$3,780
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $1,500–$2,500over estimate
Sold 16 Feb 2019at The Winter Sale 2019 — Copley
SpeciesCanada GooseSize27.5"PaintOriginalCarved1973
The catalog record
Jay Polite New Castle, DE, 1973 27 1/2 in. long
This noted competition carver has been written up in both Sports Illustrated and the New York Times. The Sports Illustrated article states that Polite “won best of show with a black duck at Babylon.” Original paint with minimal wear.
Literature: Robert H. Boyle, Fine Feather Help Make Better Birds, Sports Illustrated, November 1. 1976.
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