$168,000
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $80,000–$120,000over estimate
Sold Apr 2024at Guyette & Deeter April 2024 Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
SpeciesSwanConfigRigSize4"PaintOriginalSignedyes
The catalog record
Rare and outstanding working swan. St. Clair Flats style body is thinly hollowed with 1/4" bottom board and elegantly carved, two-piece head and neck. Branded 'F.H. Walker', for the rig of Franklin Hiram Walker, St. Clair Flats Shooting Company member from 1890-1914. One of only a handful known to exist and believed to be the only one in original paint. Measures 21" long, 18.5" tall.
Provenance
Provenance: Rig of Franklin Hiram Walker, St. Clair Flats Shooting Company member. Purchased from the St. Clair Flats Shooting Company by Bernard Crandell and Judge Harry Seitz. Alan and Elaine Haid collection.
Comparable sales
No other Dodge Factory Swan in the data yet.
Same maker and species, most recent first. Prices include the buyer's premium. All Dodge Factory sales