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Charles Allen Outstanding Hollow Mallard Pair

Charles Allen Bordentown, NJ, c. 1959

Charles Allen – Outstanding Hollow Mallard Pair – 2007
$5,500
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $5,000–$7,000
Sold 26 Jul 2007at The Sporting Sale 2007 — Copley

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SpeciesMallardConfigPairSize1959"ConditionMintPaintOriginalQuantity2

The catalog record

Charles Allen Bordentown, NJ, c. 1959 The maker's best work, with raised-wing, incised tail and bill carving. These birds are out of Allen's personal gunning rig. The drake is branded "C.L. Allen Bordentown NJ" on the weight, the hen is branded "C.L. Allen Bordentown NJ 1959" on the weight.

The drake has a wonderful warm patina and is in near-mint original paint. The hen is in very strong original paint, ever-so-slight flaking to two small spots on the back, hairline crack to the neck with professional touch-up.

Provenance: Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Collection

Literature: G. & L. Kangas, Decoys, A North American Survey, Spanish Fork, UT, 1983, p. 60.

Provenance

Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Collection

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