Mark Costilow - Greenwing Teal Pair

Updated September 3, 2026

Lot number	242
Estimate	500.00 - 700.00 USD
Auction	Fall Feature Decoy & Sporting Art Auction 2026
Date	September 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM EDT
Auction house	American Sporting Auctions
Location	Syracuse, New York

Mark Costilow (b.1963) Amherst, OH, 2007 11" long Costilow is a highly accomplished competition decoy carver whose work grew from a lifelong connection to waterfowling and the Lake Erie region. As a young man, Costilow learned by watching Lake Erie charter captain and carver Bob Frano, eventually acquiring Frano’s patterns and much of his carving knowledge. Costilow began carving his own hunting decoys in part because he could not afford to purchase a rig, and what began as necessity developed into a career producing both working and decorative decoys. Costilow became a fixture in the national competition scene, earning World Championship honors at the Ward World Championship in both gunning-pair and individual divisions. He has also served as a judge at the Ward World Championship and authored Traditional Hunting Decoys for Wildfowl Carving Magazine. Signed and dated 2007Condition: Excellent and original

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