$27,000
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $10,000–$15,000over estimate
Sold Apr 2023at Guyette & Deeter Spring 2023 Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
SpeciesEider DrakeConfigDrakeSize15"PaintRepaint
The catalog record
Earlier Monhegan Island style with large inlayed neck seat, carved eyes, and relief carved bill with a mussel clutched in bill. Neck, head, and mussel all carved from a single piece of wood. Measures 15" long.
Provenance
George and Miriam Van Wallegham collection.
Comparable sales
The 2 most recent Gus Wilson Eider Drake to cross the block.
Same maker and species, most recent first. Prices include the buyer's premium. All Gus Wilson sales