, eye groove, and extra-long original bill. Branded "P" for the William Purnell, Jr. Collection on the underside. Original paint and bill with gunning wear.

Lincoln, Nebraska, The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1975.

EXHIBITED:

PROVENANCE:

William H. Purnell, Jr. Collection Robert Gresham Collection Private Collection

$15,000 - $25,000

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245 Dowitcher CHARLES SUMNER BUNN (1865-1952) SHINNECOCK RESERVATION, NY OR WILLIAM “BILL” BOWMAN (1824-1906) OF BANGOR, ME AND LAWRENCE, NY, C. 1900 10 in. long

Original paint with gunning wear, touch-up to line in original bill, and minor crack in tail.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, Fairfield, ME, July 25 & 26, 1997, p. 15, lot 38, exact bird illustrated.

Dr. Cynthia Byrd, The Decoys of Long Island, Water Mill, NY, 2010, p. 39, similar example illustrated.

Quintina Colio, American Decoys, Ephrata, PA, 1972, pp. 68 and 69, similar example illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 103, plate 87, similar example illustrated.

Milton C. Weiler and William J. Mackey, Jr., Classic Shorebird Decoys: A Portfolio of Paintings, New York, NY, 1971, plate 3.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, acquired in Morristown, New Jersey, 1962 David A. Schorsch American Antiques Inc. Private Collection, Martha's Vineyard, acquired from the above, 1998 LITERATURE:

David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Michaelis, American Decoys II: A Folk Art Tradition, Woodbury, CT, 1998, back cover and pp. 34-35, exact decoy illustrated.

$15,000 - $25,000

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246 Running Yellowlegs WILLIAM H. SOUTHARD (1874-1940) SEAFORD, LONG ISLAND, NY, C. 1900

This reaching bird features carved eyes, a splined bill, deeply cut S-shaped raised wing carving and V-cut wing tips, and ticked feather paint. Original paint with gunning wear, a professionally replaced bill, and touch-up to minor flaking.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 102, plate 86, similar decoy illustrated.

Timothy Sieger, The Decoys of Long Island, Water Mills, NY, 2010, p. 37, similar decoy illustrated.

Joe Engers, ed., The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 103, similar decoy illustrated.

E. Jane Townsend, Gunners Paradise, Stony Brook, NY, 1979, p. 130, plate 224, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$8,000 - $12,000

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DAVE "UMBRELLA" WATSON 1851-1938 | CHINCOTEAGUE, VA

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247 Brant DAVE "UMBRELLA" WATSON (1851-1938) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1900

One of approximately a dozen known brant by this Virginia maker. Little is known about "Umbrella" Watson, but it is said that he was originally from Northampton County, Virginia, and that he carried an umbrella everywhere he went. He later moved to the island community of Chincoteague, where he became a waterman, market gunner, and guide. Mix of old and new paint, 1/3 bill replacement, crack in neck, and age lines in back.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, Easton, MD, 2007, lot 639, exact decoy illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, Easton, MD, November 2006, lot 390, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $4,000

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CHARLES BIRCH 1867-1956 | WILLIS WHARF, VA

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248 Swan CHARLES BIRCH (1867-1956) WILLIS WHARF, VA, C. 1920

There are only a handful of Birch swan decoys known to exist.

Born in Maryland and raised on Chincoteague, Birch moved south to Willis Wharf, Virginia, in Northampton County at age thirty-nine where he was a boat builder, waterman, and decoy carver.

This hollow swan, with its graceful down-turned head and long slender neck, features an inserted oak bill, tack eyes, and a raised neck seat. Its bold form places it amongst the top tier of the known Birch swan examples.

Used at the Gooseville Gun Club in Hatteras, North Carolina, this confidence decoy came out of the rig of the club’s founder, George Albert Lyon (1882-1961). Lyon was an industrialist, avid sportsman, and long-time friend of the sporting author Van Campen Heilner, who documented the club and wrote A Book on Duck Shooting.

Charles Birch swans have achieved a coveted status amongst decoy collectors today, as few carvers made more graceful designs. The hollow patterned birds with their proud breasts and sweeping arched necks have long captured the attention of collectors.

Working swan decoys of any type are exceptionally rare as most were used as confidence decoys, with typically only a single or pair used in a gunning rig. In excellent structural condition. In early working paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: George Albert Lyon Rig, Gooseville Gun Club, North Carolina Private Collection, by descent in the Lyon family Private Collection, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, acquired from Collectable Old Decoys

Robert Shaw, Bird Decoys of North America, New York, NY, 2010, p. 213, similar decoy illustrated.

Joe Engers, ed., The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, pp. 160-161, similar example illustrated.

Gene and Linda Kangas, Decoys: A North American Survey, Spanish Fork, UT, 1983, color plate 3, similar decoy illustrated.

Loy S. Harrell, Jr., Decoys: North America's One Hundred Greatest, Iola, WI, 2000, pp. 166-167, related decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$60,000 - $70,000

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JAMES "CORB" REED 1897-1987 | CHINCOTEAGUE, VA

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249 Wood Duck JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) Chincoteague, VA, c. 1970

Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

$800 - $1,000

250 Pintail Drake JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

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Stamped signature by the maker. Original paint with minimal wear and minor discoloration in white.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

Barry R. and Velma A. Berkey, Chincoteague Carvers and Their Decoys, Gettysburg, PA, 1981, pp. 75-76, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$800 - $1,000

251 Wigeon Drake JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

$800 - $1,000

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252 Canvasback Drake

255 Mallard Pair

JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

Original paint with minimal wear, sap below waterline.

A turned-head drake and a calling hen, both are stamped by the maker on the underside. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

$800 - $1,000

253 Bluebill Drake JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie

Newcomb Barry R. and Velma A. Berkey, Chincoteague Carvers and Their Decoys, Gettysburg, PA, 1981, pp. 75-76, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

Signature stamped "J.C. REED" on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

$1,400 - $1,800

PROVENANCE:

256 Black Duck

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

$800 - $1,000

JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

254 Red Head Drake

Stamped signature "J C REED" in the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

JAMES "CORB" REED (1897-1987) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1970

Stamped signature "J C REED" on the bottom. Original paint with minor wear and rub to left breast.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie Newcomb

$800 - $1,000

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, acquired from Ronnie

Newcomb Barry R. and Velma A. Berkey, Chincoteague Carvers and Their Decoys, Gettysburg, PA, 1981, pp. 75-76, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$800 - $1,000

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THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. AND STEPHEN WARD 1896-1983 and 1895-1976 | CRISFIELD, MD

257 Outstanding Life-Size Flying Mallard Pair THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, 1936 AND 1937

The Wards’ ability to capture likeness of species is on full display with this grand pair. Few Ward carvings command the presence of these dynamic “flappers." Each bird features fully outstretched wings with carved feather delineation, applied “peach basket” feathers on the back, turned heads on reaching necks, flared bills, and carved feet. The drake also has three curl feathers above the tail. No other Ward flyers of this design have come to light.

Carved in the mid 30s, these exceptionally early and highly accomplished decoratives show clear parallels to the Wards’ classic ‘36 model gunning decoys which originated at the same time. Important to the legacy of the brothers, these carvings place the Wards among the likes of A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) and Charles “Shang” Wheeler (1872-1949) as two of the earliest makers of decorative American bird carvings.

These important carvings were originally purchased by Fred and Lynn Vogel, early decoy collectors who also owned an antique shop in Dewey Beach, Delaware. In the 1970s Oliver “Tuts” Lawson, a friend and protégé of the Wards, often visited Lynn Vogel who also sold Lawson’s carvings in the shop. During those visits Lawson remembers seeing just the single hen mallard, though he was aware that a drake had at one time accompanied her. Copley is excited to present these reunited carvings to the public for the first time in over a quarter century.

With their elaborate and extensive carving details, these boldly carved mallards are in very good condition given their age. They represent two of the most important Ward carvings ever to come on the market.

The drake is signed "L.T. Ward, Crisfield, MD -1936-" on the underside. The hen is signed "Lem Ward, Crisfield, Md, -1937-" on the underside of right wing. Original paint with some craquelure and wear, touch-up to some of drake’s craquelure. Drake has crack in each leg and restoration to two primary feather tips and left side of tail. The hen is in excellent structural condition with touch-up to top of tail joint. Hen’s base has been added to match drake’s.

PROVENANCE: Fred and Lynn Vogel, acquired directly from the Ward brothers Private Collection, Virginia (drake only) Private Collection, Texas (drake only) Private Collection, Maryland (hen only) Private Collection, Maryland

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, November 12 & 13, 1997, West Farmington, ME, 1997, lot 309, exact drake illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, St. Charles, IL, April 2009, lot 334, exact hen illustrated.

Guyette and Deeter, North American Decoys at Auction, April 23 & 24, St. Charles, IL, April 2015, lot 414, exact drake illustrated.

Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide, Plano, TX, 1989.

LITERATURE:

$40,000 - $50,000

149

150

151

258

258 Standing Blue-Winged Teal Pair THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1945

Exceedingly rare pair of standing blue-winged teal, one of only three or four such pairs known to exist. A similar pair is held by the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art at Salisbury University, located in Salisbury, Maryland.

This pair displays cedar heads and tails with balsa bodies, carved “peach basket� raised wings, glass eyes, and feet mounted on half-round bases. This lot, along with a closely related pair sold by this firm in 2008, is among the finest Ward teal pairs known to exist. Excellent original paint with minimal wear and some restoration to feet.

PROVENANCE: Pat Vincenti, acquired from a Crisfield home, 2008 Private Collection, Maryland, acquired from the above

Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide, Plano, TX, 1989, plate 109, p. 125, related pair illustrated.

Copley Fine Art Auctions, The Sporting Sale, Boston, MA, 2008, lot 322.

LITERATURE:

$24,000 - $28,000

152

153

259

154

260

259 Rare Feeding Curlew

260 Redhead Wing Duck

LEMUEL T. WARD (1896-1983) CRISFIELD, MD, 1964

CAPTAIN BENJAMIN F. DYE (1832-1896) PERRYVILLE, MD, C. 1880

This exact carving was commissioned by legendary Ward patron and collector Dr. Morton D. Kramer in the 1960s. This may be the only Ward curlew known to exist. Original paint.

A rare wooden wing duck with exceptional bill carving by one of the upper Chesapeake Bay's greatest carvers. Original paint with even gunning wear including minor nicks along edges.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Morton D. Kramer Collection Private Collection, Maryland

$4,000 - $6,000

Glenn Lawson, The Story of Lem Ward, West Chester, PA, 1984, p. 110, exact shorebird carving illustrated.

Byron Cheever, Ward Bros, Spanish Fork, UT, 1966, p. 44, plate 65, similar carving illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shore Bird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, p. 83, color plate LIV, similar carving illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$17,500 - $22,500

155

261 Canvasback JAMES A. "JIM" CURRIER (1886-1969) HAVRE DE GRACE, MD, C. 1950

Original paint with gunning wear. $200 - $300

262 Canvasback Pair 261

SAMUEL YOST SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FLATS, MD, C. 1950

Signed by the maker with a carved "SY" in the lower breast. Original paint with even gunning wear. $200 - $300

263 Canvasback CHARLIE "SPEED" JOINER (1921-2015) CHESTERTOWN, MD, C. 1950

Original paint with gunning wear. $200 - $300

264 Duck CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1920 16 1/2 in. long

262

As found with replaced bill.

Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, West Chester, PA, 1965, p. 184, plate 160, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$600 - $900

263

264

156

265

265 Bluebill Pair THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1940

Both decoys are signed by Lem and Steve Ward, have a conjoined "MK" brand, and Kramer Collection ink stamps on the bottom. This pair of decoys was selected by artist Paul Schertz for his painting of the Ward Brothers and their decoys. This pair is illustrated in the lower left corner of Schertz's painting, which was reproduced and sold as a print. Original paint with even gunning wear, drake has remnants of working paint on head, bill, and breast.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Morton D. Kramer Collection Private Collection, Maryland

Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide, Plano, TX, 1989, p. 46, plate 38, similar decoys illustrated.

Paul W. Schertz, Ward Brothers print, 1978, exact decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$6,000 - $9,000

Schertz print, 1978

157

266

266 Preening Canada Goose LEMUEL T. WARD (1896-1983) CRISFIELD, MD, 1978

Signed and dated on the bottom by the maker. A touching poem is written below the signature. This decoy relates closely to the original Ward Museum's logo bird. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Maryland

$14,000 - $16,000

Vintage Ward Museum logo

158

159

THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. AND STEPHEN WARD 1896-1983 and 1895-1976 | CRISFIELD, MD

267

268

160

269

271

Glenn Lawson, The Story of Lem Ward, West Chester, PA, 1984, p. 75, herring gull carving illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,500 - $3,500

269 Pintail and Green-Winged Teal Drakes

270

CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1950

The teal has a "The Crossroads of Sport" label on the bottom. Original paint with wear. Teal has a reset wing tip.

Pintail has worn bill with wing tips and the end of the tail broken off. Both have filler loss at top of their heads.

267 Early Turned-Head Canada Goose THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (18951976) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1930

$600 - $800

This early carving has a turned head with full cheeks, a ridged back, and a high thin tail. Contemporary repaint with small repair to bill tip.

PROVENANCE:

270 Pintail Pair OLIVER "TUTS" LAWSON (B. 1938) CRISFIELD, MD

Private Collection, Maryland

Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers’ Decoys: A Collector’s Guide, Plano, TX, 1989, pp. 110111, plates 94, 95, and 96, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

Signed by the maker on the bottom of each. Original paint and condition. $1,000 - $2,000

$4,000 - $5,000

271 Miniature Cinnamon Teal Pair

268 Herring Gull

OLIVER "TUTS" LAWSON (B. 1938) CRISFIELD, MD, 1957 6 1/2 in. long

LEMUEL T. WARD (1896-1983) CRISFIELD, MD, 1964

Signed and dated on the bottom, “Herring Gull made for Norris E. Pratt Collection, L.T. Ward, Crisfield, MD., -1964-.”

Original paint with some shrinkage to white areas, minor wear, and tight bill tip crack.

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of each.

Original paint with minor wear and possible touch-up or putty under hen's tail. $200 - $300

PROVENANCE:

Norris E. Pratt Collection Private Collection 161

272 Mallard Bookends OLIVER "TUTS" LAWSON (B. 1938) CRISFIELD, MD, 1960

Signed and dated by the maker. Original paint with minor wear. $500 - $800

272

273 Mallard Bookends THE WARD BROTHERS, LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1940

Original paint with wear, the hen's bill has been restored.

Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide, Plano, TX, 1989, plate 113, p. 127, similar examples illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,200 - $1,800

273

274 Half-Sized Pintail Pair LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, 1962 drake is 10 1/2 in. long

Original paint with minor wear and roughness to tail tip. $800 - $1,000

274

162

275

275 Rare Pinch-Breast Canvasback Hen THE WARD BROTHERS LEMUEL T. (1896-1983) AND STEPHEN (1895-1976) CRISFIELD, MD, 1928

This bold decoy with pronounced cheeks displays some of the finest paint seen on any canvasback hen by the Ward Brothers. From a special-order rig of six birds.

Signed "-1928- L.T. Ward-Bro. Crisfield, MD Lem Ward, Steve Ward," branded "P" and "WHP JR" on the bottom. Original paint with even gunning wear and touch-up to a reset bill.

PROVENANCE:

William H. Purnell, Jr. Collection, acquired from Lem Ward, 1971

$6,000 - $9,000

WHP

JR

​Ward Brothers Photo: Courtesy AAubreyBodine.com

163

276

276 Tucked-Head Curlew LUTHER LEE NOTTINGHAM (1852-1942) CAPEVILLE, VA, C. 1890

Original paint with gunning wear, filler on top of head, and replaced bill.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, New Jersey, acquired from Collectable Old Decoys

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 39, plate 17, similar decoys illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Southern Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, pp. 62 and 147, plates LXII and 271, similar decoys illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shore Bird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, p. 90, plate LXI, related example.

LITERATURE:

$6,500 - $8,500

Photo courtesy of a decendent of Luther Nottingham

164

277 Two Miniature Mergansers LLOYD J. TYLER (1898-1970) CRISFIELD, MD, C. 1930 2 3/4 in. long

"Lloyd Tyler" is written on the bottom of each.

Original paint with minor wear and flaking. $300 - $500 277

278 Oversize Hissing Canada Goose MILES HANCOCK (1888-1974) CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1950 26 in. long by 11 in. wide

Hancock's hissing geese are rare. Original paint with heavy gunning wear, wood grain staining, reset neck, and age cracks. $800 - $1,000

279 Pair of Daiseys CHINCOTEAGUE, VA, C. 1990

Golden Plover by Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (b. 1924) and a Black Duck by his nephew, Mark A. Daisey (b. 1970)

278

The shorebird is branded "CIGAR" and is faintly signed by the maker. The duck is branded "MARK." Original paint and original paint with gunning wear. $500 - $700

280 Canvasback SAM SMITH AMITYVILLE, LONG ISLAND, NY, C. 1890 7 1/2 in. wide

The Swan Island Club in North Carolina was founded in 1870 by Long Island hunters who stumbled upon the island while down south.

Consequently, the Swan Island Club ordered most of their decoys from Long Island, New York, carvers.

Brands on the bottom of this decoy include "TBW," "W. T. BRAMHALL," and two others that are worn and illegible. These Swan Island decoys are known for their wide hips; this example measures 7 1/2 inches from side to side. Old paint, worn to the wood with gunning wear, and a neck crack.

279

PROVENANCE: Swan Island Club, North Carolina Rig Private Collection, North Carolina

$800 - $1,000

280

165

166

281

A. ELMER CROWELL 1862-1952 | EAST HARWICH, MA

281 Rare Willet A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1900 12 3/4 in. long

Branded "P. W. W." for the Parker Williams Whittemore rig on the underside.

Parker W. Whittemore (1872-1959), Harvard class of 1895, was captain of the baseball team and played on the football team. A large percentage of Crowell's best customers were turn-of-the-19th-century Harvard graduates. Whittemore was treasurer and later a director of the Laconia Car Company. The company made horse-drawn and electric trolley cars for the streets of Boston, its Elevated Railway, and even for use as far away as the streets of Los Angeles. Original paint with even gunning wear, minor flaking, repair to end of wing tip.

PROVENANCE: Robert D. Congdon Collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts Grant Nelson Collection

John and Shirley Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, p. 153, similar decoy illustrated.

Linda and Gene Kangas, “Connecting the Dots: Exploring the provenance of Elmer Crowell's decoys,� Decoy Magazine, March/April 2010, p. 33, rigmates illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$10,000 - $15,000

167

282

168

282

A. ELMER CROWELL 1862-1952 | EAST HARWICH, MA

282 "Dust Jacket" Black-Bellied Plover A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1900 12 in. long

A closely related example of this “dust jacket” plover is highlighted on the cover of American Bird Decoys by William J. Mackey, Jr. The bird’s details include raised heart-shaped carving to the top of each wing, fully carved concave primaries that join at the tips, and deeply carved wing separation between the primary tips. A hollowed-out cut bores through to the dropped tail.

Crowell’s “dust jacket” plovers are amongst the most highly sought after shorebird decoys; less than eighteen examples in original paint are thought to exist. This decoy appears to be from the rig of Harry V. Long. Original paint with some touch-up to flaking, crack in bill reset.

PROVENANCE: Harry V. Long Rig (attr.)

Private Collection, Cape Cod Grant Nelson Collection

Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, The Harry V. Long Collection of A. Elmer Crowell Decoys, The Sporting Sale, Boston, MA, 2009, pp. 68, 77-79, probable rigmate illustrated.

LITERATURE:

John and Shirley Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, front of dust jacket, related decoys illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, dust jacket cover, color plate 3, related decoys illustrated.

Milton C. Weiler and William J. Mackey, Jr., Classic Shorebird Decoys: A Portfolio of Paintings, New York, NY, 1971, plate 6, related decoy illustrated. $30,000 - $40,000

169

Rig of “dust jacket” birds set up on Bessings Beach with Harry V. Long’s White Head in the background, 1922

283

284

283 Semipalmated or Wilson's Plover

284 Running Greater Yellowlegs

HEWLETT FAMILY HEWLETT, LONG ISLAND, NY, C. 1900 6 5/8 in. long

THOMAS GELSTON (1850-1924) BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN, AND QUOGUE, NY, C. 1900 15 3/4 in. long

Gunning decoys for small plover species by any maker are exceptionally rare. This dainty bird features elegant lines, split tail carving, and excellent paint.

This outstretched bird in a running posture demonstrates the dynamic form which Gelston collectors covet. Indeed a running Gelston shorebird recently sold for over $250,000 at auction. Original paint with even gunning wear, some touchup to flaking, mostly on right side and top of head. Patch to right side tail chip, and 1/2 bill repair.

In the late 1600s the first Hewlett family member settled and farmed a couple square miles of southern Long Island.

Their farm included the land around a protected bay and harbor, both of which are named for them. Original paint with even gunning wear and replaced bill.

PROVENANCE:

Grant Nelson Collection

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Bird Decoys at Auction, November, 1996, lot 139, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,500 - $3,500

PROVENANCE:

Grant Nelson Collection

Sotheby’s and Guyette and Schmidt, American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery, New York, NY, 2000, p. 104, lot 220, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$5,000 - $7,000

170

285

286

285 High-Head Willet

Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture, New York, NY, 1985, p. 304, related example illustrated.

MASSACHUSETTS, C. 1900 13 1/2 in. long

$4,000 - $6,000

Over the decades decoys from this rig have resonated with collectors, museums, and authors, including Adele Earnest, James McCleery, and Robert Bishop. The underside bears the "McCLEERY" ink stamp. Original paint with some flaking and gunning wear.

286 Golden Plover JOSEPH W. LINCOLN (1859-1938) ACCORD, MA, C. 1900

An important Lincoln shorebird decoy in transitional or eclipse plumage. Original paint with light gunning wear, rusty eyes.

PROVENANCE:

Dr. James M. McCleery Collection Grant Nelson Collection Sotheby's and Guyette and Schmidt, American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery, New York, NY, 2000, p. 208, lot 546, exact decoy illustrated.

Cap Vinal, Joseph W. Lincoln, Rockland, MA, 2002, p. 69, rigmate illustrated.

Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, West Chester, PA, 1965, p. 50, plate 25, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

PROVENANCE: Alan Haid Collection Grant Nelson Collection

Donna Tonelli, Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles, Atglen, PA, 1998, p. 90, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $3,000

171

NATHAN ROWLEY HORNER 1882-1942 | WEST CREEK, NJ

287 Dowitcher NATHAN ROWLEY HORNER (1882-1942)(ATTR.) WEST CREEK, NJ, C. 1910

"Mackey Collection" stamp on underside. Excellent original paint with faint traces of white on underside and even gunning wear. Original bill.

