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The Sporting Sale 2025

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Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC

20 Winter Street

Pembroke, MA 02359

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Date(s) 6/13/2025 - 7/9/2025

Thursday, July 10, 10 AM EDT, Lots 1-316 Friday, July 11, 10 AM EDT, Lots 317-638

This is a two-day, LIVE auction. HiBid is only for online absentee bids and it will close at 5 PM the night before the sale. For LIVE online bidding, please register through Copley Live. To arrange phone bidding or for more information please contact info@copleyart.com. The Sporting Sale 2025, consisting of over 600 lots, will offer buyers the opportunity to acquire antique and contemporary decoys, decorative carvings, paintings, prints, folk art, bronze sculptures, and fishing collectables. The two-day sale will feature iconic, never-before-offered decoys from the William J. Mackey Jr. and Dr. James M. McCleery Collections, as well as legendary carvings that once resided in the famous collections of Purnell, Starr, Hillman, O'Brien, Nelson, Brams, Hunter, Stavis, and Bob White. The Sporting Sale also features a wide variety of fine art, with significant works that are fresh-to-market, a fine selection of contemporary artwork created by our talented stable of artists, such as Walter Matia, Ewoud de Groot, and Luke Frazier, and something for everyone with the sporting art greats, such as Aiden Ripley, Ogden Pleissner, Milton Weiler, and David Hagerbaumer.

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Showing 1 to 100 of 637 lots

Lot 1 |

White Whale

8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

19,200.00 USD

Lot 2 |

Stavis Preening Dovetailed Yellowlegs

2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

7,200.00 USD

Lot 3 |

Stavis Scarlet Tanager Weathervane

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,400.00 USD

Lot 4 |

"Poverty Island" Yellowlegs

2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,200.00 USD

Lot 5 |

Stavis "High-Tri" Merganser Pair

5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

45,600.00 USD

Lot 6 |

Preening Wood Duck Hen

6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

12,000.00 USD

Lot 7 |

Stavis Pintail

2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

10,800.00 USD

Lot 8 |

Root-Head Pintail Drake

2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,600.00 USD

Lot 9 |

Miniature Root-Head Pintail Drake

1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,000.00 USD

Lot 10 |

Miniature Hooded Merganser Pair

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,000.00 USD

Lot 11 |

Stavis Hen Ruddy Duck

2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

7,800.00 USD

Lot 12 |

Stavis Breast-Preening Black Duck and Head

2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,000.00 USD

Lot 13 |

Stavis Early Preening Black Duck

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,920.00 USD

Lot 14 |

Early Blue-Winged Teal Pair

4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,900.00 USD

Lot 15 |

Stavis Rare Early Tern

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

9,600.00 USD

Lot 16 |

Long-Billed Curlew

1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

13,200.00 USD

Lot 17 |

Golden Plover

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,300.00 USD

Lot 18 |

Eskimo Curlew with Bone Bill

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,160.00 USD

Lot 19 |

Golden Plover

1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,280.00 USD

Lot 20 |

Stavis Dowitcher Pair

1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,100.00 USD

Lot 21 |

Leaping Red Fox

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,500.00 USD

Lot 22 |

White Whale

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,500.00 USD

Lot 23 |

Mockingbird

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,300.00 USD

Lot 24 |

Golden Plover Pair

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,880.00 USD

Lot 25 |

Curlew

2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD

Lot Was Passed

Lot 26 |

Early Black Duck

5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

19,200.00 USD

Lot 27 |

Wood Duck Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,400.00 USD

Lot 28 |

Pintail Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,400.00 USD

Lot 29 |

Green-Winged Teal Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,280.00 USD

