LONG BILL CURLEW BLACK WALNUT - DECEASED CARVER Start Price USD 135.00 Current Price USD 135.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 11, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 Location Belton, SC See more about 'LONG BILL CURLEW BLACK WALNUT - DECEASED CARVER' Description On sale for the Christmas Season only LONG BILL CURLEW BLACK WALNUT H  7 3/4" X L 8" X W  3 1/2"  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAND CARVED BY THE LATE JAMES E RUSSELL CRYSTAL COAST CARVER GORGEOUS BLACK WALNUT - HAND CARVED EYES AND HAND CARVED TEXTURED FEET & LEGS-MOUNTED ON PECKY CYPRESS BASE  THIS WAS MY FATHER'S UNIQUE WAY OF SIGNING HIS CARVINGS: SIGNATURE BURNED IN BASE: "J. E. RUSSELL  - OWL COVE - BEAUFORT, NC" "LONG BILL CURLEW" ITEM # "1968" INLAID PENNY FOR DATING - PENNY/CARVING YEAR 1991 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!