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Decoys Unlimited Inc
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Summer Auction
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Auction Location
Best Western Hotel, 100 Trowbridge Rd.
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Bourne
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Massachusetts
,
United States
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Saturday, July 23 6PM to 8PM, Sunday July 24 9AM to 12 PM, Monday July 25 8AM to 11AM.
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Decoys and Related Sporting Collectables, Folk Art, Miniature and Decorative Life Size Bird Carvings
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2005 Jul 24
12:00
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2005 Jul 25
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439 -
Pair of miniature running red breasted mergansers
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Pair of miniature running red breasted mergansers eyes by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC. Best style made by this maker. Rectangular impressed
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Start Price : 1,750.00 | Estimate : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
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440 -
Beautiful double mount of miniature mallards by A
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Beautiful double mount of miniature mallards by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC with rectangular impressed brand on the bottom of the base.
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
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441 -
Feeding canvasback drake by A. E. Crowell, East H
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Feeding canvasback drake by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA. In XOP. Professional restoration to the tip of the bill by Steven Weaver. Rectangular imp
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
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442 -
Rare running minnow in the throat brant by A. E.
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Rare running "minnow in the throat" brant by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA in XOC with great patina. (decoy)
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
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443 -
Miniature mallard drake by Charles Perdew, Henry
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Miniature mallard drake by Charles Perdew, Henry IL in XOP. Few minor rubs to the surface. (decoy)
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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1,200.00
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444 -
Miniature brant decoy model with miniature wooden
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Miniature brant decoy model with miniature wooden stand, made in the style of Nathan Rowley Horner, Tuckerton, NJ. Made by Cape Cod carver Frank Adamo
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
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125.00
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445 -
Early carving of a barn swallow with wings outlin
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Early carving of a barn swallow with wings outlined and split tail on a driftwood mount. Bottom of the mount is signed A. E. Crowell in script with in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
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446 -
Lot of eight miniature decoys in the Mason Factor
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Lot of eight miniature decoys in the Mason Factory style by noted carver Ray Schalk. Includes a godwit, robin snipe, yellowlegs, sickle bill curlew an
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 3,200.00
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447 -
Lot of nine miniature decoys in the Mason Factory
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Lot of nine miniature decoys in the Mason Factory style by noted carver Ray Schalk. Includes a Premier Canada goose, a pair of Premier mallards, a Pre
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Estimate : 2,700.00 - 3,600.00
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1,800.00
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448 -
Lot of eleven miniature decoys in the Mason Facto
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Lot of eleven miniature decoys in the Mason Factory style by noted carver Ray Schalk. Includes a Challenge brant, a Premier black duck, a pair of Pre
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Estimate : 3,300.00 - 4,400.00
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449 -
Lot of twelve miniature decoys in the Mason Facto
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Lot of twelve miniature decoys in the Mason Factory style by noted carver Ray Schalk. Includes a pair of Premier canvasbacks, a pair of Premier red h
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Estimate : 3,600.00 - 4,800.00
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450 -
Lot of three miniature swan decoys. One by Bob Jo
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Lot of three miniature swan decoys. One by Bob Jobes, Havre de Grace, MD, one by Joan Wolf and one by Clarence Bauer. (decoy)
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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150.00
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451 -
Miniature Canada Goose with turned head and split
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Miniature Canada Goose with turned head and split carved wing and tail detail by Jess Blackstone. "Canada Goose", #64131 and typical JB si...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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1,100.00
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452 -
Miniature Redhead drake with turned head and exce
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Miniature Redhead drake with turned head and exceptional paint detail by Jess Blackstone. "Redhead Duck", #24 and typical JB signature alo...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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1,000.00
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453 -
Miniature Blue Wing Teal Drake with turned head a
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Miniature Blue Wing Teal Drake with turned head and split carved wing and tail detail by Jess Blackstone. "Blue Wing Teal", #32 and typica...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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454 -
Miniature Red Poll with and drop wing carving by
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Miniature Red Poll with and drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Red Poll", #6433 and typical JB signature along with collection #56 in ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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455 -
Miniature Purple Finch with a turned head and dro