PROVENANCE: William J. Mackey, Jr. Collection Asa Allen Collection, acquired at Bourne Sale, 1973 Grant Nelson Collection, acquired from the above

Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., Very Rare and Important American Bird Decoys from the Collection of William J. Mackey, Jr., of Belford, NJ, Session II, July 18, 1973, lot 589, exact decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 166, plate 397, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$5,000 - $7,000

172 287

288

288 Yellowlegs HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1890

Original paint with light gunning wear.

PROVENANCE:

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 66, plate 113, similar decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, dust jacket, similar decoys illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$4,000 - $6,000

173

289 A. G. Fox Rig Plover MASSACHUSETTS, 1880

A tack-eyed golden plover in spring emerging plumage with a screw eye for stringing. A serifed "A. G. FOX" is painted on the underside of the tail. According to decoy author Russ Goldberger, "Only two examples from this rig are known to be signed."

Decoys by this maker have long been admired by collectors, and a rigmate curlew recently sold for over $100,000.

A rigmate is held in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

Original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: A. G. Fox Rig Private Collection, Cape Cod LITERATURE:

289

Gwladys Hopkins, Massachusetts Masterpieces, Lincoln, MA, 2016, pp. 42-43, 98-99, rigmate illustrated.

The Ward Museum, Massachusetts Masters: Decoys, Shorebirds, and Decorative Carvings, Salisbury, MD, 2010, p. 35, similar decoy illustrated.

290

$1,500 - $2,500

290 A. G. Fox Rig Plover MASSACHUSETTS, 1880

A tack-eyed golden plover in spring emerging plumage. Original paint with minor wear.

291

PROVENANCE:

A. G. Fox Rig Private Collection, Cape Cod Gwladys Hopkins, Massachusetts Masterpieces, Lincoln, MA, 2016, pp. 42-43, 98-99, rigmate illustrated.

The Ward Museum, Massachusetts Masters: Decoys, Shorebirds, and Decorative Carvings, Salisbury, MD, 2010, p. 35, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$1,500 - $2,500

291 Two Sanderlings DAVID S. GOODSPEED (1862-1943)(ATTR.) DUXBURY, MA, C. 1900

A rare rigmate pair of Massachusetts peeps. Original paint with some flaking and wear, including a bill tip chip.

PROVENANCE:

Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 42, plate 20, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$2,000 - $3,000 174

292

292 Important Summer Yellowlegs A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1910 8 3/4 in. long

Crowell's lesser yellowlegs decoys are exceptionally rare.

As stated by Crowell author and historian Brian Cullity, "The lesser yellowlegs was a relatively uncommon species to be used as a model for a decoy." On the pattern for this decoy Crowell identifies the species as "summer yellow leg."

PROVENANCE: Dr. James M. McCleery Collection Private Collection, New York

Sotheby's, Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver, New York, NY, May 2005, front cover and lot 104, exact decoy illustrated.

Brian Cullity, The Songless Aviary: The World of A. E. Crowell & Son, Hyannis, MA, 1992, pp. 60 and 114, plate 116, Crowell's pattern and related example illustrated.

Robert Shaw, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston, TX, 1992, pp. 14-15, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

This important example was exhibited in Dr. McCleery's Call to the Sky museum exhibition and accompanying book. It was also held back by the McCleery estate from the 2000 sale along with four other of his best Crowell shorebirds. This select group of five was offered at Sotheby's in 2005, where this lot was featured on the catalog cover. Original paint with light gunning wear and a professionally replaced bill.

Houston, Texas, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston Museum of Natural History, 1992-1993.

EXHIBITED:

$18,000 - $24,000

175

293

293 Greater Yellowlegs A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1910

A fine shorebird decoy in a forward reaching position. Stamped "HILLMAN collection" on the underside. Original paint with minimal gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: John Hillman Collection Private Collection, Martha's Vineyard LITERATURE: Robert Shaw, Bird Decoys of North America, New York, NY, 2010, pp. 162163, similar decoys illustrated.

Shirley and John Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, p. 143, similar examples illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, April 25 & 26, 1996, West Farmington, ME, 1996, lot 163, exact decoy illustrated.

$8,000 - $10,000

176

294 Black Duck CHARLES HART (1862-1960) GLOUCESTER, MA, C. 1920

This bold hollow-carved decoy displays carved bill detail and highly defined raised wings and primaries. The body of this decoy was hollowed out to one-half-inch thickness and no bottom board was applied, leaving it open. This unusual construction was designed to create a suction on calm gunning waters.

Outstanding original paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Cape Cod

294

LITERATURE:

George Ross Starr, Jr., M.D., Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway, New York, NY, 1974, p. 178, figure 88, related examples illustrated. $3,000 - $4,000

295 Blue-Winged Teal Drake CHARLES HART (1862-1960) GLOUCESTER, MA, C. 1920

A refined Hart decoy with intricate feather carving. This rare species by the maker is one of his teal masterworks. Original paint, tight age line in tail, and minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Cape Cod

LITERATURE:

George Ross Starr, Jr., M.D., Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway, New York, NY, 1974, figure 88, p. 178, similar decoys illustrated. $2,500 - $3,500 295

177

296 Miniature Penguin CHARLES HART (1862-1960) GLOUCESTER, MA, 1936 5 in. tall

Charles Hart penguins have long been favorites amongst collectors of American folk art. As early as 1949, Allen Eaton chronicled Hart's mastery in carving these aquatic birds of the southern hemisphere. A large Hart penguin carving presented to Admiral Byrd, noted South Pole explorer, was exhibited in a Massachusetts decoy exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

344

296

This carving has all the features that astute collectors look for: an inletted bill, applied shaped wings, grooved feet, and beautiful rich patina commensurate with the bird's age.

Signed and dated on the bottom of the base. Original paint with minor wear and touch-up to "puppy chew" on bill.

Richard Bishop, American Folk Sculpture, New York, NY, 1985, p. 177, similar carving illustrated.

Allen H. Eaton, Handicrafts of New England, New York, NY, 1949, p. 183.

LITERATURE:

$1,000 - $2,000

297 Miniature Wood Duck Drake A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1930

Rectangular stamp on bottom of base. Original paint with minor wear.

297

$1,000 - $1,500

298 Life-Size Mallard Head Plaque A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1920 head is 10 1/2 in. long

A half-model of a mallard drake's head and neck. Throughout the course of his prolific career Crowell is believed to have made only a few dozen of these half-head models. The back is signed by the maker and bears a crisp oval brand. Original paint with wear.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Cape Cod

$2,000 - $4,000

298

178

AUGUSTUS "GUS" AARON WILSON 1864-1950 | SOUTH PORTLAND, ME

299

299 White-Winged Scoter AUGUSTUS "GUS" AARON WILSON (1864-1950) SOUTH PORTLAND, ME, C. 1900

"Wilson looked at waterfowl much the way the Ward brothers did. There was a similarity in their ability to capture an unusual pose and to produce a decoy that continues to enthrall even the seasoned gunners who have spent their lives observing waterfowl.” -Maine decoy author and historian, Captain John Dinan

requirements drove carvers to produce big solid decoys with modest paint patterns. “Seaworthiness, durability, practicality, effectiveness and affordability were essential considerations...Wilson’s genius is demonstrated by his ability to work within those existing traditions, yet elevate the Maine decoy to a higher level of artistic achievement.”

This bold carving features an inletted and turned head with painted eyes, refined bill detail, and raised wings. These Monhegan Island birds were made famous in Quintina Colio’s book American Decoys which featured four rigmates.

Wilson’s interests were by no means limited to decoys. He carved a variety of songbirds, decoratives, weathervanes, and big cats. A pair of Wilson’s tigers are featured in the American Identities exhibit, on display as a part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.

This grand bird is over seventeen and one-half inches long, and over eight inches wide. The two-piece construction features a prodigious inletted head seat.

Original paint with even wear mostly down to wood, faint age line in the head reglued, and gunning wear.

Wilson was born on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Though he is foremost remembered as a carver, he was also a boat builder, waterman, outdoorsman, and lighthouse keeper.

He was an attendant to a number of Maine’s lighthouses, including the Great Duck Island Light, Goose Rocks Station on Fox Island, Two Lights Station on Cape Elizabeth, Marshall Point Light at Port Clyde, and Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse in Casco Bay.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Nantucket, purchased from Samuel Lowe Antiques, Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1977, selected from a rig of six Wilson decoys

Gene Kangas, “Gus Wilson, Folk Artist,” Decoy Magazine, Lewes, DE, November/December 1994, pp. 8-13.

Quintina Colio, American Decoys, Ephrata, PA, 1972, pp.

30-31.

Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, pp. 36-41.

LITERATURE:

According to art historian Gene Kangas, “His job as a lighthouse keeper provided financial security and ample time to facilitate rapid artistic advancement. Imaginative decoys and wildlife carving began to take shape in an incredible variety of poses.” Early regional traditions and

$5,000 - $8,000

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300 Surf Scoter WENDELL GILLEY (1904-1983) SOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME, C. 1935

Gilley, an avid birdwatcher, hunter, and taxidermist, often used his mounts to inform his carvings.

Inspired by Elmer Crowell, he took to carving bird miniatures in 1931 and sold them to Abercrombie and Fitch in New York City for under $5.00 apiece.

He made working decoys for his friends and for his own use. The Wendell Gilley Museum in his hometown serves as a lasting tribute to this important Maine carver's work. Original paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE:

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Private Collection, Massachusetts

$800 - $1,200

301 Redhead Drake HENRY KEYES CHADWICK (1851-1938) OAK BLUFFS, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA. C. 1930

Included in the lot is a copy of the 1978 book, Martha's Vineyard Decoys, by Stanley Murphy.

This elegant example has the clean lines of Chadwick's earlier models, showing similarities to the work of Capt. Ben Smith. Original paint with gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Nantucket,

purchased from Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts, c.

1998 $3,500 - $4,500

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302 Goldeneye Drake MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA, C. 1920

A hollow decoy with a poured circular weight.

The cheek chine and wing separation suggest this decoy may have been carved by a member of the Vineyard's Look family. In nice early paint with even craquelure and gunning wear. $1,000 - $1,500

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303 Early Sleeping Pintail Drake RICHARD WISTAR DAVIDS (1825-1863) PHILADELPHIA, PA, C. 1850

Richard Wistar Davids (1825–1863) was the third son of Benjamin Davids and Rebecca Morris, a marriage of two Philadelphia Quaker merchant families. Davids was a Union officer in Company B, Pennsylvania 118th Infantry Regiment, killed in the Wheatfield during the Battle of Gettysburg.

This exemplary decoy bears the brand "C W Morris" for Caspar Wistar Morris. Thanks to Pete Lesher, Chief Curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, new information regarding the Morris family and their gunning heritage has cast light on the history of this important rig.

Davids decoys are closely linked and bear striking similarities to the work of Albert Laing (1811-1886), who was Davids’ first cousin. Indeed the Laing bluebill, branded “R.W. DAVIDS” and “C W MORRIS” illustrated on p. 32 of Chitwood’s Connecticut Decoys, was used along with this pintail in an Easton, Maryland, gunning rig as recently as the 1960s.

Regarding a high head ​rigmate pintail​made​​by the same hand​ that bears both the "C W MORRIS" and "R. W. DAVIDS" brands, Lesher writes:

It is exceedingly rare in the realm of collecting to be able to document the lineage of decoys and rigs back more than just a generation or two. That was the case with this pintail drake for decades until Chesapeake Bay historian Pete Lesher filled in the family lineage of this gunning rig dating back before the Civil War.

