Summer Auction

Rare early pair of cork body pintail decoys by Edson Gray, Ocean View, DE. OP with great detail and light wear. Both have pine heads, necks, and pine

Solid body, turned head pintail drake decoy made in the manner of a Ward Bros. 1930's style carving. OP with surface antiqued. (decoy)

OUTSTANDING RARE self-bailing model brant decoy with glass eyes by Joseph Lincoln, Accord, MA. In XOC with light wear to the surface. Tight check i

Rare self bailing model brant decoy with glass eyes by Joseph Lincoln, Accord, MA in OP with moderate amount of wear and an open check on the right lo

Very rare pair of wood duck decoys from a rig made by Al Ries for Lou Barkhausen. LHB brand on the bottom of both. Heavy balsa with pine heads, glas

Rare pair of working wood duck decoys by Ralph Jennings, Rifle River, MI. This matched pair of Saginaw bay decoys in XOP with light wear, original kee

Wonderful pair of wood ducks in the antique style by noted Virginia folk artist Frank Finney. In XOC with a few crackles to the surface and the typic

IMPORTANT RARE early merganser hen decoy ca. late 1800's by the Burns family of Duxbury, MA. IN XOC with warm mellow soft brushed feathering o...

EARLY RARE redbreasted merganser hen ca the late 1800's by Ben Smith, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA. Tack eyes. Relief carved wings. The...

Wonderful early painted eye redbreasted merganser drake by Allen Stuart, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, in XOP with light wear along the wood...

Red breasted merganser hen decoy by Henry Keyes Chadwick, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA in unused condition. Turned head , glass eyes, and a...

ONE OF A KIND hollow double oversize hooded mergansers ca 1890-1910 by Arthur Tuell from Westport, MA. Eyes are carved ovals with raised and painted

OUTSTANDING RARE red breasted merganser hen by Luther Nickerson, Cotuit, MA, ca early 1900's. In XOP with white on the bottom overstruck and so...

EXCEPTIONAL Black duck by "Duke White" in excellent original condition. Head turned and tucked down. Tack eyes. Once part of the Eldred...

Hollow black duck from Martha's Vineyard with glass eyes and OP with average overall wear. Bill check tightened with glue, neck loose. De-acce...

Solid body widgeon drake by Henry Keyes Chadwick with a turned head and a typical inlet Chadwick circular weight. Nicely painted in the Crowell style

Pair of solid body, glass eye, redhead decoys by Henry Keyes Chadwick, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA in XOP with typical Vineyard inlet weig...

Pair of solid body, glass eye bluebills by Henry Keyes Chadwick, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA in XOC with typical Vineyard inlet weights. ...

RARE AND DESIRABLE longbilled dowitcher in XOC with head dovetailed onto the body. Wings are outlined with an incised cut and there is a little rise

RARE plump split tail black-bellied or golden plover ca 1890-1900 in eclipse plumage by "Fred Nichols". Glass eyes. Struck by 2 or 3 sho...

RARE SPECIE; A Massachusetts curlew sandpiper decoy ca 1880-1900 in outstanding structural condition. The only known example of this specie that we h

WONDERFUL black-bellied plover ca 1900 from the Fox rig from Chatham, MA. Excellent original paint on the body except for the black areas. This deco

EXCEPTIONAL Nantucket Golden plover ca 1880-1900 in bright spring breeding plumage. Split tail and painted eyes. Wonderful paint with great color re

SPLIT TAIL MASSACHUSETTS GOLDEN PLOVER IN BRILLIANT spring breeding plumage. Paint tight and virtually mint. Painted eyes, baleen bill. Strong attri

EARLY GREATER YELLOWLEGS DECOY ca. late 1800's by Joseph Whiting Lincoln of Accord, MA. One of his early examples that show whittle marks done ...

Wonderful plump least sandpiper decoy by David "Umbrella" Watson (1851-1938), Chincoteague, VA. In good OP with a few dings, rubs, and li...

Early split tail yellowlegs decoy ca 1900 by George Boyd, Seabrook, NH in XOC with light wear. Great tight feather painting on the body. Typical tigh

Running lesser yellowlegs decoy by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA ca 1915. Outstanding OP with some touch up on the bottom. Struck by a few shot. (de

OUTSTANDING yellowlegs decoy ca 1890 by one of America's finest decoy makers, Lothrop Holmes of Kingston, MA. Features carved wing outlines and...

Oversized black-bellied plover decoy in elipse plumage ca late 1800's ( near the size of a curlew) from Long Island. In XOC with a nail bill an...

BOLD CARVING of a Black bellied plover decoy ca 1890-1910 by a member of the Verity family from the Seaford area of LI. In good OP with typical carve

Wonderful delicate primitive root head knot decoy ca 1890-1900 probably from North Carolina. In strong original paint that is simple but effective wi

EARLY hollowed to a thin shell yellowlegs decoy ca 1890-1900 from the South Shore, of MA. Made of wood and possibly paper mache in places. In fine O

SPLIT TAIL black bellied plover decoy from New Jersey ca 1900 with carved wing outlines and rusted tack eyes. Very nice OP with nice feather paint. (d

PLUMP CHIP CARVED knot decoy in winter plumage from the Virginia shore. OP with some in use wear overall and wood showing in places. Narrow check on t

SCULPTURAL split tail plover decoy ca 1890-1900 in OP from MV or Nantucket, MA with painted eyes. In emerging Spring plumage with feather detail and

Red breasted dowitcher ca 1900 from New Jersey in OP with some t/u on the right wing. Light overall wear. Mackey collection stamp on the bottom. (deco

Folky three-piece running yellowlegs decoy ca 1900 by an unknown maker with painted eyes and a bill made similar to a Dodge shorebird bill. Paint si

Two-piece curlew ca. 1900 with a iron bill. In very good original condition with overall wear. Nicely chip carved surface. (decoy)

New Jersey yellowlegs ca 1900 has been struck by shot and the paint has been enhanced or restored. (decoy)

Two piece split tail flat shorebird in the Lincoln style with a nail bill. Old working paint with painted eyes. Struck by shot. Seam in wood is visibl

Curlew decoy by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ ca 1900. Nicely restored condition. Bill appears to be original. Minor rubs, a few tight checks and a

YELLOWLEGS DECOY BY Bob Mosher of Hingham, MA. Made in the Hingham style. Glass eyes, carved wings, and a split tail. Branded RPM on the bottom. (de

Yellowlegs with glass eyes by Rick Brown, NJ. Signed and dated, 2003. (decoy)

Ruddy duck drake by Colin McNair, son of noted carver, Mark McNair. Done in the NC style. Branded CM on the bottom. In XOC. (decoy)

Bowman style curlew by Frank Finney from Virginia. In XOC. Stylized F on the bottom. Wooden bill, glass eyes. (decoy)

Relic split tail beetle head plover from Cape Cod. Parts of body worn away, eyes missing. Mounted on a piece of driftwood. Great decorative piece. (d

Godwit carving by a talented unknown maker. In XOC with carved tail and wing outlines and glass eyes. (decoy)

Folky pair of miniature geese by Alston "Shorty" Burr, Hingham, MA. One sleeper and one standing, mounted on a half round branch. XOC. (de...

Lot of three miniatures by Byron Bruffee two Canada geese and one redbreasted merganser drake. Made in the Lincoln style XOC. (decoy)