The Winter Sale 2015
Copley Fine Art Auctions successfully auctioned over 560 items of American art, antique decoys, and sporting collectibles in the Winter Sale 2015 held in Charleston, South Carolina. With a sell-through rate of 94% and a sale total of over $1.8 million, the Winter Sale furthered Copley’s dominance in the field. The top lot of the auction (see image to right) was A. B. Frost’s Quail — A Covey Rise watercolor, which shattered the previous world record for the artist selling for $180,000 on a $40/60,000 estimate.
Hissing Brant
Nathan Cobb Jr.
Sold for $81,000
Edmund Henry Osthaus
(1858-1928)
Self Portrait with Three Setters, 1911
oil on canvas, 21 3/4 by 29 1/2 in.
Sold for $87,000
Sir Alfred James Munnings
(English 1878-1959)
Traveler, 1924
oil on board, 20 by 24 in.
Sold for $96,000