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Running curlew with carved eyes from Hog Island, Virginia, ca. 1900. Replaced bill. $7500 |
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Big, fat yellowlegs by Charles Clark of Chincoteague, Virginia, ca. 1900. Original bill and mostly original paint. $6950 |
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Rare red knot by Joe Lincoln of Accord, Massachusetts. Cold-stamped on the side in tiny letters: "C.R. Purdey." Sale Pending |
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Three-piece vertically-laminated black-bellied plover attributed to Prince Edward Island, Canada. $895 |
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Golden plover by an unknown maker from Nantucket, MA, with JHS carved into its bottom. $2450 |
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Pair of black-bellied plover rigmates from Massachusetts with wonderful paint patterns, branded "C.L. Smith." $3650 |
Running curlew by an unknown Massachusetts maker, branded "Pack." Barely a trace of paint but exquisite form. $1250 |
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Yellowlegs by Lew Barkelow converted into decorative after shorebird shooting was outlawed, ca. 1920. $1895 |
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Pair of yellowlegs used at the Nags Head lighthouse with John Fulcher bodies and wooden bills. $2750 |
Pair of plovers from New Jersey, formerly in the Hillman collection. $495 |
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Large black-bellied plover, attributed to "Beasley" from New Jersey. $850 |
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Large 3-piece curlew by an unidentified New Jersey or Long Island maker, ca. 1900. $695 |
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Pair of 3-piece vertically laminated curlews, one with a replaced bill, by an unknown Long Island maker, ca. 1915. $595 |
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Golden plover from Massachusetts in original paint with the original bill. Nice running form. $1895 |
Feeding yellowlegs by John Lee Baldwin of Long Island, His motto: "Never worked and never will." $1595 |
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Red knot by Obediah Verity of Seaford, Long Island, New York. Original paint with shot marks and honest gunning wear. A rare species. $5500 |
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Running yellowlegs by William Southard of Seaford, Long Island, New York in nice original paint. His shorebirds were made from the limbs of a tree. $2250 |
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Black-bellied plover, possibly from the Canadian Maritimes, ca. 1900. Gunners carry hole drilled through the body. $895 |
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Ruddy turnstone from the well-known Bennett rig, ca. 1990. Coastal New Jersey was one of the few areas in the country where ruddy turnstone decoys were made and used. Old gunning repaint. Excellent paint pattern. $2850 |
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