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  • AUGUSTUS "GUS" WILSON SCOTER DECOY Head turned left. Carved eyes, with additional eye holes carved into head. Carved wings. Finish t...
    Jul. 17, 2018

    AUGUSTUS "GUS" WILSON SCOTER DECOY Head turned left. Carved eyes, with additional eye holes carved into head. Carved wings. Finish t...

    Est: $300 - $500

    AUGUSTUS "GUS" WILSON SCOTER DECOY South Portland, Maine, 1864-1950 Head turned left. Carved eyes, with additional eye holes carved into head. Carved wings. Finish taken down. Stained and varnished, with cracks and heat crazing. Once mounted as a lamp. Length 19.5".

    Eldred's
  • Red breasted merganser drake, Augustus A. Wilson, South Portland, Maine, 2nd quarter 20th century.
    Jul. 30, 2010

    Red breasted merganser drake, Augustus A. Wilson, South Portland, Maine, 2nd quarter 20th century.

    Est: $3,000 - $3,500

    Traces of Wilson's rubber stamp is partially visible which reads, "Made by Augustus A. Wilson, S. Portland, Me."

    Guyette & Deeter
  • Rare flying bufflehead drake, Augustus Wilson, South Portland, Maine, 2nd quarter 20th century.
    Jul. 30, 2010

    Rare flying bufflehead drake, Augustus Wilson, South Portland, Maine, 2nd quarter 20th century.

    Est: $5,500 - $6,500

    Wing span measures 21 1/4".

    Guyette & Deeter
  • Sleeping Black Duck
    Jul. 23, 2010

    Sleeping Black Duck

    Est: $5,000 - $10,000

    Augustus Aaron Wilson (1864-1950)-An inletted, turned-head sleeper with raised, carved wings, and bill detail. Strong original paint with incised slits representing its closed eyes. The initials "CIC" have been impressed into the bottom with a chisel.

    Copley Fine Art Auctions
  • Preening Raised-Wing Black Duck
    Jul. 23, 2010

    Preening Raised-Wing Black Duck

    Est: $100,000 - $200,000

    Augustus Wilson (1864-1950)-One of only two Wilson black ducks of its kind. The beautifully arched preening head coupled with the highly unusual fully extended raised wing make this bird one of the most important American working decoys ever to come on the market. Many knowledgeable decoy experts consider this Wilson, along with its rigmate fig. 1, to be the finest Wilson duck decoys known. The only other comparable raised-wing preener has the distinction of setting the high watermark for the maker, selling for $195,500 in May of 2005, at a Klinger and Co. auction in Harwich, Massachusetts. Gus Wilson ranks among the upper echelon of decoys carvers in America. In fact one would be hard pressed to name an established decoy maker whose work more distinctly embodies American folk art than Wilson's. In "American Vernacular," authors Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco write, "Augustus 'Gus' Wilson was a master carver whose career spanned more than fifty years. He worked as a fisherman and a lighthouse attendant. Typical details of his work are carved eyes and bills, raised wings, and inletted necks; he is famed as well for his skillful execution of rocking heads, swivel heads, and preening and sleeping poses." This particular carving has it all: maker, form, surface, rarity, and provenance. A thin metal strip along the back of the wing reinforces its concise two-piece construction. At least nine individual strips of lead were painstakingly applied to the bottom right edge with small screws and tacks by the maker. This was done in order to offset and balance the left-reaching head and wing.

    Copley Fine Art Auctions
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