Summer Auction

FANTASTIC EARLY PERIOD miniature Canada goose by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. XOC. The base bears the extremely rare ink stamp "A. E. Crowe...

Rare example of a mechanical mallard drake decoy in the original carton. "Brock's Swim Decoy 225" on the side of the box. Decoy is rea...

EARLY AND IMPORTANT miniature brant feeder by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOP with a split tail and blue paper label on the bottom with &quo...

Lot of four shorebird decoys. Three yellowlegs are by Alfred Gardner, two with no paint and one in primer. One curlew is by the Herter Factory with no

IMPORTANT EARLY PERIOD miniature blue wing teal drake by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. Ink stamp on the bottom of the base is the early &q...

Canvasback drake decoy from the Susquehana River area with a working head replacement on an old body. Partial brands on the bottom, "Vanden-&qu...

OUTSTANDING MINIATURE hooded merganser drake in XOC with dark blue paper label on the bottom with " A. E. Crowell and Son Bird Carving East Har...

Hollow black duck by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ. Glass eyes, inlet weight and old working paint. Bill repair, line age check in the tail, and str

Miniature Canvasback drake feeder by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. Early ink stamp on the bottom of the base reads " A. E. Crowell, M...

Mason Factory pintail drake with OP on the body and OP and t/u o the head. Appears to be a marriage of a Challenge Grade head and a Detroit Grade body

GREAT EARLY pair of miniature bluebills by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOP. Drake has the bill professionally re-glued and restored by Steve We

Very early solid body Chesapeake Bay bluebill drake decoy with great form and heavy wear to old working paint. Struck by a few shot, Age check along t

IMPORTANT early pair of miniature goldeneye by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. Wonderful patina. No brand or label. (decoy)

Miniature mallard drake by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOP with slight crackling on the breast and on the back between the wings. Tiny rub at

EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR of split tail Hudsonian godwits by George Boyd, Seabrook, NH. XOC. Mounted with wire legs on rectangular natural woo

Rare miniature wood duck by George Boyd, Seabrook, NH. Nicely carved crest and very colorful paint. XOC. (decoy)

Solid body Chesapeake Bay redhead drake decoy in nice OP with wear overall. Check in the bottom and neck. Original weight. (decoy)

Miniature Chestnut Sided Warbler with drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Chestnut Sided Warbler", #6440 and typical JB signature along...

Lot of two blue wing teal decoys in XOP. A drake signed by Capt. Harry Jobes and dated 1994 and preening hen made in the same manner and branded BODT

Miniature Goldfinch by Jess Blackstone. "Goldfinch", #63427 and typical JB signature along with collection #46 in a circle in pencil on th...

Lot of three paper mache Mallard decoys by the General Fiber Co, St. Louis, MO. A pair of oversized #2. Hen is near mint condition and the drake has

Miniature Golden Winged Warbler with drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Golden Wing Warbler", #6341 and typical JB signature along wit...

Yellowlegs carving mounted with two wire legs on a blue wooden star. Collection auction many years ago by the consigner. Bottom has "Bourne&quo...

Miniature Wood Thrush by Jess Blackstone. "Wood Thrush", #49 and typical JB signature on the bottom of the mount. XOC. (decoy )

An elegant relic yellowlegs decoy by George Boyd, Seabrook NH. Bill replaced with a dowel, wood missing from the left side near the tail and right sid

Miniature Bluebird by Jess Blackstone. "Bluebird", #319 and typical JB signature along with collection #28 in a circle in pencil on the bo...

Early godwit by Herbert Randall, Seabrook, NH. In XOP with nail eyes. (decoy)

Miniature Hermit Thrush with drop carved wings by Jess Blackstone. "HERMIT THRUSH", #12 and typical JB signature along with collection # ...

Relic knot decoy from NJ probably by Joe King with a broken bill and heavy wear and shot scars to OP. (decoy)

Miniature Meadowlark by Jess Blackstone. " Meadow Lark" , #36 and typical JB signature along with collection #17 in a circle in pencil on ...

Lot of two contemporary shorebird decoys. A yellowlegs in XOP and a plover in XOC by Bruce Bieber and branded under the tail with a "B". (...

Miniature Savannah Sparrow with drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Savannah Sparrow", #8 and typical JB signature along with collectio...

Pair of green wing teal decoys by Paul J. LeCompte, Houma, LA ca 1940. Beautifully carved and painted with light wear to XOP. Hen is preening and drak

Miniature Dicksissal with carved separated wings by Jess Blackstone. "DICKSISSAL", #6418 and typical JB signature along with collection ...

Blue wing teal decoy with split wings, alert posture and XOP by an unknown Louisiana maker. (decoy)

Miniature Thrasher with drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Thrasher", #31 and typical JB signature along with collection #37 in a cir...

Green wing teal drake made of balsa by Leo Tacchini, Livermore, CA, ca 1980 in mint condition. (decoy)

Miniature Oven Bird by Jess Blackstone. "Oven Bird", #6 and typical JB signature along with collection #15 in a circle and $4.00 in pencil...

Blue wing teal drake by Xavier Bourg. LaRose, LA in good OP with split wing and tail carving. Struck by shot. Light wear. (decoy)

Miniature Field Sparrow with drop carved wings by Jess Blackstone. "FIELD SPARROW", #19 and typical JB signature along with collection # ...

RARE VERY PLUMP "Bob White" quail by Jess Blackstone. In XOC. #10 and Typical JB signature on the bottom of the mount. Approximately 3 in...

Pair of blue wing teal decoys by Mike Borrett, Madison, WI ca 1988 in XOC. Hen is sleeping and the drake has a turned head. (decoy)

Decoy model miniature common scoter by Jess Blackstone with the unusual "BLAXTON" ink stamp on the bottom. The BLAXTON ink stamp indicate...

Oil on board , 15 in. x 20 in. of a rod and creel with two fish on the river bank by Jerome Howes, Great color and depth. Signed lower right. Nicely f

Miniature carving by premier miniature carver the late Robert Morse of Ellsworth, ME.,(4 in tall) of a Herring Gull on a driftwood stand. "Ro...

Oil on board, 12 in. x 16 in., of a fall marsh scene with a great blue heron and wide creek. Nicely framed. Signed lower right. (decoy)

Lot of three miniature carvings. A Canada goose signed M Young, Windham, ME. In XOC. An eider drake signed Dorothy Brown, North Haven, ME in XC. A mal

Oil on board approx 23 in.x 35 in. of six sandpipers in flight with a sand spit in the background by Timothy A. Eastland, Old Lyme, CT. XOC, framed.

Lot of eleven pieces. Five ceramic miniature duck models, two gulls on a driftwood mount, one flying, a small flying gull, A heron branded "Ber...

Oil on board, approx 23 in.x 34 in., of five sandpipers in flight with the crest of an ocean wave in the background by Timothy A. Eastland, Old Lyme,