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These are the ones that got away!
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| Pair of redheads with lathe-turned bodies by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, MD. |
Green-winged teal by Dan Brown of Salisbury, MD, signed and dated 1969. |
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| Reaching curlew by Mark McNair of Craddockville, VA. SOLD |
Curlew by Mark McNair of Craddockville, Virginia. SOLD |
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| Pair of green-winged teal by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, Maryland, signed and dated 1976. SOLD |
Pair of canvasbacks by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, MD. SOLD |
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Ruddy turnstone by Cameron McIntyre of New Church, VA. SOLD
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| Cormorants by Joan Seibert of Dennis, NJ. SOLD |
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| Pair of cedar-bodied pintails with raised-wing carving by the Ward brothers of Crisfield, MD. SOLD |
Hollow-carved red-breasted merganser by Gene Hendrickson of Lower Bank, New Jersey. SOLD |
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| Bluebill hen by Eugene Birdsall of Lovelandtown, New Jersey. SOLD |
Diminutive bluebill in excellent condition by Frank Baumgardner of Houghton Lake, Michigan. SOLD |
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| High-head stickup Canada goose decoy with two leg holes by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, Maryland. SOLD |
Canvasback with wonderful paint patterns by the Ward brothers of Crisfield, MD. Signed "Made in 1935 by Lemuel Ward for offshore shooting or rough water blind shooting, Ward Bro, Crisfield, MD." SOLD |
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| Pair of bluebills by John Glenn of Rock Hall, MD in good original paint. SOLD |
Pair of canvasbacks by Miles Hancock of Chincoteague, VA, ca. 1940s. The hen is slightly oversized. SOLD |
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| Bufflehead with a balsa body and inserted tail by an unknown Virginia maker. SOLD |
Redhead by Charles Waterfield of Knotts Island, North Carolina. Wonderful old surface on a rare Carolina decoy. No repairs! SOLD |
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| Coot by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, Maryland. SOLD |
Blue-winged teal by Davey Nichol of Smiths Falls, Ontario. Never rigged. SOLD |
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| Big, fat canvasback by Walter Sellers of Lancaster County, PA and used on the Susquehanna River. A terrific piece of folk art. SOLD |
Miniature canvasback by John Zachman of Detroit, Michigan. SOLD |
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| Black duck by Fred Shropshire of Philadelphia and New Gretna, NJ, ex-collection of Johnny Hillman. SOLD |
Green-winged teal by Davey Nichol of Smiths Falls, Ontario. Never rigged. SOLD |
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| Bluebill in outstanding original paint by Jim Holly of Havre de Grace, MD. SOLD |
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| Pair of mallards by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, Maryland. SOLD |
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Miniature red-breasted merganser by Herman Wendt of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ca. 1950. SOLD |
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| Hollow black duck by William or Jimmy Clark of Toronto, Canada. Wonderful surface patina. SOLD |
Balsa-bodied brant with a root head by an unknown Long Island maker. Nice original paint and condition. SOLD |
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Set of three working silhouette dove decoys found in Pennsylvania, likely made in the 1960s. SOLD |
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| Pair of early hand-chopped bluebills by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, MD. SOLD |
Red knot from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia with carved eyes and in OP with a wonderful surface patina. SOLD |
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| Pair of mallards by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Roothead curlew by an unknown maker from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, ca. 1915. SOLD |
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| Pair of redheads by John Glenn of Rock Hall, Maryland. SOLD |
Pair of pintails by John Glenn of Rock Hall, Maryland with a slight swimming attitude. SOLD |
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| Rare coot by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, Maryland. SOLD |
Early hand-chopped pair of redheads by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Early hand-chopped pair of canvasbacks by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, Maryland. "IDS" stamped into the weight for I.D. Shapiro, who owned a steel foundry in Baltimore. SOLD |
Redhead hen miniature by Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts in excellent paint. SOLD |
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| Miniature long-eared owl by Curtis Waterfield of Knotts Island, North Carolina. SOLD |
Canada goose by Harry "Spud" Norman of Wolfe Island, Ontario with incredibly detailed feather carving and raised wingtips. A spectacular piece of folk art! SOLD |
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| Early Hollow black duck by Tony Bianco of Bordentown, New Jersey. SOLD |
Rigmate pair of buffleheads by an unknown Long Island maker. SOLD |
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| Roothead Canada goose by "Big Ike" O'Neal, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Multiple coats of paint, but the original root head. SOLD |
"Mohawk" mallard of Midwest origin, carved with a prominent ridge down the center of the head, in dry OP with an excellent surface patina. SOLD |
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| Very rare jack snipe by the Mason decoy company of Detroit. Excellent swirl paint. Rigmate to the example pictured in "Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway" and "Mason Decoys, A Complete Pictorial Guide." SOLD |
