A total of 507 lots representing some of the best in sporting and decoy art will hit the auction block this July when Copley Fine Art Auctions holds its 2021 Sporting Sale. The summer sale will feature works by an array of esteemed artists, including historic artists Ogden M. Pleissner, John Clymer and Robert Lougheed, as well as a complete, hand-colored set of John James Audubon’s first royal octavo edition Birds of America. Contemporary artists will also be included, such as Luke Frazier, Brett Smith, James Morgan, Eldridge Hardie, Steve Elliott, Amy Lay, Bonnie Marris, Roger Blum, John Terelak, Thomas Aquinas Daly, C. Ford Riley, C. D. Clarke, David A. Sibley and David Lazarus.
“We’ve seen consistent, strong interest in sporting and wildlife art throughout the last year. I am…