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These are the ones that got away!
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| Balsa-bodied redhead hen by the Ward brothers of Crisfield, MD. Redheads are among the rarest gunning decoys by the Wards and this example is near mint. SOLD |
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| Blue-winged teal with wonderful paint patterns by Davey Nichol of Smiths Falls, Ontario, fully rigged. SOLD |
Large extended-wing seagull, possibly used as a porch or dockside ornament, Cape Cod origin, early 20th century, mounted on a contemporary metal stand. A tremendous piece of Americana folk art. SOLD |
| Hollow-carved black duck with well-done scratch-feather paint and a nice, dry surface by Ferman Eyre of Brockville, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1940s. SOLD |
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| Pair of wigeon by Reg Bloom of Kingston, Ontario. SOLD |
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| Early bluebill, ca. 1940, by Bob Dixon of Smiths Falls, Ontario, painted by Davey Nichol. Pictured in Larry Lunman's book on Davey Nichol. SOLD |
Breast-preening ruddy duck with cork body by Harold Haertel of Dundee, Illinois, signed and dated 1969. SOLD |
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| Pair of ringbills by Davey Nichol of Smiths Falls, Ontario. SOLD |
Rare hooded merganser by Ken Anger of Dunnville, Ontario. SOLD |
| 19th-century redhead from Ohio with excellent paint patterns. SOLD |
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| Pair of flying mallards by Ira James Thorne of Clam, Virginia. SOLD |
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| Golden plover from Massachusetts in original paint with the original bill. Nice running form. SOLD |
"Cobb style" bufflehead by Mark McNair of Craddockville, VA. SOLD |
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| Common merganser by Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, MA. SOLD |
Pintail by Miles Hancock of Chincoteague, VA. SOLD |
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| Pair of miniature brant by Julian Hamilton Jr. of Beaufort, North Carolina. SOLD |
Running yellowlegs by Mark McNair of Craddockville, Virginia. SOLD |
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| Pair of 2/3-sized red-breasted mergansers by J.J. West of Bordentown, NJ. SOLD |
Excellent dove by Dave Hawthorne of Greenwood, Delaware. SOLD |
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| Bufflehead by Frank Buchner of Erie, Pennsylvania with anchor-style relief carving in the back. Has traditional Erie-style swing weight and a tag that reads, "Anthony P. Straub, 629 West 4th St., Erie City, PA." SOLD |
Coot by James E. Baines of Morgantown, Maryland, branded "J.E.B." For years, these birds were attributed to Bob McGaw of Havre de Grace. SOLD |
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| Pair of black-bellied plover rigmates from Massachusetts with wonderful paint patterns, branded "C.L. Smith." SOLD |
Pair of green-winged teal by John McLoughlin of Bordentown, New Jersey. SOLD |
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Decorative "Christmas duck" wigeon by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, Maryland, ca. 1950s. SOLD |
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| Pair of hooded mergansers by Wilfred Bush of Pekin, IL. SOLD |
Pair of canvasbacks in bone-dry original paint and excellent paint patterns by Jim Holly of Havre de Grace, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Pair of canvasbacks in bone-dry original paint and excellent paint patterns by Jim Holly of Havre de Grace, Maryland. SOLD |
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| Miniature red-breasted merganser by Herman Wendt of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ca. 1950. SOLD |
Hollow black duck by Dave "Umbrella" Watson from Chincoteague, Virginia, ca. 1920. SOLD |
| Magnum bluebill with a slightly turned and cocked head by Bill Cooper of Verdun, Quebec. Best example we've ever had! SOLD |
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| Rare red knot by Joe Lincoln of Accord, Massachusetts. Cold-stamped on the side in tiny letters: "C.R. Purdey." SOLD |
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| Excellent pair of balsa-bodied pintails signed and dated by the Ward brothers of Crisfield, MD. Terrific paint patterns and absolutely no repairs. SOLD |
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| Green-winged teal by Dan Brown of Salisbury, MD, signed and dated 1969. SOLD |
Decorative black duck by Lloyd Tyler of Crisfield, Maryland, ca. 1940s, picked from a hunting camp on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Arguably one of his finest decorative carvings. SOLD |
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Canada goose by Charlie Joiner of Chestertown, MD, ca. early 1970s. SOLD |
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| Golden plover by an unknown maker from Nantucket, MA, with JHS carved into its bottom. SOLD. |
Pair of redheads with lathe-turned bodies by Jess Urie of Rock Hall, MD. SOLD |
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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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| Roothead curlew by an unknown maker from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, ca. 1915. 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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