"The R. W. DAVIDS -branded decoy was acquired by Caspar W. Morris (1806-1877), Davids’ uncle, presumably after Davids’ death in 1863. Morris lived at Frankford, Pennsylvania, just across Delaware River from Riverton Yacht Club, where Morris served as commodore until 1875. Morris branded the decoy C W MORRIS. “Caspar W. Morris’ son, Jacob Giles Morris (1835-1905) was a lifelong sportsman and yachtsman who was the next to use

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the rig. After his 1857 marriage to Isabel Fennell, he settled at Tacony on the Delaware River, but then relocated to Maryland in 1867. He purchased 173 acres on Hunting Creek, a branch of the Miles River along the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, from Comm. Charles Lowndes. By the 1880s, Jacob Morris was sailing a cutter yacht named Cora, which he rerigged as a yawl.

In addition to managing his Hunting Creek farm, he promoted the sport of yacht racing, joining with others to establish the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club in 1885. He also took Cora on ducking cruises down the bay.

“Jacob Morris died in 1905, and after the death of his widow, Isabel, in September 1911, his Hunting Creek farm was sold and its contents dispersed. Morris’ son, Thomas Clifford Morris (b.1858), lived in the family home with his mother at the time of her death. C. Lowndes Johnson, a neighbor of the Morrises, kept a diary and on June 13, 1912, he recorded, “Right after dinner Cliff Morris and Harry Rieman came around in H[arry]’s canoe with about 150 or more decoys and three heavy muzzle loader duck guns for us to keep for them. Harry had his 15 ft double end duck boat with him and I bought it from him for five dollars.

“C. Lowndes Johnson and his younger brother J. Graham Johnson (1883-1931), who later hunted with Dick Tilghman, purchased portions of this rig over the next several years, one portion of the rig referenced in a December 23, 1917 diary entry.

Remnants of the rig remained in the loft of his boat shop when he died. Johnson’s incredibly varied rig came to include not only decoys branded ‘C W MORRIS’ and ‘R.W. DAVIDS,’ but decoys 183

by a Jersey Shore carver, Blair school, Robert D. Lambdin of St. Michaels, and decoys carved by the Johnson boys themselves.”

Additional species and forms of Davids-Morris rig decoys include the aforementioned Lesher pintail drake, C ​ hitwood's ​ high-head pintail drake, a straight-head pintail drake, a preening black duck, and a preening redhead. Original paint with gunning wear, even craquelure, light flaking, and a possible second wash of white on bottom.

PROVENANCE: Caspar Wistar Morris Rig, Frankfort, Pennsylvania Jacob Giles Morris Rig, Tacony, Pennsylvania and Easton, Maryland Thomas Clifford Morris, Easton, Maryland, by descent from the above Private Hunting Rig, Easton, Maryland, retired from rig, c. 1965 Private Collection, by descent from the above Private Collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts, acquired from the above

Henry C. Chitwood, Connecticut Decoys, West Chester, PA, 1987, p. 32, exact decoy illustrated.

Ronald S. Swanson, "Albert D. Laing: A decoy maker unequaled in his time," Decoy Magazine, Burtonsville, MD, July/August 1995, p. 14.

Richard W. Oliver, Rare and Important American Bird Decoys, Kennebunk, ME, July 1987, lot 97, exact decoy illustrated.

LITERATURE:

$​15,000 - $25,000​

304 Canada Goose A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1925

An early hunting decoy with excellent form. The maker's oval brand is impressed on the bottom. Found in the marshes of Chatham, Massachusetts, over 50 years ago by a hunter. Original paint with gunning wear, a check along right side with some maker filler, and some neck filler loss.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, found

c. 1960 Private collection by descent in the family $5,000 - $7,000

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305 Wigeon Drake A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1930

A fine baldpate drake with incised tail feather detail. Signed with the maker's rectangular stamp on the bottom. Original paint with wear and fill to a weight hole on bottom. $4,500 - $6,500

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306 Preening Canvasback Drake CHARLES RALPH WELLS (1895-1979) STRATFORD, CT, C. 1930

An outstanding hollow Wells decoy with the strong early influence of Wells' friend Charles "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949).

The maker's "CRW" brand is on the bottom. Original paint with light gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Nantucket LITERATURE: Henry C. Chitwood, Connecticut Decoys, West Chester, PA, 1987, p. 75, exact decoy illustrated.

$1,000 - $1,400

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307 Duxbury Goose DUXBURY, MA, C. 1900

Dr. Starr wrote "G - 14" on the bottom of this decoy signifying this was the fourteenth goose he acquired. Old in-use repaint with flaking, heavy gunning wear, a check along the bottom, and a cracked neck with a chip missing.

PROVENANCE: George Ross Starr Jr., M.D.

Collection Private Collection, Duxbury, Massachusetts $300 - $500 307

308 Black Duck A. ELMER CROWELL (1862-1952) EAST HARWICH, MA, C. 1920

A low-head, tack-eyed model with the maker's oval brand on the bottom, also branded "J. B. CHASE," for a Nantucket rig.

Original paint with gunning wear, age lines, a tail repair, and tail chips.

PROVENANCE: J. B. Chase Rig

Private Collection, Nantucket $600 - $900

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309 Canvasback Decoy Hooked Rug 42 in. diameter

A circular hooked rug decorated with canvasback decoys mounted on a cloth-covered, circular, wooden frame. As found.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Far Hills, New

Jersey $2,000 - $4,000

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310 White Heron 50 by 39 in. with base

A hollow chip-carved heron with tack eyes and an inserted bill. Tree branch legs and a large driftwood base. Old paint with flaking and wear. Old replaced portion of leather crest.

PROVENANCE: Harold Corbin, Three Ravens

Antiques, Lakeville, Connecticut Private Collection, purchased at Corbin Estate Sale $3,000 - $5,000

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CLARK VOORHEES 1911-1980 | WESTON, VT

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311 Full-Bodied Sperm Whale CLARK VOORHEES (1911-1980) WESTON, VT, C. 1960 18 in. long

A rare eighteen-inch-long, full-bodied whale carving by Clark Voorhees, the son of Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871-1933) who was one of the founders of the Old Lyme Art Colony. Full-bodied carved whale models are among the rarest of Voorhees' marine mammal carvings and represent his best carving efforts. Only a few are known to have come to market in the past decade. A world record was set for a related full-body model by this firm in July 2014, realizing $12,000.

Stamped "C VOORHEES" on the bottom of the base and a conjoined "CV" is carved on the underside of the whale. Original paint in exemplary condition.

LITERATURE: Kevin Tulimieri, "Clark Voorhees' Carved Whales," The Magazine Antiques, January/February 2011, pp. 56-62.

$6,000 - $9,000

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312 Four Whales and a Dolphin CLARK VOORHEES (1911-1980) WESTON, VT, C. 1960

Each is signed with a conjoined "CV" carved in the back, two are also stamped "C VOORHEES," and two are stamped "C VORHEES WESTON VT." The right whale has "The Four Winds, $25.00" original price sticker on the back. Original paint. The sperm whale has a reset tail fluke.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, purchased in the

1960s from the Four Winds Shop on Nantucket $5,000 - $10,000

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315 Alligator Cane 35 1/4 in.

Original finish with minor flaking. $600 - $900

313 Cane with Trout Motif

316 Boar's Head Cane with Short Sword

35 in.

37 in.

Carved raised trout, insects, and foliage. As found.

Spike-shaped blade is marked "S. Deglan New York" and "Basil Landes." As found.

$600 - $900

$600 - $900

314 Dog's Head Cane 37 1/2 in.

As found. $600 - $900

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317 Double-Handled Pottery Jug with Dog 20 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.

This vase displays a hand-painted portrait of a dog.

"ROTANE, 863, RPC, 7," and two small marks are impressed in the bottom. Original surface with fine, light craquelure and minor wear. $1,000 - $2,000

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318 Owl Jug 11 1/2 in. tall

A "B Y" is lightly impressed on the bottom.

Original surface with some chips. $1,200 - $1,800

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321 Oversize Goose Flattie 26 1/2 by 42 in.

Original paint with minor wear, dowels broken off in holes in bottom.

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319 Canada Goose Box with One Canvas Goose

$300 - $400

322 Hand-Forged Fireplace Tool with Waterfowl Head

31 1/2 by 22 by 6 3/4 in.

A painted gunning box with a hand-painted goose on one side. Canvas and wire goose decoy included.

Box is incised "AEB." As found.

NEW ENGLAND, C. 1920 23 in. long

$500 - $800

$1,200 - $1,600

As found.

320 Two Parrot Wall Sconce Shelves shelf is 18 by 9 3/4 by 6 3/4 in.

Hand-carved wood. Original finish with minor wear. $600 - $800

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SPENCER TINKHAM B. 1992 | NORFOLK, VA

323 Black-Crowned Night Heron SPENCER TINKHAM (B. 1992) NORFOLK, VA 20 in. tall

Copley is excited to introduce, for the first time at public auction, the work of Spencer Tinkham. He is a self-taught artist raised along the Virginia coast where he began carving at age 8. He quickly went on to win dozens of awards, including the youth world championships, while also establishing a broad following.

Spencer makes all of his oil paints from scratch using raw pigment powders. Most of his pieces are constructed entirely out of materials that are salvaged along bay and river shorelines.

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Incised "Tink" signature on the underside.

Descriptive narrative of origin of the materials used to create the carving is written on bottom of the base. Original paint with minimal wear. $500 - $700

324 Green Heron SPENCER TINKHAM (B. 1992) NORFOLK, VA 13 1/2 by 18 by 6 in.

Incised "Tink" signature on the underside.

Descriptive narrative of origin of the materials used to create the carving is written on bottom of the base. Original paint with minimal wear. $450 - $650 324

325 Yellow-Crowned Night Heron SPENCER TINKHAM (B. 1992) NORFOLK, VA 25 1/2 in. tall

Incised "Tink" signature on the underside.

Descriptive narrative of origin of the materials used to create the carving is written on bottom of the base. Original paint with minimal wear. $500 - $700

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MARK S. MCNAIR B. 1950 | CRADDOCKVILLE, VA

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326 Narwhal MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, 2015-2016 61 1/2 in. long

One of two Narwhals by McNair. The twenty-inch, removable wooden tusk features spiral carving. The body has a subtly carved eye and mouth and a raised flipper. The surface is finished with a lively paint application. Incised signature on reverse. Original condition. $3,500 - $4,500

Mark McNair c. 1980

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327 Wood Duck Drake MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, 1988

Hollow construction. Signed and dated by the maker "M.S. McNair 1988." Original condition. $2,000 - $3,000 327

328 Shoveler Drake MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, 1984

Signed with an incised "M. S. McNair" and the following inscription "My Extra Special Dee-Luxe Grade Gunning Decoy Person L Rig M.S. McNair 1984." Original condition. $1,000 - $1,500

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329 Ruddy Duck MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. This artistic interpretation embraces the wood's imperfections on the bottom and side.

Original condition. $800 - $1,000

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330 Dove MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Spokeshave finish.

Original condition. $400 - $600

331 Black-Bellied Plover MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Original condition. $400 - $600

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332 Golden Plover MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Hollow with oak inlay around stick hole.

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Original condition. $400 - $600

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333 Red Knot MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Cobb-style, two-piece carving with rare oak body. Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Original condition. $400 - $600

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334 Yellowlegs Pair MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Original condition with sap bleeds to breast. $800 - $1,000

335 Cobb-Style Canada Goose MARK S. MCNAIR (B. 1950) CRADDOCKVILLE, VA, C. 1990 30 5/8 in. long

An oversize hollow Canada goose in a hissing pose.

