Summer Auction

Elegant yellowlegs decoy ca 1900 from the "Bennett" rig. Carved eyes, nicely formed wing detail on the back of the body and two stick hole...

Black bellied plover in old original working paint from VA. Nice bold carving with wonderful form and overall wear. Made without eyes. (decoy)

Ruddy turnstone decoy from the Chesapeake area in good OP with t/u to the white areas under the body and tail. Struck by a few shot. Tag on the bottom

Redbreasted knot decoy with numerous age checks in the body and a fair amount of wear to the paint. Vestiges of nice red paint on the breast, nice car

Wonderful cork bodied yellowlegs by Thomas Gelston, LI, NY in very good condition. OP light wear with a few small areas of wear to the surface of the

Rare hollow pressed paper winter plumage black bellied plover decoy made in a mold with two vertical sections and a wooden dowel as reinforcement for

Drop wing dowitcher with carved eyes and great detailed paint by Chief Cuffee, LI, NY. In XOP with a coat of original sealer. Mounted on the original

Tiny Peep decoy from the Mackey collection with Lou Barkelow written in pencil, "LB" branded and 1184 written in ink near the stick hole o...

Unusual dowitcher decoy attributed to Charles Hart, Marblehead, MA by some. Has an unusual vertically carved tail and tack eyes. Good OP with nice &...

Life sized sickle bill curlew decoy by the late Dr. Lewis W. Hill with a small oval brand on the base. Glass eyes, turned head, split tail and carved

Large flat sided decoy, may be a rare passenger pigeon. In good old paint that appears to be original. Sliver of wood from the underside near the stic

Large hollow Cape Cod yellowlegs runner that is vertically sectioned. In good old paint with a few shot and light wear. Two angled hole drilled into

Perky little two-piece red breasted knot decoy ca 1890 from the Thorn collection with carved eyes. Head has a check and a sliver of wood lifted on the

Oversized shorebird with tack eyes in XOP with light wear. Small chip on the edge of the tail. Nicely painted feather detail. From the same estate as

Life size crow decoy in XOP that has been antiqued. (decoy)

Folding tin yellowlegs in XOP with a few chips to the surface. Edges have a small amount of rust. (decoy)

Impressive life sized carving of a sickle bill curlew by the late Phillip Fairbank Jr. In XOP with a curved nail type bill, carved wing detail and sp

Black bellied plover decoy with a split tail by Phillip Fairbank, Jr. in XOP and antiqued in the vintage style. "The Market Gunner" in ink...

Black bellied plover decoy with carved wing outlines, glass eyes and a metal bill by Philip Fairbank, Jr. In XOC with original stand. (decoy)

Lot of nine folding tin snipe decoys. Seven with the original stick holders by the Dewey Metal Folding Decoy Company, Elkhart, IN, ca 1930's. Al...