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Robert Elliston Black Duck

Robert Elliston (1847-1925), Bureau, Illinois

Robert Elliston – Black Duck – 2024
$102,000
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $80,000–$120,000
Sold Apr 2024at Guyette & Deeter April 2024 Decoy & Sporting Art Auction

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SpeciesBlack DuckPosePreenerSize17.25"PaintOriginal

The catalog record

Important and unique oversize black duck, circa 1880's. Hollow carved in preening pose. Thick feather paint detail on back. Metal weight on underside to counter balance the turned head. Measures 17.25" long.

Provenance

Found by an antique collector at a New England flea market in the spring on 1984. Sold in the first ever Julia and Guyette auction that same year. Alan and Elaine Haid collection.

Comparable sales

No other Robert Elliston Black Duck in the data yet.

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