Copley's annual Sporting Sale is the premier event for collectors of sporting art, decoys, fishing collectibles, and other related folk art. Here is a selection of highlights from past auctions.
Past Auction Highlights
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Salmon Fishing, 1927, sold for $776,250 in 2006
Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969), Seven Swans, sold for $33,350 in 2006
Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938), White Wing Scoter Drake, sold for $29,900 in 2006
Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878 - 1960), Blue-Fin Tuna, sold for $126,500 in 2007
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Heading Home, 1927 , sold for $97,750 in 2008
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Wigeon, 1926 , sold for $131,500 in 2008
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Yellowlegs, 1922 , sold for $63,250 in 2008
Orlando Sylvester "Os" Bibber (1882-1970), American Merganser, sold for $39,100 in 2008
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), Life-Size Reaching Black Duck, sold for $214,000 in 2008
A.J. King (1878-1963) , Miniature Bobwhite Quail Pair, sold for $2,990 in 2008
William J. Koelpin (1938-1996), Opening Day, sold for $9,200 in 2008
Joseph Lincoln (1859-1938), Canada Goose, sold for $52,900 in 2008
George William McLellan (1897-1987), Exceptional Flying Mechanical Brant, sold for $43,700 in 2008
Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928), Pointer with Quail, 1890 , sold for $230,500 in 2008
Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983), Waiting for the Rise, 1952 , sold for $94,875 in 2008
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Point in the Corn , sold for $89,125 in 2008
John Tax (1894-1967), Tucked-Head and Sentinel Geese, sold for $103,500 in 2008
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (R.A.) (1901-1979), Snipe at Low Water, sold for $13,800 in 2008
The Ward Brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1983) and Stephen (1895-1976), Blue-Winged Teal Pair, sold for $34,500 in 2008
Dave "Umbrella" Watson (1851-1938), Plump Sanderling, sold for $10,638 in 2008
after John James Audubon (1785-1851), Snowy Heron or White Egret (No. 49, Plate CCXLII), sold for $41,400 in 2009
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Marsh Gunner, 1918 , sold for $16,100 in 2009
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Canada Geese, 1928 , sold for $80,500 in 2009
George Boyd (1873-1941), Yellowlegs, sold for $18,975 in 2009
George Boyd (1873-1941) , Golden Plover, sold for $14,950 in 2009
George Browne (1918-1958), In the Feed Patch, sold for $34,500 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Preening Pintail, sold for $546,250 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Swimming Black Duck, sold for $115,000 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Tucked-Head Red-Breasted Merganser Drake, sold for $207,000 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), Nesting Canada Goose, sold for $661,250 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), Open-Bill Calling Yellowlegs with Dropped Wings , sold for $172,500 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Black-Bellied Plover, sold for $115,000 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Life-Size Ruddy Turnstone, sold for $80,500 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), Life-Size Greater Yellowlegs, sold for $26,450 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Life-Size Preening Lesser Yellowlegs, sold for $26,450 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Complete Set of Twenty-Five Waterfowl Carvings, sold for $92,000 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Mallard "Call" Duck, sold for $24,150 in 2009
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) , Yellowlegs, sold for $19,550 in 2009
Luke Frazier (b. 1970), The Others, 2008 , sold for $14,950 in 2009
Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928), A Shot in the Open, sold for $26,450 in 2009
William Hart (1875-1946) , Hooded Merganser Drake, sold for $15,000 in 2009
George Hinkley (1853-1929) , "Minnow in Throat" Yellowlegs, sold for $20,700 in 2009
James T. Holly (1855-1935), Canvasback Pair, sold for $155,250 in 2009
The Holly Family , Swan, sold for $54,625 in 2009
Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960), Wood Ducks, sold for $17,250 in 2009
Clark Madara (1883-1953), Canada Goose, sold for $19,550 in 2009
Mark S. McNair (b. 1950) , Preening Swan, sold for $16,100 in 2009
Mark S. McNair (b. 1950) , Rig of Five Golden Plover, sold for $37,375 in 2009
Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928), Two Setters in a Field , sold for $28,750 in 2009
Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983), Grouse Shooting, sold for $69,000 in 2009
Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983), The Gondolier, sold for $46,000 in 2009
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Grouse in the Orchard, sold for $77,625 in 2009
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Dawn, sold for $29,900 in 2009
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Grouse and Spruce Tree , sold for $46,000 in 2009
William J. Schaldach (1896-1982), Leaping Brook Trout, 1935 , sold for $5,290 in 2009
Charles Schoenheider, Sr. (1854-1924) , Standing Hollow Pintail Drake, sold for $37,950 in 2009
Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920) , Black-Bellied Plover, sold for $13,800 in 2009
Harvey A. Stevens Decoys (1880-1894) , Black Duck, sold for $7,475 in 2009
Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938), An Opal: Study of Yellow and White Light, sold for $120,750 in 2009
John G. Tornberg (1902-1971) , Turned-Head Feeding Pintail Drake, sold for $26,450 in 2009
John Martin Tracy (1843-1893), Marsh Shooting, sold for $31,050 in 2009
Lem Ward (1896-1983), Ruffed Grouse, sold for $40,250 in 2009
Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917-2009), John Andress House, 1943 , sold for $63,250 in 2009
