Summer Auction

Swimming solid body brant decoy by Grayson Chesser, Jenkin's Bridge, VA in XOP with a few surface rubs. Unused but rigged for use. "C"...

Upright solid body brant decoy by Grayson Chesser, Jenkin's Bridge, VA in XOP with a few surface rubs. Unused but rigged for use. "C" ...

Pair of hooded merganser decoys by Grayson Chesser, Jenkin's Bridge, VA in XOP with a few surface rubs. Unused but rigged for use. "C"...

Pair of bufflehead decoys by Grayson Chesser, Jenkin's Bridge, VA in XOP with a few surface rubs. Unused but rigged for use. "C" carve...

Pair of Common Eider decoys by Grayson Chesser, Jenkin's Bridge, VA in XOP with light wear. Still has marsh mud on the surface. Used to hunt on...

Rare pair of solid body golden eye decoys by Tom Glover, Ganonque, Ontario, Canada. OP with possible t/u on the head of the hen and the white of the

Ogdensburg humpback goldeneye drake by Louis. Excellent original paint, glass eyes, a few knots and stains on the surface. Hardly used. (decoy)

Ogdensburg humpback goldeneye ca early 1900's by Frank Louis, Ogdensburg, NY. Worn OP, inlet neck, glass eyes. Struck by shot. (decoy)

Goldeneye hen, head swivels, and glass from upstate NY. Nice old working paint with some original on the wing patches. Small piece from the right ed

Pair of canvasback decoy with bold head and bill carving from Ontario Canada area with "FHP" branded on the bottoms and brass rigging. Bot...

Painting by Lynn Bogue Hunt of wood ducksSight size 9 in x 7in. Nicely framed. This is a study for a larger painting. Signed "Lynn Bogue Hunt&q...

Geese by Frank Benson 9in x 7 1/2in sight size etching. Two geese rising over a marsh. Excellent condition. Framed and matted. (decoy)

Ship weathervane approx 28in long with painted galvanized metal sails by Frank Adams, Martha's Vineyard, MA. In XOC with some blistering on the...

Lot of 4 oil paintings by noted carver/artist Stan Sparre. Executed on artist board that is attached to masonite backing. (decoy)

Mass duck stamp color print of a Joseph Lincoln wigeon decoy. Nicely framed. Approx 9in x 12in. sight size. Painted by Peter Baedita. In XOC. Nic

Mass duck stamp print of a Chadwick redhead drake from the Taunton River rig. Painted by Randy Julius. Nicely remarqued in lower left with one swimmi

Dovetailed wooden shooting box with a metal carrying handle. Includes contents. 25 brass and 6 brass and paper shot gun shells, leather shot pouch, b

Old wooden shooting box with "Harry Hobart, Bryantville, Mass Oct. 12,1903" written in pencil inside the lid. Fabric lined compartments. I...

Powder horn from an Onset, MA collection with engraved ducks flying over a marsh. Complete with carved wooden plugs. In XOC. (decoy)

Shot gun. Nicely engraved early turn of the century gun with hammer lock mechanism and decorated butt end. This gun was owned and used by Mr. Harry H

Barber pole with good old color with honest wear. (decoy)

Black tin box with six folding tin yellowlegs with sticks from Mr. Hobarts rig. In XOP with usual minor flecks and small amount of rust on the surfac

Shiny tin box with five folding tin black bellied plover decoys with sticks from the Hobart rig. In XOP with some rust and a coat of finish feeder on

Small box of shorebird whistles with a drawing of four of the whistles and their uses and "Frederick W. Gill Esquire from C. F. O." on a n...

Gunning box with numerous unfinished decoy heads. Box in old paint with wear. (decoy)

Old basket of 20 fishing reels. Most appear to be in good usable condition. (decoy)

Early two-piece delicately carved lesser yellowlegs ca 1890-1900, from the rig of President Grover Cleveland who kept a home in Monument Brach on Cape

Delicate early two-piece lesser yellowlegs decoy from the President Grover Cleveland rig on Cape Cod. Infine OP with carved wing tips. Neck seam is

Delicate lesser yellowlegs decoy from the President Grover Cleveland gunning rig. Carved wing tips, in fine OP, light wear on the sides. Struck by a

Rig of four outstanding yellowlegs decoys with painted eyes and split tails. Made of 3 vertical layers of wood. 1. Bill replacement and tip has a din

Life size great blue heron decoy in XOP with in use wear to the surface. Body is made with three vertical pieces of wood. Mounted on two legs to a rec

Dowitcher ca 1900 from CT or possibly LI. In XOP. Tiny glass bead eyes. Small area near stick hole touched up. Carved wing detail, Raised wing tips.

Yellowlegs in the gray phase with a strong attribution to Joseph W. Lincoln of Accord, MA. Bill original with a clean break that has been glued toget

Lesser yellowlegs ca 1890 attributed to Capt Wyer, Nantucket, MA. In XOC. (decoy)

Early yellowlegs decoy attributed to Gardner, Nantucket, with beautifully carved feather detail on the wing tips. Wings are molded over the back. Bras

Pair of Massachusetts yellowlegs decoys with split tails and tack eyes. Struck by a few shot. Appears to be OP with some small chips to the wing areas

Red breasted knot decoy by Hervey Beckman, Seabrook, NH. Probably made in the 1950's. Split tail, glass eyes. In XOC. (decoy)

Hollow "Morton Type" golden plover decoy ca 1890-1900, with circular carved eyes. In OP with great patina and detailed feather painting. S...

Early Massachusetts black bellied plover decoy ca 1890, possibly from Nantucket, with painted eyes and a split tail. OP with wear, heavier on the back

Wonderful hollow split tail Nantucket black bellied plover in XOP with some in use wear. Original bill, Tack eyes, body vertically split. Starr collec

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