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Supposedly that auction grossed over $10 million. The first 2 decoys went for over a million. A Joe Lincoln wood duck for $1,200,000 and an Elmer Crowell wigeon for $1,080,000.
Vince Pagliaroli
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Bob,
That certainly was a doozy of a decoy auction. I took down off the shelf the The Rare Decoy Collection of George Ross Starr, Jr.,MD, Richard Bourne auction catalog from May 2 & 3, 1986. The Joe Lincoln drake Wood Duck drake sold for $205,000 at that auction. It sold for $1,260,000 at the auction that you recently attended. I did put in some absentee bids at the Bourne auction in 1986, to no success. Joe Lincoln has been my favorite decoy carver since I first started carving. It made me smile that his Wood Duck did so well as did so many other decoys from the best of the best. I just renewed my subscription to Decoy Magazine.
That certainly was a doozy of a decoy auction. I took down off the shelf the The Rare Decoy Collection of George Ross Starr, Jr.,MD, Richard Bourne auction catalog from May 2 & 3, 1986. The Joe Lincoln drake Wood Duck drake sold for $205,000 at that auction. It sold for $1,260,000 at the auction that you recently attended. I did put in some absentee bids at the Bourne auction in 1986, to no success. Joe Lincoln has been my favorite decoy carver since I first started carving. It made me smile that his Wood Duck did so well as did so many other decoys from the best of the best. I just renewed my subscription to Decoy Magazine.