Day 1- The 2009 Sporting Sale
Catalogue Information: 451 lots | 435 with images | View lots
Date: 15 July 2009
Auction House:
Location:
Plymouth, MA
USA
Sale Notes:
Auction Schedule of Events TUESDAY JULY 14 Featured Lecturer, Joe Ellis "In His Footsteps: A. Elmer Crowell and America's Miniature Bird Carvers" 4 PM - 5 PM Cocktail Reception and Preview 5 PM - 7 PM WEDNESDAY JULY 15 Auction Preview 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Dealer Exhibition 9 AM - 4 PM Auction Session I: Decoys and Folk Art including The Harry V. Long Collection of A. Elmer Crowell Decoys 11 AM THURSDAY JULY 16 Auction Preview 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Featured Lecturer, Robert R. Anderson "A Sporting Autumn" 10 AM Dealer Exhibition 9 AM - 12 PM Auction Session II: Paintings, Works on Paper and Books 11 AM
Lot 2: Black-Bellied Plover Pair
Two rocker-style shorebirds. Wakeman inventory "SB-17-W" and "SB-18-W" in pen on underside.
Lot 3: Black-Bellied Plover Pair
A very early and folky pair of chip-carved shorebird decoys with applied heads. The right bird's head is slightly turned. These birds closely resemble, and may be, the early work of Long Island carver, John Henry Birch. Wakeman inventory "SB-6-W" and [...more]
Lot 4: Two Feeding Willet
Both shorebirds are thick flatties with two stick holes to be used as either runners or feeders. Wakeman inventory "SB-11-W" and "SB-12-W" in pen on underside.
Lot 5: Feeding Yellowlegs
The split-tail, spokeshave carving, and reversed "pounce" feather treatment on this shorebird closely link it to the very earliest work of Joseph Lincoln. Wakeman inventory "SB-10-W" in pen on underside.
