$1,610
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $1,000–$1,500over estimate
Sold Jul 2008at Copley, July 2008
SpeciesBrantConfigRigPoseSwimmingPaintRepaint
The catalog record
Roy Maxwell Wading River, NJ, c. 1915 Early hollow carved brant decoy with the famous "H.W. Cain" rig brand, inlet weight, and "The Wm. Mackey Collection" ink stamp.
Brant pictured on right Original brown paint; areas of old gunning repaint; crazing and flaking.
Provenance: R.D. French gunning rig H.W. Cain gunning rig William J. Mackey Collection
Literature: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., New Jersey Decoys, Exton, PA, 1983, plate 205, p. 101.
Provenance
R.D. French gunning rig H.W. Cain gunning rig William J. Mackey Collection
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