Makers / Otis Seaman / Sandpiper/Peep
Otis Seaman Sanderling
Otis Seaman Wildwood and Somers Point, NJ, c. 1880

$1,560
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $1,500–$1,800
Sold 12 Feb 2015at The Winter Sale 2015 — Copley
SpeciesSandpiper/PeepPoseFeederPaintOriginal
The catalog record
Otis Seaman Wildwood and Somers Point, NJ, c. 1880 A rare, feeding, painted-eye shorebird with a splined bill. Original paint with even gunning wear and a tight age crack on the side of one wing.
Provenance: John Hillman Collection Private Collection
Literature: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., "New Jersey Decoys," Exton, PA, 1983, p. 178, plate 431, exact decoy illustrated.
Provenance
John Hillman Collection Private Collection
Comparable sales
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