Summer Auction

Rare pair of red breasted mergansers ca 1900, from Martha's Vineyard, MA with wonderful long upswept bills and sculptured bodies. Hollow with s...

OUTSTANDING Early pair of mallards by Max Gresser, Blue Earth, MN. Ca 1930's. XOP with original coat of varnish and original weights. Made with ...

Wonderful small perky bufflehead hen with painted tack eyes and great form. Old tight neck check. Head is pegged to the body. Knot in lower right brea

Canada Goose decoy in rich thick dry near mint original paint by Joseph Lincoln of Accord, MA. ca early 19th century. Typical narrow bottom check fro

Hollow red breasted merganser hen decoy possibly from the Kingston, MA. area with painted tack eyes, and "F. R. F. H." branded on the bott...

Relic upright Lincoln goose decoy with tack eyes and typical 1/2 in check in right side of the body along with numerous line age checks. Nearly devoid

Red breasted merganser in natural wood by Ben Smith, Martha's Vineyard, MA. Head re-glued, glass eyes. Few surface checks and slivers of wood m...

Redhead decoy by Robert Elliston, Bureau, IL. Hollow, shot struck, and void of paint with a bit of roughage along side of bill and tail. Covered with

Hollow bluebill hen decoy by Lou Reineri in XOC. Signed Reineri-99 on the bottom. (decoy)

Rare early life sized "bob white" quail by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. Very delicate carving with a notched crest and carved tail . S...

Pair of animated plump "Bob" White quail by Arnold Melbye. Both are in superb original condition in all respects. There are a few minor ...

Extremely rare pair of miniature common terns by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA, mounted on a split rail fence. Rectangular impressed brand on the bo

Rare and unique miniature common tern mounted on a piling by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. Base is painted to resemble water and has an impressed r

EARLY Miniature house wren by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOC. Paper label lost. (decoy)

Very early and desirable miniature bluebird by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. Paper label lost. (decoy)

Miniature Purple Finch by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC with the rectangular impressed brand on the bottom of the base. (decoy)

Miniature Baltimore oriole by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOC with rectangular impressed brand on the bottom of the base along with "O...

Early miniature red winged blackbird in by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOC. (decoy)

Miniature bluebird by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOC with the impressed rectangular brand on the bottom of the base. (decoy)

Miniature robin by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. "Robin" printed on the bottom of the base. (decoy) ...

Red breasted merganser drake carved in the A. E. Crowell style by Morence H. Gould, Chatham, MA. Signed on the bottom in ink "M. H. Gould, Cape...

Red breasted merganser drake made by a Martha's Vineyard carver and repainted by M. H. "Square" Gould, Chatham, MA. Old neck check, st...

Preening half sized wood duck drake with wings lifted. In XOC with a few minor dings on the surface. Bottom reads "Bert Williams, Orleans, Mal...

Preening half sized bluebill drake with lifted wings in XOC with a few minor dings on the surface. Bottom reads" Bert Williams, Orleans, Male B...

Pair of redhead decoys made and painted in the style of A. E. Crowell by Cameron McIntyre. In XOC. Crossed wing and tail detail. Drake has a turned h

Lesser yellowlegs decoy from NJ with painted eyes and a nail bill. Struck by a few shot, knot visible under the left side of the tail. Nice OP.

Running knot decoy from NJ with nice old working paint, some original. Few line checks on the body, small knot on the left wing edge. Bill appears or

Yellowlegs from the Seaford, LI area with a few shot scars, great dot painting on the body and approx 1 1/2 in of the tail restored. Bill appears to b

Yellowlegs decoy from NJ with carved wing outlined, separated wing tips, and dropped tail. Eyes are carved into depressed grooves on the head. Replace

Split tail golden plover decoy made in the Seabrook, NH style similar to Boyd. Tack eyes and carved wing outlines. Struck by a few shot, some roughage

Large two-piece curlew decoy from the Brigantine, NJ area. TWE branded on the bottom. Bird is joined lengthwise with wooden pegs. Wing detail carved,

Large cork curlew decoy with turned head and glass eyes from east coast of Italy. Entire surface is gesso with paint. Few chips to the surface on rig

Matched pair of hooded mergansers by Doug Jester, Chincoteague, VA ca early 1900's. Fine structural condition with OP and over paint on some whi...

Hooded merganser hen decoy made in the Ira Hudson style by a talented contemporary carver. Possibly early Cameron McIntyre. In excellent antiqued con

Hollow tack eye brant decoy by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ. Very nicely worn old paint with two tight checks in the neck. Struck by shot. (decoy)

Hollow bluebill drake decoy by Tom "Dipper" Ortley. OP with a few chips and light wear. Painted eyes. Catalog no 0790 impressed into the ...

Primitive red breasted merganser hen from LI, NY in old paint with a few checks on the back. Light wear. Head may be an in use replacement. (decoy)

Solid body brant decoy from Cobb Island, VA. Tack eyes are missing, Struck by shot. In old working paint with a coat of varnish that has bubbled along

Canada Goose decoy by Alfred Gardner, Accord, MA with layered wood construction and tack eyes. Used as a stick-up with two mounting holes in the botto

A. E. Crowell Monomoy brant decoy in good old working paint. Numerous knot holes, a few checks in breast and right side. Chunk of wood from the back.

Lot of two brant decoys by Alberto "Bert" Williams, Orleans, MA. Larger has "AW" brand and "AM BRANT 4-1989" in ink on...

Silhouette Canada Goose with stake in XOP. (decoy)

Lot of two half sized black ducks with carved wing and tail detail and painted eyes by M. H. Gould, Orleans, MA. Preener has" M. H. Gould, Orle...

Lot of two solid body golden eye hen decoys by Alberto "Bert" Williams, Orleans, MA in XOP. Sleeper has "HEN GOLDENEYE" and Bert...

Lot of two herring gulls by Alberto "Bert" Williams, Orleans, MA. ca 1960's in XOP. Both have checks in the bottom. One has glass eyes...

Flying wall mount of a hawk with great carved feather detail and glass eyes by J. Gustave Jansson, Cummaquid, MA., Cape Cod, ca 1940's. Branded...

OUTATANDING folk art carving of a leaping open mouth bass on a carved wall plaque by J. Gustave Jansson, Cummaquid, MA. ca 1940's. XOP, coat of ...

OUTSTANDING turned head white wing scoter decoy by Morence H. "Square" Gould, Orleans, MA. Nicely carved wing and tail detail. Bottom has ...

Lot of two miniature wood duck carvings. A sleepy wood duck drake with glass eyes, carved wings and tail detail and "M. H. Gould" in ink i...

Slightly larger than lifesize ruby crowned kinglet by Frank Finney, noted folk art carver. Beautifully carved with turned head and wing and tail detai