Private Sales
Copley is actively engaged in private sales throughout the year. Private sales provide a discreet service outside of the auction calendar. Please contact a specialist to learn more.
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951)
The Campfire
oil on canvas, 30 by 36 in.
SOLD
Specialists Leah Tharpe, Colin S. McNair, and Stephen B. O’Brien Jr. are known for having their fingers on the pulse of today’s buyers and the objects they are seeking. Copley owner Stephen B. O’Brien Jr. is widely recognized as the world’s leading broker of decoys, having sold a single-owner collection of 31 decoys for $7.5 million in 2007 for a record-setting $241,935 average price per decoy. This important sale was featured on the front page of The Boston Globe.
Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Preening Goose
World-record-setting decoy by Elmer Crowell brokered by Stephen O'Brien Jr. Fine Arts, LLC for $1.13 million dollars.
Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Preening Pintail
World-record-setting decoy by Elmer Crowell brokered by Stephen O'Brien Jr. Fine Arts, LLC for $1.13 million dollars.