$2,600
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $3,000–$5,000under estimate
Sold 26 Jul 2007at The Sporting Sale 2007 — Copley
SpeciesBuffleheadConfigHenPaintOriginal
The catalog record
Morris Eaton Deer Island, ME, c. 1900 Hollow, bottom board construction with inletted head. Eaton is one of the only known Maine carvers to have hollowed out his decoys. The head is turned 30 degrees and the rounded paddle tail is uplifted 30 degrees. In original paint with even wear and rubs, minor flake to the neck, nice cord wrap marks to the body.
Provenance: Peter Brams Collection
Literature: L. & G. Kangas, Decoys, Paducah, KY, 1992, p. 194, related example.
Provenance
Peter Brams Collection
Comparable sales
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