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Miniature Purple Finch with a turned head and drop wing carving by Jess Blackstone. "Purple Finch", #80 and typical JB signature along wit...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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456 -
Miniature Vesper Sparrow with split wing carving
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Miniature Vesper Sparrow with split wing carving by Jess Blackstone. Vesper Sparrow", #14 and typical JB signature along with collection #57 i...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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(1,100.00 + 220.00BP) =
1,320.00
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457 -
Miniature Lapland Longspur with drop carved wings
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Miniature Lapland Longspur with drop carved wings by Jess Blackstone. "LAPLAND LONGSPUR", #13 and typical JB signature along with collect...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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(1,500.00) =
1,500.00
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458 -
Miniature Nuthatch by Jess Blackstone. Nuthatch,
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Miniature Nuthatch by Jess Blackstone. "Nuthatch", #111 No signature. Collection #52 in a circle in pencil on the bottom of the mount. XOC...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
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(400.00) =
400.00
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459 -
Miniature Blackpoll with drop carved wings by Jes
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Miniature Blackpoll with drop carved wings by Jess Blackstone. "BLACK POLL" #4 and typical JB signature along with collection # 57 in a ...
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,000.00
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460 -
Lot of two carvings. A tiny miniature Herring Gul
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Lot of two carvings. A tiny miniature Herring Gull (1.5 in long) by Jess and Arthur Blackstone. Bottom is stamped with "Blaxton" and has W...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
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461 -
Miniature carving of a Herring Gull with outstret
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Miniature carving of a Herring Gull with outstretched wings and three pier pilings on the base by Arthur and Jess Blackstone. Bottom is stamped &quo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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200.00
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462 -
Miniature hooded merganser drake decoy model with
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Miniature hooded merganser drake decoy model with a gummed paper label on the bottom that reads "A. M. Blackstone, 114 W. Foster St., Melrose, ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
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463 -
Miniature Common Loon decoy model with a gummed p
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Miniature Common Loon decoy model with a gummed paper label on the bottom that reads "A. M. Blackstone, 114 W. Foster Street., Melrose, Massach...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
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Miniature Old Squaw Drake by Jess Blackstone. Old
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Miniature Old Squaw Drake by Jess Blackstone. "Old Squaw", with typical JB signature along with collection #10 in a circle in pencil on t...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
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465 -
EARLY EDITION #7 Scarlet tanager by Jess Blacksto
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EARLY EDITION #7 Scarlet tanager by Jess Blackstone in XOC with a tiny rub at the bill tip. Typical JB signature. (decoy)
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
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466 -
Purple Finch by Jess Blackstone has a rectangular
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Purple Finch by Jess Blackstone has a rectangular gold label that reads; "Hand carved and painted by Blackstone". (decoy)
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
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467 -
Early miniature wood thrush by Jess Blackstone in
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Early miniature wood thrush by Jess Blackstone in original paint with wear or sun damage and a chip off the underside of the bill. No signature or nu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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468 -
Lot of two miniature ducks by J. Ahearn. A Canvas
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Lot of two miniature ducks by J. Ahearn. A Canvasback drake and a gadwall drake. Both are signed on the bottom of the base and the gadwall has $15.00
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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469 -
Miniature turned head red breasted merganser drak
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Miniature turned head red breasted merganser drake by Stan Sparre, Cotuit, MA. in XOC. Signed on the bottom of the base. (decoy)
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Miniature swan ca 1940s, by Robert McGaw, Havre D
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Miniature swan ca 1940's, by Robert McGaw, Havre De Grace, on his typical wooden base. MD. In XOC. Nice patina. (decoy)
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Estimate : 450.00 - 750.00
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Two miniature geese. One feeding on an oval base
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Two miniature geese. One feeding on an oval base is signed H Conklin for Hurley Conklin. The other with wings outstretched is by Stan Sparre, Hingham
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 450.00
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472 -
Canada goose miniature ca 1910 with painted eyes
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Canada goose miniature ca 1910 with painted eyes by Joseph Whiting Lincoln of Accord, MA. Head was misaligned and was reset correctly. Tiny chip at
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
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RARE Common merganser swimming drake miniature ca
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RARE Common merganser swimming drake miniature ca 1910 by Joseph W. Lincoln of Accord, MA. Clean break in neck glued in place properly and touched up
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
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473A -
Extremely early miniature pair of redheads ca 194
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Extremely early miniature pair of redheads ca 1940's by A J King of North Scituate, RI. In XOC in all respects. Signed A J King on the base. ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
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473B -
Miniature pair of gadwalls ca 1940s by Harold N.
