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Pair of dowitcher decoys, $222,000, Copley Fine Art

Pair of dowitcher decoys

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by Ken Hall

 

 

Pair of dowitcher decoys
Pair of dowitcher decoys

A pair of dowitcher decoys made by Newton Dexter and Clarence Gardner (R.I.), circa 1885, sold for $222,000 at an auction held Feb. 21-22 by Copley Fine Art Auctions in Pembroke, MA. Also, a hooded merganser made by Lloyd Tyler (Crisfield, Md.) earned $108,000; a 1919 oil painting by Percival Rousseau, titled Over the Fence, found a new home for $105,000; and a circa 1910 standing pintail by Charles S. Schoenheider, mounted on cast metal legs, left the room for $60,000.

 


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