The Winter Sale 2022
Copley’s Winter Sale realized over $3.46 million in total sales and was 94% sold. It marked the second highest Winter Sale total in the company's 17-year history. There was an unprecedented number of buyers vying through absentee and telephone bids, along with three online platforms.
The top decoy lot of the sale was the Wood Duck Pair by Charles “Shang” Wheeler (1867–1956) from the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. The duo set a new record for any lot by the maker landing at $216,000, above its $100/200,000 estimate. The pair at one time sat atop the mantle of the world-famous philanthropists’ Maine home.
The top painting lot of the sale was Dog with Three Quail, an oil on canvas by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819–1905) depicting a pointer on bobwhite quail, which sold to a phone bidder for $90,000, above its $50/80,000 estimate.
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)
Dog with Three Quail, 1883
oil on canvas, 14 by 22 in.
SOLD FOR $90,000
Rare Miniature Belted Kingfisher Pair
Allen J. King (1878-1963)
North Scituate, RI, c. 1940
SOLD FOR $33,825
Ewoud de Groot (Dutch, b. 1969)
Snowy Owl
oil on linen, 47 by 47 in.
SOLD FOR $51,000