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Miniature pair of gadwalls ca 1940's by Harold N. Gibbs from Barrington, RI. On a rectangular blue-green painted rectangular base. These are th...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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473C -
Hudsonian godwit in breeding plumage by H N Gibbs
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Hudsonian godwit in breeding plumage by H N Gibbs. Partial signature remains on the bottom. Attached with a post or stick to the base in the same ma
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
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473D -
Canada goose miniature made in decoy form by Haro
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Canada goose miniature made in decoy form by Harold Gibbs. In outstanding original paint. The clean separation in the neck will swivel. The neck an
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Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
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474 -
Calling herring gull by Wendall Gilley of Southwe
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Calling herring gull by Wendall Gilley of Southwest Harbor, Maine. In XOC. Faintly signed in pencil on the bottom. (decoy)
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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475 -
Mocking birds mounted in branches with a Midwest
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Mocking birds mounted in branches with a Midwest box turtle on blue-green driftwood which is glued a oval wooden base. (decoy)
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Life size egret decoy ca 1860-1890, from the West
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Life size egret decoy ca 1860-1890, from the Westerly, RI area. In old worn OP with wear, numerous age checks, shot scars and a few worm holes on the
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
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476A -
RARE golden plover ca late 1800s in breeding plum
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RARE golden plover ca late 1800's in breeding plumage with quality glass eyes, split tail, and wing outlines in deep relief. Made by Gardner an...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
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Knot decoy with the remains of sealing wax eyes b
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Knot decoy with the remains of sealing wax eyes by Lothrop Holmes, (1824-1899) Kingston,, MA., ca 1850-1875. In worn original paint. Struck by shot,
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 8,500.00
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Black-bellied plover ca 1870-1890 in Spring pluma
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Black-bellied plover ca 1870-1890 in Spring plumage with tack eyes and a split tail by Capt. Wyer, Nantucket, MA. In good OP with in use touch up. B
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 6,500.00
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Black bellied plover decoy ca 1870-1880 in winter
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Black bellied plover decoy ca 1870-1880 in winter plumage with painted eyes and a split tail by Capt' Wyer, Nantucket, MA. In XOC with wear on ...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 6,500.00
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Curlew decoy by Joe King, Tuckerton, NJ. Tag on t
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Curlew decoy by Joe King, Tuckerton, NJ. Tag on the bottom reads "X-19" and "2075" near the stick hole. Check on the back with s...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
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Early two-piece Nantucket golden plover decoy ca
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Early two-piece Nantucket golden plover decoy ca 1880. Attributed to the Coffins. Great old paint with original bill. Some old black in use touch
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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Yellowlegs decoy from NJ attributed to a game war
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Yellowlegs decoy from NJ attributed to a game warden with the last name of Wallace. Painted eyes, carved wing detail, and a split tail. Fine OP with
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 7,500.00
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OUTSTANDING Massachusetts black bellied plover de
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OUTSTANDING Massachusetts black bellied plover decoy ca 1890-1910 in early spring plumage with painted eyes. A classic shorebird from the Hingham sch
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
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