$1,440
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $1,500–$2,000under estimate
Sold 23 Jul 2020at The Sporting Sale 2020 — Copley
SpeciesPintailConfigPairSize15"PaintOriginalQuantity2
The catalog record
Howard Davis Berkley, CA, c. 1920 drake is 15 in. long
A well-documented pair by this elusive maker who was a fireman by trade. Few of his early style decoys have ever surfaced. Original paint with even gunning wear and an age line at the hen's neck seam.
Provenance: Private Collection, North Dakota
Literature: Michael R. Miller and Frederick W. Hanson, "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast,” Portland, OR, 1989, p. 218, exact decoys illustrated.
Provenance
Private Collection, North Dakota
Comparable sales
No other Howard Davis Pintails in the data yet.
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