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Coffin Family Lesser Yellowlegs

Coffin Family Nantucket, MA, c. 1870

Coffin Family – Lesser Yellowlegs – 2021
$1,020
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $1,000–$1,500
Sold Feb 2021at Copley, February 2021

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SpeciesYellowlegsSize10"PaintRepaint

The catalog record

Coffin Family Nantucket, MA, c. 1870 10 in. long

A delicately-carved, tack-eyed shorebird decoy with an applied head. A curlew made with this Coffin design holds the record price for any Nantucket decoy. In repaint with light wear, imperfection to wood on underside, and a replaced bill.

Provenance: Dwight D. Miller Collection

Provenance

Dwight D. Miller Collection

Comparable sales

The 1 most recent Coffin Family Yellowlegs to cross the block.

SoldConditionPaintBrought
21 Jan 2013—Repaint$575

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