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Elegant Hollow Lesser Yellowlegs Shorebird Decoy South Shore, Massachusetts, Ca. 1900 Skillfully carved and exceptionally hollow. Laminated vertically. Dry original condition with painstaking paint detail. Original paint and bill. Strongly attributed to Joseph Lincoln's best work. Ex. Joe French collection. |
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| 11" long.
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ITEM #16841
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Dowitcher in Spring Breeding Plumage Shorebird Decoy Gilbert E. Wallace, Forked River, NJ, Ca. 1900 Well-carved with raised wings and split tail. Original paint and bill in excellent original condition. Mellow patina. Some cut marks on the base, but they are NOT apparent when presented on the shelf. Ex. Jack Conover collection. Sold G&S, 11/06, #619. |
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| 10" long.
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ITEM #16840
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Matched Pair of Tinny Semi-Palmated and Least Sandpiper Shorebird Decoys Strater & Sohier, Boston, Ca. 1875 Rare examples in untouched, excellent original condition. Retain the Strater & Sohier "1874" patent date. |
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ITEM #16838
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Carved Running Sanderling Trio Charles Hart, Gloucester, MA, Ca. 1940's Condition is essentially mint with minor flaking on one base. |
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| 6" long.
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ITEM #16820
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Rare Group of 3 Tinny Sandpipers Strater & Sohier, Boston, Ca. 1875 Unusual species: sanderling, least sandpiper, and semi-palmated plover. Unused original condition. Each carries the Strater & Sohier name and 1874 patent date. |
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| About 6" long.
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ITEM #16808
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Mason Glasseye Passenger Pigeon in Immature Plumage Ca. 1900 Rare example in strong original paint with deep feather swirling. Minor restoration of a sliver on the base. Large size and rose colored breast suggest an immature passenger pigeon. Less than a half dozen are known. Pictured "Mason Decoys," page 119. |
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| 12" long.
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ITEM #16804
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Carved Miniature Canvasback Drake and Hen Pair A. Elmer Crowell, E. Harwich, MA, Ca. 1915-20 Early pre-stamp matched pair in essentially mint original condition. Set mate to the blue-winged teal drake. |
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| Drake 5", hen 3 3/4" long.
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ITEM #16799
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Running Greater Yellowlegs Shorebird Decoy A. Elmer Crowell, E. Harwich, MA, Ca. 1920's Silhouette style carving with carved split tail. Exhibits Crowell's finest original paint. Minor flaking on one side of the bill. Exactly like the Crowell full-bodied runner sold at auction in Nov. 09 for $40,000. Signed by Crowell in ink on its base. |
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| 14" long.
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ITEM #16793
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Lesser Yellowlegs Shorebird Decoy Pair Cape Cod, Ca. 1900 Delicate rigmates with tiny carved split tails. Excellent original condition with their original baleen bills. Never used. Fitted with two wire legs instead of a stick hole which was plugged when made. One has a tight age shrinkage neck crack. |
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| 10" long.
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ITEM #16792
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Swimming Bluebill Hen Decoy Pair Alexandria Bay, NY, Ca. 1920's Stylish rigmates with typical area construction in excellent original paint. Both have small side of tail chips. One has a tight age shrinkage neck crack. Both have been hit by shot, but no damage. |
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| 15" long.
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ITEM #16791
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Early Broadbill Decoy Pair Hurley Conklin, Manahawkin, NJ, Ca. 1950 Hollow in excellent original condition. Hen is a sleeper. Exhibited in the Ward Museum's New Jersey exhibition. |
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ITEM #16785
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Rare Mason Glasseye Lesser Yellowlegs in Spring Plumage Ca. 1905 Essentially mint original condition. Retains much of its bill paint (usually rusted away). NO examples were known to us when we wrote the "Mason Decoys" book. |
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| 10 1/2" long.
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ITEM #16776
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Carved Miniature Preening Canada Goose Decoy Found in New Jersey, but possibly Massachusetts, Ca. 1900 Spectacular carving with raised shoulders, wings and tucked head. Excellent original structural and paint condition with fine patina. Tiny chip on edge of tail. |
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| 5 1/4" long.
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ITEM #16774
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Mason Challenge Blue-Winged Teal Drake and Hen Decoy Pair Ca. 1910 A rigmate pair in strong original paint. Hen has some flaking behind the neck. Neck filler has been replaced and there is a tiny tail flake repair on the drake. Exceptionally rare! Similar to the examples shown in "Mason Decoys," page 59. |
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ITEM #16771
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Early Mason (Formerly Called Peterson) Challenge Freshwater Coot Decoy Ca. 1890 Snakey headed example in untouched original condition. Shallow tail flake and tight age shrinkage neck crack. Exceptionally hard to find! See "Detroit Decoy Dynasty" book, page 206. |
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ITEM #16752
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Carved Miniature Jack Snipe Shorebird A. Elmer Crowell, E. Harwich, MA, Ca. 1920's Early example with a faint Crowell round ink "Maker" stamp. Superb original condition; minor in-painting of some flaking on the bottom of the bill. |
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| 4 1/2" long.
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ITEM #16751
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Sleeping Pintail Drake and Hen Pair Grayson Chesser, Sanford, Va, Ca. 1980's Hollow rigged and weighted gunning decoys in nearly mint original condition. Drake has a tiny tail chip. Exhibiting Grayson's best feather comb painting with a dry, mellow patina. Signed with his carved "C" and branded Assawoman Is. (gunning club). |
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| Drake 18"; hen 15 1/2" long.
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ITEM #16750
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Early Mason Premier Black Duck Decoy Ca. 1900-05 Hollow snakey head in very good original condition. Original paint exhibits fine feather combing. Hit by shot on left side. Professional tail chip repair. Filled factory back crack. Neck filler has been restored. |
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| 17" long.
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ITEM #16746
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Willet Shorebird Decoy Long Island, NY, Ca. 1900 Well-carved with raised heart shaped wings and doweled head construction. Strong original paint. Some neck filler is missing. About 1 1/2" of the bill is a professional replacement. Rigmate of #15768 and 16450. |
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| 12" long.
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ITEM #16730
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Freshwater Coot Decoy Luigi Andreuccetti, Sacramento, Ca. 1940 Well-carved redwood with turned head and raised wing detail. Excellent original condition with minor neck seam shrinkage. See Miller and Hanson's "Decoys of the Pacific Coast" book, page 342, for rigmates. |
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| 9 1/2" long.
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ITEM #16729
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