The Winter Sale 2023
On February 24 and 25, Copley Fine Art Auctions’ Winter Sale posted a 95% sell-through rate and set several new world records yet again. The two-day auction, consisting of 657 lots, surpassed $2.2 million. Richard Bishop's "Prairie Wings" soared to $180,000, more than ten times the high estimate. The top decoy lot of this year’s Winter Sale was the Ward Humpback Black Duck, with a $70/90,000 estimate, selling for $90,000. Jerry Mastin's Canada goose also set a new auction record for any West Coast decoy, landing at $51,000.
Bidders participated via phone, absentee bids, the CopleyLive app, and two online platforms, Bidsquare and Live Auctioneers. Categories represented in the sale were antique and contemporary decoys, decorative carvings, paintings, prints, folk art, Americana, bronze sculpture, fish decoys, and gunpowder tins.
