PLYMOUTH, Mass. – On July 13 and 14, Copley Fine Art Auctions’ annual Sporting Sale posted a 92% sell-through rate and set multiple new world records. The two-day auction, consisting of 517 lots, surpassed $3.6 million, with eight lots reaching six-figure results. The top painting lot, a watercolor by Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) titled Dove Shooting, rose to $114,000, more than doubling the high estimate and setting a new world record for the artist. The top decoy lot of this year’s Sporting Sale, the Safford sleeping goose by Charles A. Safford (1877-1957), sold for $594,000, establishing a new world record for the maker. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.