Auction Reports
Copley Fine Art Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- The Spring Discovery Sale
- Auction Date
- 04/09/2025 - 04/09/2025
- Sale Number
- #40925
- Total Lots
- 35
- Sold Lots
- 29
- Lots Sold
- 82.86%
- Unsold Lots
- 6
- Total Sales (USD)
- 10,627.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 9,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 17,150.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 11,150.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 20,350.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 52.22%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | signed "Beebe Hopper" lower right | Framed Set of Federal Duck Stamps |
USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,170.00 | |
| 106 | Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) | Jaegers |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 975.00 | |
| 226 | Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) | Seven Etchings |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 845.00 | |
| 105 | Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) | Pipits, c. 1990 |
c. 1990 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 139 | Edmund Henry Osthaus (1858-1928) | The Cold Trail |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 520.00 | |
| 108 | Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) | Harriers, c. 1993 |
c. 1993 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 104 | Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) | Swifts and Swallows, c. 1993 |
c. 1993 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 126 | George Shumate (20th-21st Centuries) | Wood Ducks Coming In |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 487.50 | |
| 111 | Jack Murray (1889-1965) | Three Federal Duck Stamp Designs |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 455.00 | |
| 248 | Over One Hundred Decoy Magazines 1996-2023 |
1996-2023 | USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 124 | Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) | Dry Fly Fishing for Salmon, 1982 |
1982 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 115 | Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) | Two Federal Duck Stamp Designs |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 110 | Arthur B. Singer (1917-1990) | Six Woodland Bird Drawings, c. 1979-1980 |
c. 1979-1980 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 118 | Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975) | Two Christmas Card Etchings |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 112 | Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) | Two Federal Duck Stamp Designs |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 114 | Walter E. Bohl (1907-1990) | Two Federal Duck Stamp Designs |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 125 | Ned Ewell (20th-21st Centuries) | Two Watercolors |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 122 | Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983) | June Trout Fishing |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 260.00 | |
| 113 | Edwin Richard Kalmbach (1884-1972) | Two Federal Duck Stamp Designs |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 227.50 | |
| 249 | Adam E. M. Paff, | "Etchings and Drypoints by Frank W. Benson, Volume Four," ed. 483/600, 1929. |
1929 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 195.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
