HORNED GREEB - FULLY DETAILED - RARE -DECEASED ARTIST Start Price USD 625.00 Current Price USD 625.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Location Belton, SC See more about 'HORNED GREEB - FULLY DETAILED - RARE -DECEASED ARTIST' Description NAUTICAL CARVED SHOREBIRD ~~ RARE ~~ THIS WAS THE ONLY DETAILED HORNED GREBE MY DAD EVER CARVED. HORNED GREBE   H 5" X L 9" X W 4 3/4" CANADA NORTHERN (DUCK FAMILY) DETAIL CARVED - HAND PAINTED - GLASS EYES (SHOWING GREAT DETAIL AND TEXTURE!!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THIS DECOY IS JUST PHENOMENAL!!! HAND CARVED BY A LATE CRYSTAL COAST CARVER HAND CARVED BY THE LATE JAMES E RUSSELL OFFERED FROM THE ESTATE OF: JAMES E RUSSELL THERE ARE NO OTHERS LIKE IT. THIS WAS MY FATHER'S UNIQUE WAY OF SIGNING HIS CARVINGS: SIGNATURE BURNED IN BASE: ITEM # 1229 HAND SIGNED LATER - "JAMES E RUSSELL #1 - 1992" (THE # WAS FOR THE HORNED GREBE) INLAID PENNY {1990} FOR DATING & BURNED IN SEAGULLS SEE PICTURES FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF CRAFTMANSHIP!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JAMES E. RUSSELL SHORT BIOGRAPHY: I AM VERY PROUD TO PRESENT MY FATHER'S ART WORK AND BRIEF HISTORY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM WOULD SAY, "WE'LL MISS YOU JIM" DAD STARTED CARVING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE WHILE LIVING IN VERMONT; HIS BIRTH STATE HE WAS LIVING IN BEAUFORT, NC WHEN HE OPENED "OWL COVE CARVERS" AND BEGAN CARVING HIS SHOREBIRDS FOR SALE OWL COVE WAS OPEN FROM 1988 TO 1998 BEFORE HE MOVED TO SC TO RETIRE ON THE "HILL"   HE AND MOM SOLD THEIR BIRDS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TRAVELERS VISITING THE CRYSTAL COAST, NC JAMES E RUSSELL WAS A MEMBER OF MANY DIFFERENT GUILDS AND CLUBS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:  THE CORE SOUND GUILD (HARKER'S ISLAND GUILD - NC) WATERFOWL MUSEUM ON HARKER'S ISLAND - NC (CURRENTLY HAS DISPLAYED PIECES THERE) AND MANY MORE HIS SHORE BIRDS HAVE SOLD IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS INCLUDING: GERMANY, ENGLAND, CANADA HE WAS EVEN INVITED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ENTOURAGE TO SET UP A SHOW IN ENGLAND, WHICH HE KINDLY REFUSED DUE TO SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY. MANY ITEMS WERE PURCHASED FROM THIS GROUP REPRESENTING THE QUEEN HE CARVED MANY DIFFERENT SHORE BIRDS, WALL MOUNTED PLAQUES, DECOYS, STRING MOUNTED DECOYS, MINIATURES AND DECORATIVE FLATS DECOYS HE COULD EVEN FIND A BIRD HIDING WITHIN A PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD JUST WAITING TO BE SET FREE... Place a Bid!