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| Swan decoy by Charlie Waterfield of Knotts Island, North Carolina. An iconic Southern decoy! $25,000 |
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| Canada goose from Portsmouth Island, North Carolina. Wonderful old surface patina! $15,000 |
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| Hissing Canada goose by Miles Hancock of Chincoteague, Virginia. Wonderful posture and early paint pattern. $6250 |
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| Pair of canvasbacks in bone-dry original paint and excellent paint patterns by Jim Holly of Havre de Grace, Maryland. $6500 |
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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. $6250 |
Hollow-carved Canada goose by Ira Hudson of Chincoteague, Virginia repainted at a later date by Miles Hancock. $1795 |
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| Pintail with excellent original paint by John Glenn of Rock Hall, Maryland. $2695 |
Curlew by Lloyd Hill of Accomack County, Virginia. $1950 |
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| Balsa-bodied pintail with a cedar tail insert by the Ward brothers of Crisfield, Maryland. $1895 |
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! $595 |
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| Bluebill by Hormidas Thibert of Valleyfield, Quebec. This is from his most popular third period style. $895 |
Red-breasted merganser by the Herter's decoy company of Waseca, Minnesota. $395 |
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| Pair of hollow buffleheads with raised wingtips by Joe Savko of Trenton, New Jersey. According to his chapter in "Floating Sculpture," he only made six buffleheads. $2495 |
Coot with a nicely turned head by Frank Strey of Berlin, Wisconsin. $795 |
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Balsa-bodied brant with a root head by an unknown Long Island maker. Nice original paint and condition. $1250 |
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| Early Hollow black duck by Tony Bianco of Bordentown, New Jersey. $595 |
Rare bufflehead hen by a Nova Scotia maker. $950 |
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| Tiny bufflehead by Oscar Ayres of Tuckerton, New Jersey, ex-collection of Shelburne Museum and so stamped. $595 |
Pair of canvasback rigmates by Paul Gibson of Havre de Grace, Maryland. $595 |
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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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Golden plover from Massachusetts in original paint with the original bill. Nice running form. $1895 |
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| Sleeping black duck by an unknown Long Island maker. Wonderful folk appeal! $975 |
Old squaw by an unknown Long Island maker. Wonderful paint pattern. $1295 |
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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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| Feeding yellowlegs by John Lee Baldwin of Long Island, His motto: "Never worked and never will." $1595 |
Hollow black duck by William or Jimmy Clark of Toronto, Canada. Wonderful surface patina. $595 |
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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 |
| Redhead by Charles Waterfield of Knotts Island, North Carolina. Wonderful old surface on a rare Carolina decoy. No repairs! $4850 |
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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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| Goldeneye hen by Ben Holmes of Stratford, CT in nice, dry original paint. Previously in the collection of the Staten Island Historical Society. $1695 |
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| Bluebill in outstanding original paint by Jim Holly of Havre de Grace, MD. $3850 |
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| Rare ruddy duck by an unidentified maker from Cecil County, MD. Rigmate illustrated on page 129 of "Decoys by the Mid-Atlantic Region" by Henry Fleckenstein. $8500 |
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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 swimming red-breasted merganser with nicely executed relief carved wing detail and a warm surface patina by an unknown Cape Cod, Massachusetts carver. $8500 |
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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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| Canvasback in old gunning paint by Will Heverin of Charlestown, MD. $450 |
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| Bluebill by Percy Smith of Anne Arundel County, MD. $495 |
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| Redhead hen by Jim Currier of Havre de Grace, MD. $495 |
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| Hollow merganser with excellent paint patterns by Mark Kears of Linwood, NJ. $6850 |
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| Petite wigeon by Walter Ruppel of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. $395 |
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| Black-bellied plover by Elmer Crowell with outstanding original paint and near-mint condition. $13,500 |
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| Redhead in old gunning paint by Eugene Birdsall of Barnegat, New Jersey, ca. 1900. $495 |
Goldeneye hen by Capt. William Merritt of South Addison, Maine, ca. 1900. $495 |
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| Swimming hollow-carved brant by Chris Sprague of Beach Haven, New Jersey. $495 |
Pre-brand hollow-carved green-winged teal by Hurley Conklin of Manahawkin, New Jersey. $595 |
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| Rare pre-1950 redhead hen by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, MD. $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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| Redhead by Ben Dye of Perryville, MD, ca. 1900. $395 |
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| Pair of silhouette Canada geese found in Pennsylvania. $350 |
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| Black duck from the St. Lawrence River area similar to the work of the Belleville, Ontario carvers. $450 |
Canada geese with removable heads by a Mr. Pruss of Saginaw Bay, Michigan, ca. 1930. $3000 |
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| Hollow-carved Canada goose with a pinched breast by an unknown maker and from an unknown region. $1895 |
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| Sculptural black duck by an unknown maker, possibly from New England, with carved crossed wingtips. $1895 |
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| Stylish black duck with raised wing carving attributed to Willis Gray of Ganonogue, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1920. $895 |
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| Petite bluebill by an unknown Quebec maker. $395 |
Black duck by an unknown Delaware River maker, ca. 1940s. "F.E.D" is scratched into the pad weight. $695 |
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| Hollow "turtle back" bluebill with a bottom board by Norm MacDonald of Prince Edward County, Ontario, ca. 1920. Wonderful form with a nice dry surface patina. $1000 |
Curlew by John Dilley of Quogue, Long Island, New York, ca. 1890. A rare species with deeply cut wings in well worn original paint with a replaced bill. A classic Long Island shorebird by one of its most acclaimed makers. $4750 |
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| Decorative "Christmas duck" wigeon by Madison Mitchell of Havre de Grace, Maryland, ca. 1950s. $595 |
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Pair of curlews by an unknown maker, probably from Cape May County, New Jersey, ca. 1890. $3500 for the pair. |
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| Bluebill hen by Ira Hudson of Chincoteague Virginia, ca. 1920. One of Hudson's earliest decoys in near mint condition. $8500 |
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| Merganser hen by Halstead Brown of Noank, Connecticut, ca. 1920s. $695 |
Bluebill by Ira Hudson of Chincoteague, Virginia, ca. 1940. Wonderful deep body form in original paint with a nice dry surface patina. $3250 |
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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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| Rare wigeon by Tom Wilson of Ipswich, Massachusetts, ca. 1920. Never rigged. $3850 |
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| Black duck by Lonnie Ganung of West Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1920. $1595 |
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| Bluebill by Jimmy Clark of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1930. $695 |
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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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| Canvasback by Bob McGaw of Havre de Grace, Maryland, ca. 1930. Good original paint and condition. Half of the "dog bone" weight has been removed by an early collector so that it would sit on a shelf. Similar in style to the McGaw canvasback that appeared on a U.S. postage stamp. $1295 |
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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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| Old squaw from coastal Maine, ca. 1900. Tiny flat-bottomed decoy, fully rigged, with wonderful paint pattern and dry surface patina. A folk art delight! $2895 |
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| Hooded merganser hen by Leonard Jester of Chincoteague, Virginia, ca. 1950. Leonard was the nephew of Doug Jester and worked in his shop. This "hairy head" is in near perfect condition and fully rigged. $1295 |
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| Bluebill by an unidentified maker from Ontario, Canada. Flat-bottomed, solid-bodied decoy with nicely applied combed-painted tail feathers. Bulbous head gives it an animated folky look. While the maker is unknown, it appears to be from the Toronto area. $1095 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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. $2895 |
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