Signed with an incised signature by the maker on the underside. Original paint with some flaking at neck seam and pegs, and wear. $3,500 - $4,500

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336 Two Shorebirds DAVISON B. HAWTHORNE (B. 1924) SEAFORD, DE, 1969 AND 1974

A sandpiper and a half-size yellowlegs. Both are signed and dated by the maker. Original paint with minimal wear. $400 - $600

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337 Two Sandpiper Carvings DAVISON B. HAWTHORNE (B. 1924) SEAFORD, DE, C. 1960

One is signed by the maker on the bottom; the other is unsigned. Original paint with minimal wear. $400 - $600

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338 Flying Woodcock EDDIE WOZNY (B. 1959) CAMBRIDGE, MD, 2016

A life-size woodcock carving signed and dated on the underside by the maker. Original paint and condition. $1,200 - $1,800

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339 One-Quarter-Size Turkey in Strut EDDIE WOZNY (B. 1959) CAMBRIDGE, MD, 2016 12 in. tall

Signed and dated on the bottom by the maker.

Original paint and condition. $1,200 - $1,800

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340 Tern EDDIE WOZNY (B. 1959) CAMBRIDGE, MD, 2000

Life-size tern, signed and dated on the bottom of the carved shell base. Original paint. $400 - $600

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341 Three Miniature Shorebirds EDDIE WOZNY (B. 1959) CAMBRIDGE, MD curlew is 6 in. long

Each is signed by the maker on the underside with an incised "W." Original paint and condition. $1,000 - $1,500

342 Two Miniature Owls and a Puffin EDDIE WOZNY (B. 1959) CAMBRIDGE, MD owl with crow is 4 3/4 in. tall

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of each. Original paint and condition. $1,000 - $1,500

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WILLIAM GIBIAN B. 1946 | ONANCOCK, VA

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343 Eskimo Curlew WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA

Life-size curlew, signed by the maker with an incised "GIBIAN" on the underside and a business card affixed to the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear including paint flake to right leg. $800 - $1,200

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344 Feigning Godwit WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA

Signed by the maker with a business card affixed to the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear. $1,000 - $1,500

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345 Black-Tailed Godwit WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA

A black-tailed godwit carving signed by the maker with an incised "GIBIAN" on the underside and a business card affixed to the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear. $800 - $1,200

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346 Two Yellowlegs WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA

Two shorebird decoys, one with a low-head and one with a high-head. Signed by the maker with an incised "GIBIAN" on the underside of each. Original paint with minor wear. $800 - $1,200

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347 Pintail Pair WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA

Signed by the maker with an incised "GIBIAN" and a business card affixed to the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear. $1,500 - $2,000

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348 Red-Breasted Merganser Drake WILLIAM GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA, 1997

Signed by the maker with an incised "GIBIAN" and a business card affixed to the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear. $800 - $1,000

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349 Goldeneye Drake WILLIAM C. GIBIAN (B. 1946) ONANCOCK, VA, 1996

Signed with the maker's card affixed to the bottom.

Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$500 - $800

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350 Two Pintail Pairs

351 Goldeneye Pair

ANTHONY G. MURRAY (1941-2005) PUNGO, VA drake miniature is 5 3/4 in. long

ANTHONY G. MURRAY (1941-2005) PUNGO, VA

Two life-size decoys and two miniature decoys.

Both pairs are signed with the maker's incised "AGM" initials on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

Signed by the maker with his "AGM" incised initials on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$500 - $800

$800 - $1,200

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352 Crowell-Style Preening Goose GEORGE STRUNK (B. 1958) GLENDORA, NJ, 1992

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom. This is one of the finest Strunk carvings this firm has handled. Styled after the famous "million dollar" Harry V. Long preening goose. Original paint with minor wear.

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356 Cormorant SEAN SUTTON (B. 1967) PAULSBORO, NJ, C. 2000 23 3/4 in. long

$600 - $900

353 Merganser Pair STEVE MOREY (1946-2014) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1980

Original paint with minor wear, drake has reset bill with touch-up.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Massachusetts

An oversize hollow decoy signed with the maker's stamp "Sean Sutton" in the weight. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$400 - $600

$400 - $500

357 Canada Goose 354 Preening Black Duck and Shorebird DAVID B. WARD (B. 1947) ESSEX, CT, 1979 AND 1980

Both are signed and dated by the maker with his stamped "DBW" initials. The shorebird is dated 1980 with a stamped "80" and the cork-bodied black duck 1979 with a "79." Original paint with minor wear. $200 - $300

355 Preening Bufflehead and One-Third-Size Eider Pair GEORGE STRUNK (B. 1958) GLENDORA, NJ eider are 8 1/2 in. long

SEAN SUTTON (B. 1967) PAULSBORO, NJ, 2005

Signed and dated on the bottom by the maker.

Original paint with light gunning wear. $400 - $600

358 Four Bird Carvings A preening, life-size, green-winged teal drake by Grayson Chesser of Virginia, a miniature nuthatch carving by Clark, and two miniature swan carvings by Ralf Coykendall, Jr. from Vermont. As found.

PROVENANCE: John T. Ordeman Collection

$200 - $300

All three are signed by the maker and have "STRUNK" stamped in the lead weight on the bottom. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE:

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$400 - $600

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359 Shorebird MASON DECOY FACTORY (1896-1924) DETROIT, MI, C. 1895 shorebird is 11 1/2 in. long

Decoy is affixed to its dowel. Dry original paint with minor damage to eyes and wear. $1,000 - $1,500

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360 Premier-Grade Mallard Pair MASON DECOY FACTORY (1896-1924) DETROIT, MI, C. 1910

The rigmates both display a "F.D." rig brand and the hen also has a "ROGERS" rig brand. As found in original paint. $500 - $700

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361 Premier-Grade Bluebill Pair MASON DECOY FACTORY (1896-1924) DETROIT, MI, C. 1910

The rigmates both display a "F.D." brand on the bottom. As found in original paint. $1,000 - $1,400

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362 Standard-Grade Mallard Pair MASON DECOY FACTORY (1896-1924) DETROIT, MI, C. 1910

As found in original paint. $200 - $300

WILDFOWLER DECOYS 1939-1957 | OLD SAYBROOK, CT

363 Blue-Winged Teal Pair WILDFOWLER DECOYS (1939-1957) OLD SAYBROOK, CT, C. 1940

While numerous Wildfowler decoys pass through the market this lot along with the following two lots represent the finest in recent memory with their pristine condition, early dates, and excellent provenance. Displaying their original keels and brass eye hook anchor line attachments. Original paint with minor gunning wear, hen has a couple dents in body.

PROVENANCE: S. Hallock Dupont Rig, Wilmington,

Delaware, acquired from Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, New York, c. 1940 Private Collection, acquired from the family of the above

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LITERATURE: Richard Cowen and Richard LaFountain, Wildfowler Decoys, Lewes, DE, 2004.

$1,200 - $1,400

364 Pintail Pair WILDFOWLER DECOYS (1939-1957) OLD SAYBROOK, CT, C. 1940

The hen has a rare and early one-inch "Wildfowler Decoys, Saybrook, Conn." ink stamp signature.

Excellent original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: S. Hallock Dupont Rig, Wilmington,

Delaware, acquired from Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, New York, c. 1940 Private Collection, acquired from the family of the above

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LITERATURE: Joel Barber, Wild Fowl Decoys, New York,

NY, 1954, plates 131-132, related example illustrated.

Richard Cowen and Richard LaFountain, Wildfowler Decoys, Lewes, DE, 2004, p. 34, similar decoy illustrated. $1,200 - $1,400

365 Black Duck Pair WILDFOWLER DECOYS (1939-1957) OLD SAYBROOK, CT, C. 1940

Early Wildfowler decoys displaying inletted heads with scratched paint feather detail on them. Original paint with minimal gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: S. Hallock Dupont Rig, Wilmington,

Delaware, acquired from Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, New York, c. 1940 Private Collection, acquired from the family of the above $1,200 - $1,400

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366 Wood Duck Pair KEN ANGER (1904-1983) DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, C. 1930

An early "humpback" style rigmate wood duck pair. Original paint with minor wear. $5,000 - $7,000

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367 Miniature Wood Duck on Weighted Base KEN HARRIS (1905-1981) WOODVILLE, NY, C. 1950 wood duck is 6 1/2 in. long

Original paint with wear and a reset tail chip. $150 - $250

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370 Bluebill Hen MASON DECOY FACTORY (1896-1924) DETROIT, MI, C. 1920 369

As found in original paint. $100 - $200

368 Two Pintails C. 1930

371 Mallard Hen

An Illinois River decoy, possibly from Lacon, and a decoy with a turned head, possibly from the West Coast. As found.

CHARLES S. SCHOENHEIDER, SR. (1854-1944) PEORIA, IL, C. 1900

Original paint with flaking and heavy gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, acquired from Gene

$500 - $800

Konopasek in 1975 $400 - $600

369 Mallard Drake WALTER H. "TUBE" DAWSON (1882-1955) PUTNAM, IL, C. 1930

A painted stencil "TRUITT" rig mark is on the underside. Original paint with gunning wear. $200 - $300

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CARRIAGE HOUSE RIG PINTAIL C. 1890 | ILLINOIS

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372 Important Turned-Head Carriage House Pintail Drake ILLINOIS, C. 1890

This hollow decoy with its cranked head and exceptional paint is one of the finest Carriage House rig decoys known to exist. The rig was found in a carriage house on the Ernest Lehmann estate, in Lake Villa, Illinois.

While the maker has yet to be identified, the carving closely resembles the work of Stephen Lane (1843-1900) of Lacon, Illinois. Lane is one of the earliest recorded Midwestern decoy makers. He was also a talented woodworker who professionally constructed everything from houses to wagons to furniture. Born in Good Luck, New Jersey, his family moved to a farm in Lacon, Illinois, while he was in his teens. The farm was near prime duck hunting habitat and it did not take Lane long to immerse himself in the growing market gunning movement. His carvings are highly unusual for Illinois River decoys in that no nails were used in attaching the body halves together. The halves were made to fit so perfectly that only glue was needed at the body seam. This carriage house bird has no nails at its body seam.

Lane decoys have elegantly carved heads with pronounced breasts that give them an "S" shape. The sharply pointed tails work in contrast with the smooth frontal lines giving Lane birds a racy attitude. Similar to carvings by early decoy maker Henry Ruggles, though not as pronounced, Lane's birds have V-shaped bottoms. These slight nuances give his birds a graceful schooner-shaped appearance similar to the bird carvings of his native New Jersey coast. While the maker of this decoy may never be known, the Lane connection should be further examined. Excellent original paint with gunning wear and restoration to end of bill and broken neck. Original weight.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Martha's Vineyard, acquired

from David Schorsch, 1995 LITERATURE: Stephen O'Brien, Jr. and Julie Carlson, Masterworks of the Illinois River, Boston, MA, 2005, p. 25.

$10,000 - $20,000

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CHARLES S. SCHOENHEIDER, SR. 1854-1924 | PEORIA, IL

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373 Standing Hollow Pintail Drake CHARLES S. SCHOENHEIDER, SR. (1854-1924) PEORIA, IL, C. 1910

Exceptionally well crafted, these unusual standing “ice” decoys are sought after by decoy and folk art collectors alike. In his lifetime, Schoenheider produced only a few dozen standing decoys, consisting of mallards, pintails, and Canada geese.

These birds were mounted on cast iron legs and used for late season shooting on the ice. The seam lines of this decoy are very clean and precise for a bird of this age.

This pintail is out of Schoenheider’s personal gunning rig and is stenciled “C.S. PEORIA” on the belly. An added bonus to this sculpture is the original cast iron foot which also bears the “CS” stencil, as many of these original castings have been lost.

The importance of Schoenheider’s influence on the region is illustrated by three major decoy books highlighting his work on their covers, including The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, Masterworks of the Illinois River, and Bird Decoys of North America.

