07-16-201507-16-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
July 16, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Fourteen Carved and Painted Songbird Figures

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$492$400
Auction: Discovery - 2832MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 16, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Fourteen Carved and Painted Songbird Figures, Helen Lay Strong, 1962-75, all mounted on carved roots, including a bluebird, and thirteen miniatures: two Northern Cardinals, a Gold-crowned Kinglet, a Scarlet Tanager, two Blackburnian Warblers, a Goldfinch, a Tufted Titmouse, a Baltimore Oriole, a Blue Jay, a White-breasted Nuthatch, and two Chickadees mounted together, overall ht. to 6 3/4, bluebird lg. 3, lg. of miniatures to 1 3/4 in.
Estimate $400-600


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