Lot 30 |

Shoveler Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,600.00 USD

Lot 31 |

Cinnamon Teal Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,280.00 USD

Lot 32 |

Red-Breasted Merganser

800.00 - 1,200.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,040.00 USD

Lot 33 |

Long-Tailed Duck Pair

1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,880.00 USD

Lot 34 |

Wigeon

4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,700.00 USD

Lot 35 |

Gadwall

4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

8,400.00 USD

Lot 36 |

Broadbill Drake

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,900.00 USD

Lot 37 |

Broadbill Hen

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

7,200.00 USD

Lot 38 |

Hooded Merganser

2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,200.00 USD

Lot 39 |

Long-Tailed Drake

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,900.00 USD

Lot 40 |

Mackey "Matthews Rig" Plover

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,600.00 USD

Lot 41 |

Mackey "Matthews Rig" Yellowlegs

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,000.00 USD

Lot 42 |

Mackey "Matthews Rig" Plover in Winter Plumage

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,800.00 USD

Lot 43 |

Mackey "Matthews Rig" Yellowlegs

2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,000.00 USD

Lot 44 |

The Mackey-Carton Cobb Goose

60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

80,400.00 USD

Lot 45 |

Exceptional Purnell-Hudson Merganser Pair

150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

144,000.00 USD

Lot 46 |

Exceedingly Rare Wood Duck Drake

20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

26,400.00 USD

Lot 48 |

Merganser Pair

7,500.00 - 9,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

11,400.00 USD

Lot 49 |

The Hunter Hancock Hooded Merganser

3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,100.00 USD

Lot 50 |

Purnell "Butterball" Pair

2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,440.00 USD

Lot 51 |

The Hunter Black Skimmer

4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,400.00 USD

Lot 52 |

Bush Collection Broadbill

2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,160.00 USD

Lot 53 |

1930 Battery and Sink Box License

1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,000.00 USD

Lot 54 |

Rare Two-Piece Bluebill

1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,000.00 USD

Lot 55 |

Bluebill

1,000.00 - 1,400.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,160.00 USD

Lot 56 |

Bufflehead Pair

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Lot Was Passed

Lot 57 |

Merganser Pair

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

900.00 USD

Lot 58 |

Walter Matia (b. 1953)

5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,600.00 USD

Lot 59 |

Walter Matia (b. 1953)

18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

16,800.00 USD

Lot 60 |

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951)

15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

48,000.00 USD

Lot 61 |

Edmund Henry Osthaus (1858-1928)

10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

27,600.00 USD

Lot 62 |

George Browne (1918-1958)

16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

30,000.00 USD

Lot 63 |

Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960)

25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

126,000.00 USD

Lot 64 |

Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960)

7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,100.00 USD

Lot 65 |

Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960)

7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

19,200.00 USD

Lot 66 |

Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)

30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

72,000.00 USD

Lot 67 |

Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)

8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

14,400.00 USD

Lot 68 |

Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

7,800.00 USD

Lot 69 |

Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)

8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

21,600.00 USD

Lot 70 |

Jon Ruehle (1949-2020)

2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,600.00 USD

Lot 71 |

Jon Ruehle (1949-2020)

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,400.00 USD

Lot 72 |

Walter Matia (b. 1953)

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,920.00 USD

Lot 73 |

William Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002)

8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

25,200.00 USD

Lot 74 |

The H. M. Royal Fin-Nor 15/0

10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

16,800.00 USD

Lot 75 |

Bogdan Model 0 Salmon Reel

600.00 - 900.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,080.00 USD

Lot 76 |

Bogdan Model 100 Light Salmon Reel

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,920.00 USD

Lot 77 |

Tycoon Tackle "Bimini King" Big Game Rod

2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,040.00 USD

Lot 78 |

Bogdan A&F 200M Salmon Reel

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,600.00 USD

Lot 79 |

Six Big-Game Fishing Books

Price Realized:

240.00 USD

Lot 80 |

The Mackey-Carton Horner Mallard

30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

40,800.00 USD

Lot 81 |

The Mackey-Carton Merganser Drake

20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

18,000.00 USD

Lot 82 |

The Hunter Blair Mallard Pair

30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD

Lot Was Passed

Lot 83 |

Sky-Gazer Mallard

7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

5,400.00 USD

Lot 84 |

Black Duck

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

6,000.00 USD

Lot 85 |

Swimming Brant

5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

3,300.00 USD

Lot 86 |

Rare Tucked-Head Gadwall

5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

7,200.00 USD

Lot 87 |

Mallard Pair

4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

4,500.00 USD

Lot 88 |

Miniature Mallard Pair

300.00 - 500.00 USD

Price Realized:

300.00 USD

Lot 89 |

Three Miniatures

400.00 - 600.00 USD

Lot Was Passed

Lot 90 |

The Eshenbaugh-Butler Quinn Pintail Pair

20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

27,600.00 USD

Lot 91 |

Mackey Johnson Wood Duck Pair

4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

11,400.00 USD

Lot 92 |

Canada Goose

1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,140.00 USD

Lot 93 |

Rare Canvasback

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

2,280.00 USD

Lot 94 |

Hollow Canada Goose

800.00 - 1,200.00 USD

Price Realized:

600.00 USD

Lot 95 |

Brant

400.00 - 600.00 USD

Price Realized:

600.00 USD

Lot 96 |

Curlew

3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

1,920.00 USD

Lot 97 |

Robin Snipe

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Lot Was Passed

Lot 98 |

Red Knot

600.00 - 900.00 USD

Price Realized:

720.00 USD

Lot 99 |

McCleery Root-Head Shorebird

6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

12,000.00 USD

Lot 100 |

Running Hillman Turnstone

1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD

Price Realized:

600.00 USD

Lot 101 |

Peep Decoy

1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD

Price Realized:

960.00 USD