Original paint with gunning wear, touch-up, and some working paint taken down, mostly on white. Belly appears to be re-stenciled "C. S. PEORIA" by the maker. Original stick hole was likely plugged at the same time. Original foot.

PROVENANCE: Peter Brams Collection, aquired from Stephen O’Brien, Jr. Fine Arts,

2001 Private Collection LITERATURE: Alan Haid, Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway, Exton, PA, 1981, pp. 85 and 153, rigmate illustrated.

Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings, New York, NY, 1965, p.

123, plate 107, rigmate illustrated.

Sotheby's and Guyette and Schmidt, American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery, New York, NY, 2000, p. 53, lot 87, rigmate illustrated.

Robert Shaw, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston, TX, 1992, pp. 106-107.

Linda and Gene Kangas, Decoys, Paducah, KY, 1992, p. 227, plate 400, rigmates illustrated.

Robert Shaw, Bird Decoys of North America, New York, NY, 2010.

Stephen O'Brien, Jr. and Julie Carlson, Masterworks of the Illinois River, Boston, MA, 2005.

Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts 2001 Catalog, Boston, MA, 2001, p. 37, exact decoy illustrated.

$25,000 - $35,000

Dust jacket cover of The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, general editor Joe Engers

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HARVEY STEVENS 1847-1894 | WEEDSPORT, NY

374

374 Rare Mallard Drake HARVEY STEVENS (1847-1894) WEEDSPORT, NY, C. 1870

An extremely rare, early style of decoy by this carver who supplied decoys to sportsmen visiting nearby Howland Island, the Montezuma Swamp, and the Finger Lakes. By the mid-nineteenth century, the Stevens Brothers had gained national acclaim and were shipping decoys across the country from their workshop near Weedsport along the Erie Canal.

Before the discovery of this important mallard, Stevens' author and historian, Shane Newell, documented only one other early mallard drake tack-eye decoy by this maker.

The bird exhibits painted tack eyes, an early carved groove separating the wings, and Stevens' finest scratch-comb paint along the back. It is in outstanding condition for its age, which is approaching 150 years. Original paint with minimal gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Massachusetts, acquired in 2008 from an estate

auction LITERATURE: Shane Newell, The Essential Guide to Stevens Decoys, Warrensburg, NY, 2004, pp. 6 and 65, related decoy illustrated.

Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, West Chester, PA, 1965, p. 139, plate 121, Stevens mallard illustrated.

$8,000 - $10,000

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375 Rare Canvasback Drake HARVEY STEVENS (1847-1894) WEEDSPORT, NY, C. 1875

This rare early decoy exhibits painted tack eyes, an early carved groove separating the wings, and Stevens' finest scratch-comb paint along the back.

In the book The Essential Guide to Stevens Decoys, this exact decoy is described as follows: "Harvey Stevens early Canvasback Drake made before 1880, rare notch in middle of back, fine stippling paint all along side and underside." The author notes that this is the only known canvasback from this period.

It is in outstanding condition for its age, which is approaching 150 years. Original paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Charles Hickey Collection

Private Collection, Massachusetts Peter Bartlett Collection Private Collection LITERATURE: Shane Newell, The Essential Guide to Stevens Decoys, Warrensburg, NY, 2004, pp. 7 (image reversed) and 57, exact decoy illustrated.

$7,000 - $9,000

215

CHAUNCEY WHEELER 1888-1945 | ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY

376

376 Flying Blue-Winged Teal Pair CHAUNCEY WHEELER (1888-1945) ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY, 1934 drake is 3 3/8 by 15 1/4 by 6 in. hen is 3 3/8 by 15 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.

An excellent pair of half-body flying teal. Regarding this life-size teal hen, Chance author Harold Rieser III writes, "the only hen known to exist of this size."

Inscriptions on the back of the drake read "Chauncey Wheeler, Alex. Bay, Nov24- 1934" and "acquired 1/14/67 from Mrs. Jas. Tousant, Chauncey Wheeler's daughter, HBE." HBE are the initials of famed Watertown, New York, collector Harold B. Evans. Both are in excellent original paint with minimal wear. The hen has touch-up to underside of bill and back of bill, repair to neck, and a restored wing tip.

Drake is in excellent original condition.

PROVENANCE: Harold B. Evans Collection (drake)

Private Collection LITERATURE: Harold W. Reiser III, Chance, Lewes, DE, 2002, pp. 84, exact hen illustrated, and 97, related drake illustrated.

EXHIBITED: Salisbury, Maryland, Chance: the Decoys of Chauncey Wheeler, Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 1999. (hen)

$24,000 - $28,000

216

JIM SCHMIEDLIN 1945-2015 | BRADFORD WOODS, PA

377

377 Outstanding Red-Breasted Merganser Hen JIM SCHMIEDLIN (1945-2015) BRADFORD WOODS, PA, 1988

Signed with the maker's "JAS" brand, his "Reward for Return," and an inscribed dedication about the decoy on the bottom.

Original paint with light gunning wear. $4,000 - $5,000

378 Mallard Drake JIM SCHMIEDLIN (1945-2015) BRADFORD WOODS, PA, 1981

Signed with his "JAS" brand, "Return for Reward," and an inscribed dedication about the decoy on the bottom. Original paint with gunning wear. $2,000 - $3,000

378

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HARRY V. SHOURDS 1861-1920 | TUCKERTON, NJ

379

379 Rare Merganser Hen HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1890

A fine early example of one of Harry V. Shourds’ most popular forms. Strong original paint with even gunning wear, minimal touch-up to reset neck and a few shot holes, and minimal darkening to body seam. Original bill and crest.

PROVENANCE: Private

Collection, New York

Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 118, similar decoy illustrated.

LITERARATURE:

$8,000 - $10,000

218

380 Canada Goose J. EUGENE HENDRICKSON (1896 -1971) NORTHFIELD, NJ, C. 1920

One of the finest Hendrickson decoys known to exist. This decoy features nice dry original paint and the artist's signature pronounced cheek and drop-tail carving. Original paint with craquelure and gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, New Jersey

Private Collection LITERATURE: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 122, related example illustrated.

380

$2,500 - $3,500

381 Brant LEVI RHODES TRUEX (1860-1934) ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, C. 1920

Original paint with significant gunning wear and wash on white.

LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 155, plate 319, similar decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, pp. 102-103, similar decoys illustrated.

$800 - $1,000

381

382 Black Duck GEORGE A. HARVEY (1875-1945) RUMSON, NJ, C. 1920

Original paint with light gunning wear. $1,000 - $2,000

382

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383

386

384

387

385 Wood Duck Hen WILLIAM H. CRANMER (1917-2008) BEACH HAVEN, NJ, C. 1950

A very fine Cranmer with turned head and crest. Signed on the bottom by the maker. Original paint with light wear and crack and chips to bill.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection 385

383 Mallard Drake THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK (1887-1958) DELANCO, NJ, C. 1930

Three-piece body construction. Original paint with gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Florence Rig, New Jersey

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection $1,000 - $1,400

384 Black Duck THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK (1887-1958) DELANCO, NJ, C. 1930

Original paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Florence Rig, New Jersey

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection $800 - $1,200

$300 - $500

386 Red-Breasted Merganser Pair JOSEPH WEST (1907-1986) AND JAMES WEST (1937-2000) BORDENTOWN, NJ, C. 1950

The hen retains a Roy Bull collection brand on the bottom. Original paint with even gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Roy Bull Collection (hen)

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, pp. 52-55, plates 74-85, similar decoys illustrated.

$200 - $300

387 Wood Duck Pair HURLEY CONKLIN (1913-1983) MANAHAWKIN, NJ, C. 1950

Pre-brand. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$500 - $700

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388 Red-Breasted Merganser ULYSSES "LES" VAN BRUNT (1873-1961) BARNEGAT, NJ, C. 1940

Original paint with light gunning wear and minor flaking to back.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $200 - $400

388

389 Canada Goose HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1910

Rig brand "CAPT. T. A. MATHIS" is on the underside. "Boots" Mathis, a customer of Shourds, also had a rig of mergansers. Restored. $600 - $900

389

381

390 Pintail Drake HARRY M. SHOURDS (1890-1943) OCEAN CITY, NJ, C. 1930

The bottom has a "Collection of Fred Noyes" label affixed to it and a "0302" inventory number stamp. In working repaint, gunning wear, and age lines.

PROVENANCE: Fred Noyes Collection

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection $300 - $500

390

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HARRY V. SHOURDS 1861-1920 | TUCKERTON, NJ

391 Rare Pair of Long-Tailed Ducks HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1900

Shourds long-tailed ducks are exceedingly rare. Along with the ruddy turnstone, this species was not known as a delicacy. "SGH" is stamped on the underside of each. Successfully taken down to mostly original paint, gunning wear, and each has a neck crack. Drake has a 3/4 bill repair and reset original tail.

PROVENANCE: Somers Headley Collection

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, pp. 52-55, plates 74-85, similar decoys illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 148, plate 344, similar decoys illustrated.

$5,000 - $8,000

392 Curlew HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1890

A fine Shourds curlew with stippled feathering, painted eyes, and three head stripes. Original paint with gunning wear and age line in head.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 69, plates 130 and 130A, similar decoys illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, dust jacket, similar decoys illustrated.

$5,000 - $8,000

392

393

394

393 Yellowlegs

394 Yellowlegs

HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1900

HARRY V. SHOURDS (1861-1920) TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1900

This decoy, along with its rigmates, is celebrated for its snow-white plumage and impeccable condition. Indeed Russ Goldberger describes this exact bird "as fine an example as exists!" Excellent original paint with minimal wear.

A small conjoined "JF" is stamped on the underside. This decoy, along with its rigmates, is celebrated for its snowwhite plumage and impeccable condition. Indeed, noted decoy author and dealer, Russ Goldberger describes the previous lot "as fine an example as exists!" Excellent original paint with minimal wear.

LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 66, plate 113, and dust jacket, similar decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, dust jacket, similar decoys illustrated.

Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 116, similar decoy illustrated.

PROVENANCE: Joseph Bard French Collection

Private Collection LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 66, plate 113, and dust jacket, similar decoy illustrated.

Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, dust jacket, similar decoys illustrated.

Joe Engers, ed. The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 116, similar decoy illustrated.

$6,000 - $9,000

$6,000 - $9,000 224

JOHN MCANNEY 1866-1949 | NEW GRETNA, NJ

395

395 Ruddy Turnstone JOHN MCANNEY (1866-1949) NEW GRETNA, NJ, C. 1910

Of the few McAnney turnstones that have survived, this is believed by many to be the finest example known. Henry Fleckenstein chose to feature this example in color in his New Jersey book, highlighting the bird's crisp and brilliant paint.

Whether he intended it or not, McAnney’s black paint pattern on the decoy’s throat bears a striking resemblance to a woodpeckers head. Excellent original paint with minimal gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Fred Ellenberg Collection

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection LITERATURE: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 40, color plate XXI, exact decoy illustrated.

Guyette and Schmidt, Important Auction of Rare Waterfowl Decoys from the Collection of John Hillman, April 25 & 26, 1996, West Farmington, ME, 1996, p. 22, lot 54, rigmate illustrated.

$3,000 - $5,000

225

396

396 Preening Brant BIRDSALL RIDGEWAY (1912-1982) BARNEGAT, NJ, C. 1935

An early, hollow, preening brant decoy by this Barnegat carver, whose works relate stylistically to those of Sam Soper (1863-1943). A brant with similar paint and form and two Canada geese by this maker are held in the Shelburne Museum Collection in Vermont. In 1958, the Shelburne Museum's sleeping brant was included in a touring exhibition of folk art sponsored by the U.S. Government in South America. Original feathering on sides and back, working paint on black and white, with gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Nantucket, purchased from Stephen O'Brien, Jr.

