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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. $8500 |
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| Hollow merganser with excellent paint patterns by Mark Kears of Linwood, NJ. $6850 |
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| Set of three working silhouette dove decoys found in Pennsylvania, likely made in the 1960s. $450 |
Hollow mallard by Larry McLaughlin of Edgely, Pennsylvania from his personal gunning rig. $495 |
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Hollow black duck by John Updike of New Gretna, New Jersey. $250 |
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| Hollow-carved Canada goose with a pinched breast by an unknown maker from Cape May County, New Jersey. . $1895 |
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| Balsa-bodied brant with a root head by an unknown Long Island maker. Nice original paint and condition. $1250 |
Black duck by an unknown Delaware River maker, ca. 1940s. "F.E.D" is scratched into the pad weight. $695 |
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| Tiny bufflehead by Oscar Ayres of Tuckerton, New Jersey, ex-collection of Shelburne Museum and so stamped. $595 |
Early Hollow black duck by Tony Bianco of Bordentown, New Jersey. $595 |
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Sleeping black duck by an unknown Long Island maker. Wonderful folk appeal! $975 |
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| Rigmate pair of buffleheads by an unknown Long Island maker. $950 |
Green-winged teal by an unknown Long Island maker. $975 |
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| Pair of bluebills by Andrew "Grubie" Verity of Seaford, Long Island, New York. $950 |
Merganser hen by George Eberhart of Long Island, New York. $1950 |
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| Gunning style mallard hen in Ward style paint by J.J. West of Bordentown, NJ. $595 |
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| Diminutive hollow Canada goose in outstanding original paint by John McAnney of New Gretna, NJ. $2895 |
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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. $1595 |
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| Hollow, lowhead black duck in excellent original paint by Tom Fitzpatrick of Delanco, NJ. $1895 |
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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. $1495 |
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| Redhead in old gunning paint by Eugene Birdsall of Barnegat, New Jersey, ca. 1900. $495 |
Pre-brand hollow-carved green-winged teal by Hurley Conklin of Manahawkin, New Jersey. $595 |
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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. $1495 |
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| Hollow red-breasted merganser by Bill Hammel of Absecon, New Jersey with a delicately carved crest, carved eyes, fanciful paint and a wonderful surface patina. $4850 |
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| Pair of silhouette Canada geese found in Pennsylvania. $350 |
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Green-winged teal hen by William Kemble of Trenton, New Jersey, ca. 1910. Good original paint. New Jersey teal are very rare! $950
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| Hollow-carved black duck from Cape May County, New Jersey, ca. 1920. This large oversized decoy, used on the Delaware Bay side of the peninsula, has excellent sculptural form. Paint may have been restored at some point. Fully rigged. Similar to the work of Townsend Godfrey, but as yet it was carved by an unidentified maker. $2495 |
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| Red-breasted merganser by an unidentified maker from Long Island, ca. 1900. Terrific carving to the crest gives the head a very folky look. Nice early North Shore decoy. $1695 |
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| Red-breasted merganser by an unidentified New Jersey maker, ca. 1880. Early hollow pegged construction and nice crusty surface patina. One side is a little "bleached out," possibly due to exposure to the sun. Diamond-shaped pad weight on the bottom. $1895 |
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