A Group of Carved and Polychromed Painted Artist Duck Decoys
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
A Group of Carved and Polychromed Painted Artist Duck Decoys
American, 19th/20th Century
group of four includes a Canadian goose by Randy Tull (1978), a mallard with impressed stamp, Weeks, a mallard signed Leblanc, and a Blue Wing Teal Drake by Robert Franta (1978) with first and second place awards inscribed on underside
longest length 13 1/2 inches
Property from a Lifetime Collector
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.
