The Winter Sale 2026
Copley’s Winter Sale 2026 broke numerous records, realized $5.9 million, and was 95% sold by lot. Thank you to everyone who participated! For a full list of the prices realized, click here.
The auction’s top lot is Ernest Hemingway’s Pilar marlin flag, which flew to $209,100.
The top painting lot of the sale was The Pond Cover, a magnificent oil by Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896–1969), which set a new world record at auction for the artist when it sold for $192,000, above its $60,000–$90,000 estimate. Exhibiting careful attention to detail and notable depth of field, this oil almost set the world record for Ripley when Copley last sold the work in 2015 for $90,000.
A decorative golden plover by A. Elmer Crowell (1862–1952) achieved $93,000, more than doubling its $40,000 high estimate.