Live Auction 16723The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Travel and Americana
HOLLOW-CARVED SLEEPING CANADA GOOSE
Lot 1042

HOLLOW-CARVED SLEEPING CANADA GOOSE

SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930

Closed10 May 2018

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USD 30,000

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HOLLOW-CARVED SLEEPING CANADA GOOSE
SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930
Mackey Collection stamped on underside
22 in. long

William J. Mackey, Jr., Belford, New Jersey
Sold, Richard A. Bourne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 21 August 1973, lot 103 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)

Specialist note

This graceful "sleeper" is a superb example of a Canada Goose decoy. Not many of Soper's decoys are left to be enjoyed and this one is truly a work of art with its graceful curved neck and elegant sleeping pose.