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Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928)

Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928), Pointer with Quail, 1890 , sold for $230,500

Press

Long Decoys Sell at Historic $4.1 Million Sale
Maine Antique Digest, September 2009

World Record Prices Set at Copley Fine Art Auctions' Sporting Sale
Antique Trader, August 20, 2009

Six Decoys Sell For $1.8 Million At Copley Fine Art Auctions
Antiques and the Arts Online, Aug 4, 2009

American Paintings, Prints & Books Set To Hit Copley's Auction Block
Antiques And The Arts Weekly, July 3, 2009

Copley to Sell Harry V. Long's Decoys by Crowell
Maine Antique Digest, June 2009

Copley to auction 'Magnificent Seven' Crowell Decoys
Sporting Classics, May/June Auction Preview

Discoveries: Crowell Decoys at Copley Fine Art Auctions
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine, Summer 2009

Publishers Note: A Decoy Tradition
Decoy Magazine, March/April 2009

Special Crowell Decoys to be in Copley Summer Sporting Sale
Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine, March-April 2009

Magnificent Seven - Decoys By A. Elmer Crowell To Be Offered
Antiques And The Arts Weekly, March 13, 2009

A Bird In The Hand: Million-Dollar Duck Decoys
NPR - wbur.org, January 12, 2009

Publishers Note: A pretty darn good year
Decoy Magazine, 2008 Year in Review

Sporting Art Tops Copley Auction
Arts and Antiques Weekly August 22, 2008

Dog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale
Maine Antiques Digest, September 17, 2008

Stephen O'Brien discusses the Harry V. Long - Crowell Decoys on NECN

Articles

Duck, Duck, Goose II: A. Elmer Crowell Decoys Realize High Prices at Auction
WorthPoint Corporation, Article- August 25, 2009

Duck, Duck, Goose: The Superb and Valuable A. Elmer Crowell Decoys
WorthPoint Corporation, Article- June 22, 2009

Illinois River Decoys: From the Collection of Thomas K. Figge by Stephen O'Brien Jr.
Antiques and Fine Art, 2005

A Pictorial Survey of Collectible Decoys by Stephen O'Brien Jr.
Antiques and Fine Art, Holiday 2002

An Introduction to American Sporting Art by Stephen O'Brien Jr.
Antiques and Fine Art, Winter/Spring 2002