11-14-201211-15-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 14, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
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Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States and a Ken Harris Carved and Painted Wooden Mallard Duck Decoy Lamp

Sell one like this
$300$250
Auction: Discovery - 2620MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 15, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England Statesand a Ken Harris Carvedand Painted Wooden Mallard Duck Decoy Lamp, three volumes, by Edward Howe Forbush, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, publisher, 1929, with illustrations.

Provenance: The decoy lamp found at Brimfield, Massachusetts.

Note: The book accompanied by original bill of sale from the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc., Boston, dated January 31, 1940, for the purchase of Vols. I and III, which were used for reference by miniature bird carver Jess Blackstone, who at the time lived in Melrose, Massachusetts.


Estimate $225-325

Keywords

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, Edward Howe Forbush, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc., Jess Blackstone, Melrose