Submit your online bid by midnight November 20, 2019
Larger than life-size swan carving by Mike Valley.
- Size 36 inches tall x 57 inches long x 14 inches deep
- Hand carved, 1994
- Decorative weight tied to neck base (two wrapped lines visible on top photo, weight not visible in photo)
Donated by Dana Rocheford of the Richard W. Perkins family to help trumpeter swans.
Carving bottom: "Made Specially for Big Al Nieberg on August 8.9.10 of '94 by Mike John Valley". Perkins Collection.
This dramatic larger-than-life-size swan carving will captivate all who see it in your home or at your office.
Make your bid today! This swan carving will be in the live auction at the 25th Swan Conference on November 21. You can make your bid online!
Just five years after Wisconsin began its swan restoration program, this swan was carved 25 years ago by Mike Valley of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. This beautiful swan comes from the collection of well-known decoy collector Richard W. Perkins. Following his passing this spring, his life partner Dana Rocheford donated the carving to The Trumpeter Swan Society to help trumpeter swans, one of North America's most beautiful birds. The Trumpeter Swan Society has worked for the past 50 years to bring the trumpeter swan back from the brink of extinction. The Society was proud to have Richard "Perk" Perkins as a board member helping the return of trumpeter swans.
Please submit your best bid by November 20, 2019. The highest online best bid will be included in the live auction of the 25th Swan Conference Gala banquet held the evening of November 21, 2019 at the Best Western in Alton, Illinois.
Pick up or shipping is the responsibility of the winning bidder. Pickup is at the Audubon Center at Riverlands or in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Twin Cities area. Shipping costs and insurance are the responsibility of the winning bidder with shipping from the Audubon Center at Riverlands.
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