The Winter Sale 2025

 The Winter Sale 2025 broke numerous records and realized $3 million, with 95% of the lots sold. New bidders continued to enter the market, and every category saw lively bidding, from antique and contemporary decoys to decorative carvings, paintings, prints, bronzes, fishing reels, and folk art.

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Prices Realized

Copley's inaugural watch lot, a Patek Philippe Nautilus 5726/1A Wristwatch, went off with a bang, landing at $75,000, approaching its $85,000 high estimate. To discuss selling your watches, contact specialist Ben Davenport at ben@copleyart.com.

Walter Matia's bronze, Mixed Double, reached a record-setting $30,000.

Frank Finney's Chipmunks Riding a Rattlesnake Box certainly attracted bidders' attention on its way to striking $43,750.

Ernest Hemingway's Tycoon Tackle "Bimini King" set a new world record for any fishing rod at $58,425.

Mark McNair's Hollow Preening Great Blue Heron set a new world record for the maker when it reached $38,400.

David A. Maass' oil on board entitled Flash of Color - Wood Ducks leapt to $20,400.

The Hooded Merganser by Crisfield carver Lloyd Tyler (1898-1970) shot just over its low estimate on its way to $108,000. 

The top decoy lot was The McCleery Dexter-Gardner Dowitcher Pair by Newton Dexter (1838-1901) and Dr. Clarence T. Gardner (1844-1907), which sold for $222,000, setting a world record for the makers.

A fresh-to-market oil by Percival Rosseau (1859-1937) entitled Over the Fence, and a Point reached $105,000, more than doubling its high estimate.

Getting Ready by Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) bested its high estimate on its way to $84,000.

Two bobwhite quail lots by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), both pictured in Elmer Crowell: Father of American Bird Carving, hammered to the same bidder with the two birds realizing $138,000.

Zane Grey's "Hardy–Zane Grey" Reel shot above its high estimate to $15,990.

One of the maker's best carvings to ever come to market, Steve Weaver's Kingfisher not surprisingly set a new world record, hovering to $15,000.

Mark McNair's Grand Whale Carving rose to $24,000.

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