LATHE GOOSE - RARE!!! DECEASED ARTIST - ON SALE NOW!!! TIMES ARE HARD... MY PERSONAL MOMENTO FROM MY DAD... Start Price USD 800.00 Current Price USD 800.00 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 'LATHE GOOSE - RARE!!! DECEASED ARTIST - ON SALE NOW!!!' Description TIMES ARE HARD AND I NEED TO SELL THIS BIRD TO PURCHASE CHRISTMAS FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND PAY SOME BILLS SO I HAVE REDUCED THE PRICE FROM $1075.00 TO $800 WITH FREE SHIPPING & INSURANCE THIS IS A VERY NICE HAND CARVED DECOY APPX 3/4 LIFE SIZE MADE PERSONALLY FOR ME BY MY DECEASED DAD, THO I HATE TO GIVE IT UP... THE SACRIFICE IS WORTH IT! THE SIZE OF THIS CARVING IS EASILY WORTH A FEW GRAND AT AUCTION VERY LARGE!!! LATHE GOOSE - WITH A STORY MADE WITH OLD LATHE FROM 114 BROAD STREET A HISTORICAL HOUSE IN BEAUFORT, NC L 26"   X   H 12 1/4"   X   W  9 1/8"  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAND CARVED BY THE LATE JAMES E RUSSELL   THIS WONDERFUL LATHE "SLATTED" GOOSE WAS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOME'S RENOVATORS (ME) THE LATHE STRIPS AND ALL THE WOOD USED ON THIS GOOSE WAS TAKEN FROM OLD PLASTER/LATHE WALLS AND THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF A HISTORICAL HOUSE IN BEAUFORT, NC THE DATE FOUND ON THE CHIMNEY INSIDE OF THE HOME WAS 1890 - THAT IS HOW OLD THE WOOD ITSELF IS. MY FATHER MADE IT IN 1992 DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION AND PRESENTED MR. BONAVENTURA, THE OWNER WITH THE LARGER ONE AS A FINISHING GIFT AND GAVE TO ME THE SMALLER ONE   BOTTOM:  "ESPECIALLY FOR DAVID AND SUZANNE CESSNA" "PLASTER LATHE FROM 114 BROAD ST HOUSE BUILT IN 1890" "OWL COVE " "J E RUSSELL BEAUFORT, NC" "LATHE GOOSE" "#1733" INSET PENNY DATING (MY DAD'S FAVORITE DATING SYSTEM) 1992 THIS LARGE GOOSE WEIGHS 6 1/2 LBS BY ITSELF ~~~~~~~~~~ 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 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!