$950
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $800–$1,200
Sold 26 Jul 2007at The Sporting Sale 2007 — Copley
SpeciesBlack DuckConfigRigConditionMintPaintOriginal
The catalog record
Charles Allen Bordentown, NJ, c. 1955 Branded "C.L. Allen," out of his personal gunning rig.
In exceptional original paint, minor rubs to the tail, hairline crack through neck, two hairline cracks on underside, otherwise near-mint condition.
Provenance: Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Collection
Literature: H. Huster, Floating Sculpture: The Decoys of the Delaware River, Salt Lake City, UT, 1982, p. 12.
Provenance
Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Collection
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