MANNY HAYWOOD REPRO - CYPRESS CRYSTAL COAST CARVER Start Price USD 224.00 Current Price USD 224.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 05, 2008 End Time Friday, December 05, 2008 Location Belton, SC See more about 'MANNY HAYWOOD REPRO - CYPRESS CRYSTAL COAST CARVER' Description MANNY HAYWOOD (DAD'S VERSION) BLACK DUCK NATURAL FINISH CYPRESS L 15"   x    H  5 1/2"  X   W  5"  SOLID ALMOST 2 LBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAND CARVED BY THE LATE JAMES E RUSSELL OFFERED FROM THE ESTATE OF: JAMES E RUSSELL GORGEOUS CYPRESS WITH NATURAL BEAUTIFUL WOOD GRAINS ~~~~~~~~~ THIS WAS MY FATHER'S UNIQUE WAY OF SIGNING HIS CARVINGS: SIGNATURE BURNED IN BASE: "HAND CARVED BY J. E. RUSSELL  - OWL COVE - BEAUFORT, NC" "MANNY HAYWOOD BLACK DUCK" ITEM # "698" - FIRST YEAR OF CARVINGS INLAID PENNY FOR DATING - PENNY/CARVING YEAR 1988 AND CUTE SHOREBIRD BURNED ON BOTTOM 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" MY FATHER DIED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2008   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 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!