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| Black-bellied plover by Elmer Crowell with outstanding original paint and near-mint condition. SOLD |
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| Black-bellied plover in spring plumage with relief-carved wings by John Dilley of Quogue, Long Island, New York. Wonderful paint patterns. SOLD |
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| Rigmate pair of early Challenge grade goldeneyes by the Mason decoy factory of Detroit, Michigan. SOLD |
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| Black duck by an unknown Delaware River maker, ca. 1940s. "F.E.D" is scratched into the pad weight. SOLD |
Hollow mallard by Larry McLaughlin of Edgely, Pennsylvania from his personal gunning rig. SOLD |
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| Hollow canvasback by Reg Marter of Delanco, NJ from his personal gunning rig. Canvasbacks are rare by any Delaware River carver. SOLD |
Hollow, lowhead black duck in excellent original paint by Tom Fitzpatrick of Delanco, NJ. SOLD |
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| Hollow preening black duck by Calvin Hickman of Tuckerton, NJ. Preeners and sleepers are extremely rare by any coastal Jersey maker. SOLD |
Green-winged teal hen by William Kemble of Trenton, New Jersey, ca. 1910. Good original paint. New Jersey teal are very rare! SOLD |
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| Redhead in old gunning paint by Eugene Birdsall of Barnegat, New Jersey, ca. 1900. SOLD |
Pre-brand hollow-carved green-winged teal by Hurley Conklin of Manahawkin, New Jersey. SOLD |
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| Hollow brant attributed to either Sam or Albert Forsyth of Bayhead, New Jersey with a wonderful crazed surface. From the Staten Island Historical Society collection, it has "Capt. John Dorsett" written on the base. SOLD |
Diminutive hollow Canada goose in outstanding original paint by John McAnney of New Gretna, NJ. SOLD |
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| Finely crafted pair of hollow red-breasted mergansers with upturned bills, delicately carved crests and wonderful dry paint by Jake Barrett of Somers Point, NJ. Illustrated on page 111 in "Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater" by Eugene Connett. SOLD |
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Pair of canvasbacks by John Glenn of Rock Hall, Maryland with wonderful paint patterns. SOLD |
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| Miniature wood duck by Ken Harris of Woodville, New York. SOLD |
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| Miniature green-winged teal by Bill Cranmer of Spray Beach, New Jersey, 1960. SOLD |
Black duck by Herb Miller of Ship Bottom, New Jersey, signed and dated 1992. SOLD |
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| Pair of miniature mallards by Joe West of Bordentown, NJ. SOLD |
Pair of miniature buffleheads by Chip Allsopp of Point Pleasant, New Jersey. SOLD |
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| Pair of oversized canvasbacks by John Vickers of Cambridge, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Red-breasted merganser hen by Doug Jester of Chincoteague, Virginia. Never rigged. Purchased directly from Jester in 1942 and marked accordingly. SOLD |
Black duck by Miles Hancock of Chincoteague, Virginia. SOLD |
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| Green-winged teal by an unknown Long Island maker. SOLD |
Pair of canvasbacks by Jim Currier of Havre de Grace, Maryland, ca. 1950. SOLD |
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| Standard grade Painted Eye bluebill by the Mason decoy factory, ca. 1910. SOLD |
Redhead by the Pratt decoy factory of Joliet, Illinois based on the style of Charles Sumner Bunn decoys. This is the first example we've ever seen! SOLD |
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| Crow by Harry V. Shourds II of Cape May County, New Jersey. SOLD |
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| Early canvasback from Crisfield, MD, ca. 1920. The body style is similar to some decoys attributed to Travis Ward, the father of Lem and Steve Ward. SOLD |
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| Pair of miniature green-winged teal by Herb Miller of Ship Bottom, New Jersey. SOLD |
Miniature pintails by Armand Carney of Tuckerton, New Jersey, 1970s. SOLD |
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| Full-sized woodcock by Robert and Virginia Warfield of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, dated 1979, with minor tail chips. SOLD |
Dove by Eddie Wozny of Cambridge, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Canada goose by Miles Hancock of Chincoteague, Virginia. SOLD |
Decorative Canada goose by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, Maryland, signed and dated 1962. SOLD |
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| Pair of miniature wood ducks by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, Maryland, signed and dated 1976. SOLD |
Green-winged teal by an unknown Long Island maker. SOLD |
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| Charlie Joiner miniature canvasback pair, signed and dated 1976. SOLD |
Charlie Joiner miniature redhead pair, signed and dated 1976. SOLD |
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| Hollow merganser with excellent paint patterns by Mark Kears of Linwood, NJ. SOLD |
Hollow black duck by John Updike of New Gretna, New Jersey. SOLD |
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| Canada goose by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, Maryland, signed and dated 1952. Perfect condition, never rigged nor used. This is the finest example of a Joiner goose decoy that we've ever seen. SOLD |
2/3-sized goldeneye by Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts. SOLD |
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Black duck by Ira Hudson of Chincoteague, Virginia. SOLD |
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| Charlie Joiner miniature Canada geese. SOLD |
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