Fine Arts c. 1998 LITERATURE: David S. Webster and William Kehoe, Decoys at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, 1961, p. 95, similar example illustrated.

$5,000 - $8,000

397

397 Canada Goose CAPT. JESSE BIRDSALL (1843-1927) BARNEGAT, NJ, C. 1890

A related example was one of the top lots from Session III of the Mackey sales. Weight has been removed and the underside is stamped "S G H" for the Somers Headley Collection. Old working repaint with craquelure, some flaking, and gunning wear.

PROVENANCE: Somers G. Headley Collection

Private Collection, New Jersey $400 - $600 398 No Lot

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WILLIAM ROBERTS D. C. 1910 | CAPE MAY, NJ

399 Hook-Bill Curlew WILLIAM ROBERTS (D. C. 1910) CAPE MAY, NJ, C. 1880

Though curlew decoys were fairly common in Cape May, few, if any, matched the quality of those carved by William Roberts. This observation was first documented in American Bird Decoys when William J. Mackey, Jr. discussed a Roberts curlew in his collection which he endearingly referred to as "Ol' Hookbill."

A "F.S.T.N.J." brand is impressed on the underside for the rig of Francis Sidney Townsend. In 2010 a rigmate set a world record for this maker. Original paint with gunning wear, rusted eyes, and a replaced bill with reset tip.

399

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 184, plate 420, similar decoy illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 135, plate 114, similar decoy illustrated.

$3,000 - $5,000

400 Ruddy Turnstone WILLIAM ROBERTS (D. C. 1910) CAPE MAY, NJ, C. 1880

An exceedingly rare turnstone decoy by this famous Cape May curlew maker. A "F.S.T.N.J." brand is impressed on the underside for the rig of Francis Sidney Townsend. Original paint with even gunning wear, traces of working white, 3/4 bill repair, and rusted-out eyes.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection

400

$1,000 - $1,500

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406

403

407

404

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408

401 Rare Miniature Canada Goose

404 Miniature Pintail Pair

LLOYD PARKER (1859-1921) PARKERTOWN, NJ, C. 1920 7 in. long

THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK (1887-1958) DELANCO, NJ, C. 1940 5 3/4 in. long

An exceedingly rare Parker miniature.

Original paint with even wear with touchup to neck crack, underside of bill, and tail chips.

Original paint with wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $200 - $400

402 Miniature Canada Goose Decoy JOHN MCANNEY (1866-1949) NEW GRETNA, NJ, C. 1920 10 in. long

Original paint with wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection

Collection

THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK (1887-1958) DELANCO, NJ, C. 1940 drake is 6 in. long

$500 - $700

Original paint with wear.

408 Seven Miniature Decoys

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $200 - $400

406 Miniature Hooded Merganser Pair

403 Miniature Pintail Pair

JOHN A. HILLMAN (1909-1993) SEA GIRT, NJ, 1958 AND 1960 drake is 6 1/2 in. long

The hen is signed and dated “Joe King, Midvale, Idaho, 1978.” Prior to 1972, King lived on Edgely Road in between Edgely and Bristol, PA. He lived in Midvale, Idaho, for many years, but returned to the Delaware River. Original paint with minimal wear.

Both are signed on the bottom by the maker. The wood duck and teal are dated 1959 and 1963, respectively.

Original paint with minor wear.

405 Miniature Mallard Pair

$200 - $400

JOSEPH S. KING (1905-1992) EDGELY, PA AND MIDVALE, ID, 1978 drake is 9 1/2 in. long

JOHN A. HILLMAN (1909-1993) SEA GIRT, NJ, 1959 AND 1963 7 in. long

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $500 - $800

407 Miniature Green-Winged Teal and Wood Duck

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom of each. The hen and drake are dated 1958 and 1960, respectively.

Original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $400 - $600

ROBERT SEABROOK (B. 1951) ABSECON, NJ, C. 1990 drake merganser is 8 1/4 in. long

The three pairs of decoys are signed with either an incised “S” or “SEABROOK” and one is unsigned.

Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection $800 - $1,000

409 Two Miniature Canada Geese ROBERT SEABROOK (B. 1951) ABSECAN, NJ, C. 1990 10 1/2 in. long

Hollow H.V. Shourds-style geese signed with an incised “S” on the undersize of each. Original paint with minimal wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove

Collection

Collection

$500 - $800

$200 - $300

409

410 Miniature Flying Merganser GEORGE W. REINBOLD (1885-1946) LANSDOWNE, PA, C. 1930 9 by 7 1/2 in.

Signed by the maker “Geo. W. Reinbold” on the back of the lower wing. Original paint with minor wear, loss of two wing tips, and touch-up to a couple wing tips.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$300 - $400

411 Miniature Flying Canada Goose

410

GEORGE W. REINBOLD (1885-1946) LANSDOWNE, PA, C. 1930 10 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.

411

Signed “Reinbold” on the back of the lower wing.

Original paint with minor wear, a repair to a couple wing tips, and a tail chip.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$300 - $400

412 Three Miniatures and Two Peeps ROSS C. SALMONS (1895-1939) GRENLOCH, NJ, C. 1930 peeps are 6 in. long

Miniature ducks are signed by the maker on the bottom of the bases. The signatures are worn and barely legible. Two unknown beach birds. As found.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$200 - $300

413 Four Miniature Waterfowl Carvings 412

JAMES J. AHEARN (1904-1963) STAMFORD, CT, C. 1950

The mallard drake, blue-winged teal drake, and wood duck drake are by Ahearn and each is identified and signed by the maker on the bottom.

The pair of Canada geese are similar in age and form, but are unsigned and most likely done by another carver. As found. $200 - $300

413

230

414

414 Flying Canvasback Pair MIKE BORRETT (B. 1960) MADISON, WI

Life-size canvasback pair with “Borrett” signature on a wing feather of each bird. Original paint with minimal wear. $800 - $1,200 415

415 Two Song Birds RANDY AND ELAINE FISHER DENNIS, CAPE COD, MA, 1981

Two life-size bird carvings: a chickadee and a common yellow throat. Signed and dated by the makers on the bottom of each base. As found.

PROVENANCE: Purchased from the Whittler’s Shop,

Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, Massachusetts $200 - $300

416 Two Song Birds RANDY AND ELAINE FISHER DENNIS, CAPE COD, MA, 1981

416

Two life-size carvings: an indigo bunting and a golden-crowned kinglet. As found. $200 - $300

417 House Finch ROSALYN L. DAISEY (B. 1945) NEWARK, DE, 1991

Signed and dated by the artist on the underside.

Daisey is a nationally recognized bird carver and the author of six wood carving books. As found. $200 - $300

417

231

418 Two Wood Duck Carvings STAN SPARRE (1922-2011) FALMOUTH, MA, 1978

Signed and dated “Stan Sparre 1978” on the back. As found. $400 - $500

418

419 Green-Winged Teal Pair RON BROADWATER (B. 1947) BALTIMORE, MD, C. 1990

An exceptionally carved hen and drake. Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom. As found. $600 - $900

419

420 Cinnamon Teal PEG LAWRENCE (B. 1927) EASTON, MD, 1989

Signed and dated by the maker on the bottom. As found. $200 - $300

420

232

421 Slate-Colored Junco RON BROADWATER (B. 1947) BALTIMORE, MD, 1989 13 3/4 in. tall

A life-size carving signed and dated on the bottom of the base. As found. $200 - $400

421

422 Decorative Pine Grosbeak HUTCHISON 8 in. tall

An accomplished decorative carving. As found.

422

$200 - $300

423 Kestrel PEG LAWRENCE (B. 1927) EASTON, MD, C. 1990 11 1/2 in. tall

Signed by the maker on the bottom of the base.

As found. $400 - $600

424 Cardinals in Acrylic GILLES PELTIER (B. 1946) NAPLES, FL, C. 1990 8 1/2 by 6 by 1 3/4 in.

423

The acrylic block is carved from the back and reverse painted. Signed “Peltier” on the lower right corner. As found. $200 - $300

424

233

425

428

426

429

427

425 Pair of Cork Black Ducks

427 Goldeneye Drake

NORMAN H. WILLIAMS III RICHMOND, VA, 1974

TUCKERTON, NJ, C. 1920

From his personal rig, signed and dated on the bottom. The pair took a first place at the Snow Goose Show in 1975. Original paint with minor wear. $200 - $300

426 Bluebill LOVELAND FAMILY POINT PLEASANT, NJ, C. 1910

A hollow decoy from Lovelandtown, New Jersey, a part of Point Pleasant. Excellent original paint with light gunning wear. $150 - $250

Retains a “Conover Collection” stamp on the underside. As found.

and Starr’s label which reads “Type B Number 1” signifying that it was the first black duck in his collection. Original paint with minor wear.

PROVENANCE: George Ross Starr Jr., M.D.

Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

Collection Private Collection

LITERATURE: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New

$100 - $200

PROVENANCE: Dr. Jack Conover Collection

Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 139, plate 316, rigmate decoy illustrated.

George R. STARR

429 Black Duck ELLIS PARKER (1870-1952) BEACH HAVEN, NJ, C. 1890

$300 - $400

428 Cork Black Duck CHARLES R. DISBROW (1881-1954) STRATFORD, CT, 1930

Disbrow was a long-time friend of Dr. Starr.

The bottom bears Starr’s wood duck stamp 234

Original paint with light gunning wear.

LITERATURE: James R. Doherty, Classic New Jersey Decoys, Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 147, plate 296, similar decoys illustrated.

$500 - $700

430 Cork Yellowlegs Pair THOMAS GELSTON (1850-1924) QUOGUE, LONG ISLAND, NY, C. 1900

As found.

LITERATURE: John M. Levinson and Somers G. Headley, Shorebirds, Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 70, plate 5-12, similar decoy illustrated.

$300 - $500

431 Running Yellowlegs THOMAS GELSTON (1850-1924) BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN, NY, C. 1890 430

Appears to be taken down to the original paint with gunning wear.

LITERATURE: William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 74, plate 53, rigmate illustrated.

Adele Earnest, The Art of The Decoy, New York, NY, 1965, p. 57, plate 36, similar decoy illustrated.

Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc., Very Rare and Important American Bird Decoys, from the Collection of the late William J. Mackey, Jr. of Belford, New Jersey, Hyannis, MA, Session IV, 1973, lot 206, rigmate illustrated.

$800 - $1,200

432 Goose Sign “CAPT. G. W. Comb MASSAPEQU L.I 1978” written on back. As found.

431

$100 - $200

432

235

433

433 Peep J. LEWIS BARKALOW (1875-1960) FORKED RIVER, NJ, C. 1900

434

A “L.B.” brand is impressed on both sides. Original paint with some flaking and wear.

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection LITERATURE: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shore Bird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, p. 19, plate 10, similar decoy illustrated.

George Ross Starr, Jr., M.D., Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway, New York, NY, 1974, p. 68, figure 20, similar decoy illustrated.

John M. Levinson and Somers G. Headley, Shorebirds, Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 78, similar decoy illustrated.

William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, page 120, plate 102, similar decoy illustrated.

$2,500 - $3,000

434 Yellowlegs NEW JERSEY, C. 1900

An “H.R.J.” rig identification brand is on one side.

Original paint with craquelure, flaking to wood, and wear.

LITERATURE: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, p. 163, plate 388, similar decoys illustrated.

$600 - $900

236

437

435

438

437 Folky Feeding Yellowlegs MASSACHUSETTS, C. 1900 436

As found. $200 - $300

435 Running Yellowlegs with Split Tail

438 Golden Plover

SOUTH SHORE, MA, C. 1900

NANTUCKET, MA, C. 1900

Appears to be in original paint with even gunning wear and a reset bill.

As found. $100 - $200

PROVENANCE: Richard and Lynn Gove Collection

$300 - $500

436 Yellowlegs Possibly from North Carolina. As found. $100 - $150

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439 Golden Plover FRANKLIN P. DUNHAM (1866-1929) NANTUCKET, MA, C. 1880

Stamped on the underside with a conjoined “FD.” Restored.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Florida

439

LITERATURE: Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, April 1997, lot 632, exact decoy illustrated.

$200 - $300

440 Tern NEW JERSEY, C. 1900

A rare tern flattie with chip carving. Old paint with light gunning wear and possibly a replaced bill. $1,000 - $1,600

441 Oversize Curlew with Metal Bill As found. $200 - $300

440

442 Curlew As found.

LITERATURE: Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys at Auction, July 199, lot 465, exact decoy illustrated.

$200 - $300

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447

445 Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet DEAN S. HURLIMAN (B. 1946) BURLINGTON, IA, 2014

Both are signed and dated on the underside of the tail by the maker. Original paint with minimal wear. $200 - $300 445

446 Flying Ivory-Billed Woodpecker DEAN S. HURLIMAN (B. 1946) BURLINGTON, IA, C. 2010 25 by 32 by 4 1/2 in.

443 Running Yellowlegs As found.

LITERATURE: Guyette and Schmidt and Deeter, North American Decoys at Auction, April 2010, lot 563, exact bird illustrated.

Original paint with minimal wear. $200 - $300

$200 - $300

447 Folky Frog Trio

444 Lot of Five Decoys

SPENCER TINKHAM (B. 1992) NORFOLK, VA, C. 2015

A canvasback by Capt. Harry Jobes from Maryland, a canvasback by Wildfowler Decoys, an old black duck and a brant from New Jersey, and an eider by H.M. Hanelt from Cape Cod. As found.

With these forked branch carvings, no pattern is used. Copper feet and metal lily pad bases. One is signed on the underside with the maker’s initials. Original paint with minimal wear. $150 - $250

$100 - $200

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448 Schaldach, William J.

452 Five Books

Schaldach, William J. Carl Rungius Big Game Painter. West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. No. 1170/1250.

Lendt, David L. Ding: The Life of Jay N. Darling. 1979.

Weeks, Edward. A. Lassell Ripley Paintings. 1972.

Lamb, Dana S. A. Lassell Ripley Sporting Etchings. 1970.

Inman, Diane K. From Marsh to Mountain: The Art of Harry Curieux Adamson. 1999.

Mentzer, Michael and Coopey, Judith Redline. The World of Owen Gromme.

1983. No. 15/950. NIB.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $250 - $350

449 Connett, Eugene V. Connett, Eugene V. Roland Clark’s Etchings. New York, NY: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Signed by Connett. No. 456/800.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $200 - $400

Collection $250 - $350

450 Five Books Mentzer, Michael and Coopey, Judith Redline. The World of Owen Gromme.

1983. No. 1/950, NIB. Queeny, Edgar M. Prairie Wings. 1946.

Prestrud, Earl and Williams, Russ.

Bishop’s Wildfowl. 1948.

Fink, Russell A. Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints. 2008.

Author signed. No. 648/1500.

Hagerbaumer, David with Lehman, Sam. Selected American Game Birds. 1972.

No. 121/190. Author signed with pencil remarques and a signed etching Autumn Ruff, No. 45/50.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $250 - $450

451 Four Books Mentzer, Michael and Coopey, Judith Redline. The World of Owen Gromme.

1983. No. 17/950. NIB. Queeny, Edgar M. Prairie Wings. 1946.

Prestrud, Earl and Williams, Russ.

Bishop’s Wildfowl. 1948.

Fink, Russell A. Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints. 2008.

No. 650/1500. Author signed.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $200 - $400

453 Two Books Fink, Russell A. Richard E. Bishop: Etchings, Drypoints, and Aquatints. 2008. No. 19/1500. Author signed.

Queeny, Edgar M. Prairie Wings. 1946.

Along with eight original Prairie Wing photographs and two sketches on story boards.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $100 - $200

454 Two Books and Four Etchings Mentzer, Michael and Coopey, Judith Redline. The World of Owen Gromme.

1983. No. 7/950. NIB. Hagerbaumer, David with Lehman, Sam. Selected American Game Birds.

1972. No. 10/190. Author signed with pencil remarques and a signed etching Autumn Ruff, No. 44/50. Four unframed Hagerbaumer pencil signed differing game bird etchings each No. 44/50.

PROVENANCE: William B. Webster III

Collection $200 - $300

End of Session II

INDEX Adamson, Harry Curieux: 7

297, 298, 304, 305, 308

Hart, Charles: 294-296

Ahearn, James J.: 413

Currier, James A. “Jim”: 261

Harvey, George A.: 382

Allen, Douglas: 139

Daisey, Delbert and Mark: 279

Hawthorne, Davison B.: 336, 337

Anger, Ken: 366

Daisey, Rosalyn L.: 417

Hendrickson, J. Eugene: 380

Audubon, John James, after: 136

Daly, Thomas Aquinas: 122-124

Hewlett Family: 283

Baker, Harry Brown: 131

Darling, Jay Norwood “Ding”: 161

Hillman, John A.: 406, 407

Barkalow, J. Lewis: 235, 433

Davids, Richard Wistar: 303

Horner, Nathan Rowley (attr.): 287

Barker, Albert W.: 78

Dawson, Walter H. “Tube”: 369

Hudson, Ira D.: 243, 244

Batcheller, Frederick Stone: 93,94

de Groot, Ewoud: 86, 87

Hurliman, Dean S.: 445, 446

Belarski, Rudolph: 119a

Dick, John Henry: 11-13, 16, 17, 19

Hutchison: 422

Benson, Frank W.: 5-60, 88-90, 152-155, 166-168

Disbrow, Charles R.: 428

Jaques, Francis Lee: 87a, 87b

Dunham, Franklin P.: 439

Joiner, Charlie “Speed”: 263

Dye, Benjamin F.: 260

Kasimir, Luigi: 81

Birch, Charles: 248 Birdsall, Jesse: 397

Ettinger, Churchill: 157

Kasimir-Hoernes, Tanna: 82

Bishop, Richard E.: 121, 137, 138, 158, 160, 162, 164, 171, 173

Fisher, Randy and Elaine: 415, 416

Kilburne, George Goodwin: 85

Booth, Herb: 105,107

Fitzpatrick, Thomas J.: 383, 384, 404, 405

King, Allen J.: 218, 219

Borrett, Mike: 414

Fox Rig: 289, 290

King, Joseph S.: 403

Boyd, George H.: 207-213, 240, 241

Frazier, Luke: 33, 34

Kirmse, Marguerite: 149

Boyd, Megan: 191, 192

Frost, Arthur Burdett: 109

Knap, Joseph Day: 23, 178

Brayshaw, Thomas: 197-206

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz: 8

Koelpin, William J.: 125, 130

Broadwater, Ron: 419, 421

Gelston, Thomas: 284, 430, 431

Kovach, George: 129

Bunn/Bowman: 237, 238, 245

George W. Reinbold: 410, 411

Kuhn, Bob: 120

Carriage House Rig: 372

Gibbs, Harold N.: 230, 234

Lawrence, Peg: 420, 423

Chadwick, Henry Keyes: 301

Gibian, William: 343-349

Lawrence, William Goadby: 95-97

Chesser, Grayson: 358

Golden, Francis: 143, 144

Lawson, Oliver “Tuts”: 270-272

Citron, Minna Wright: 66

Goodspeed, David S. (attr.): 291

Lee, Terry: 119

Clark, Roland: 159

Gray, Ralph W.: 112

Leonard, H. L.: 195

Clem, Robert Verity: 14, 15

Gromme, Owen J.: 32

Lincoln, Joseph W.: 214, 215, 286

Conklin, Hurley: 387

Hagerbaumer, David: 26-28, 106

Loge, Daniel: 114

Connett, Eugene V.: 449

Hancock, Miles: 278

Longabaugh, Charles Oglesby: 176

Coykendall, Jr., Ralf: 358

Hanks, Consuelo Eames: 111

Lopez, Miguel Fernando “Milo”: 181

Cranmer, William H.: 385

Harris, James W.: 110

Loveland Family: 426

Crowell, A. Elmer: 216, 217, 281, 282, 292, 293,

Harris, Ken: 367

Lynn Bogue Hunt: 151, 179

242

Maass, David A.: 5, 6, 30, 103, 104

Schlunsen, Peter: 18

Wells, Charles Ralph: 306

Mason Decoy Factory: 359-362, 370

Schmiedlin, Jim: 377, 378

Wendell Gilley: 220-222, 300

McAnney, John: 395, 402

Schoenheider, Sr., Charles S.: 371, 373

West, Joseph and James: 386

McNair, Mark S.: 326-335

Schoonover, Frank E.: 34a

Wheeler, Charles E. “Shang”: 150

Mielatz, Charles Frederick William: 83, 84

Scott, Peter Markham: 29

Wheeler, Chauncey: 376

Moigniez, Jules, after: 182

Seabrook, Robert: 408, 409

Wickey, Harry Herman: 79, 80

Morey, Steve: 353

Shourds, Harry M.: 390

Wildfowler Decoys: 363-365

Morse, Robert: 223-229

Shourds, Harry V.: 236, 288, 379, 389, 391394

Williams III, Norman H.: 425

Murray, Anthony G.: 350, 351 Neel, Gary E.: 100, 108 Newmark, Marilyn: 188 Nottingham, Luther Lee: 276 Osthaus, Edmund H.: 91, 92 Palenske, Reinhold H.: 156 Parker, Ellis: 429 Parker, Lloyd: 401 Payne Rod Co.: 194 Peltier, Gilles: 424 Peterson, Roger Tory: 10 Plasschaert, Richard: 128 Pleissner, Ogden M.:24, 146-148 Reed, James “Corb”: 249-256 Reneson, Chet: 1-4, 101, 102 Ridgeway, Birdsall: 396 Ripley, Aiden Lassell: 20-22, 61-65, 145, 165

Sleicher, Robert S.: 177 Smith, Brett J.: 115, 116 Smith, Sam: 280 Smith, Stephen R.: 190 Southard, William H.: 246 Soyer, Raphael: 74-77 Sparre, Stan: 418 Stearns, Stanley: 140, 141 Sterling, Noah Bernard: 239 Stevens, Harvey: 374, 375 Strunk, George: 352, 355 Sutton, Sean: 356, 357 Swan, John: 99 Tinkham, Spencer: 323-324, 447 Truex, Levi Rhodes: 381 Tyler, Lloyd J.: 277 Van Brunt, Ulysses “Les”: 388

Roberts, William: 388

Voorhees, Clark Greenwood: 9

Rungius, Carl Clemens Moritz: 118

Voorhees, Clark: 311, 312

Salmons, Ross C.: 412

Ward Brothers, Lemuel T. and Stephen: 257, 258, 265, 267, 273-275

Schaefer, David LeRoy: 126, 127 Schaldach, William J.: 448 Schaldach, William J.: 117 Schatz, Manfred: 31

Ward, David B.: 354 Ward, Lemuel T.: 259, 266, 268 Watson, Dave “Umbrella”: 247 Weiler, Milton C.: 113

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Wilson, Augustus “Gus” Aaron: 299 Wozny, Eddie: 338-342 Yost, Samuel: 262 Zorn, Anders Leonard: 67-73

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