Summer Auction

EXCEPTIONAL Nantucket Golden plover ca 1880-1900 in bright spring breeding plumage. Split tail and painted eyes. Wonderful paint with great color re

SPLIT TAIL MASSACHUSETTS GOLDEN PLOVER IN BRILLIANT spring breeding plumage. Paint tight and virtually mint. Painted eyes, baleen bill. Strong attri

EARLY GREATER YELLOWLEGS DECOY ca. late 1800's by Joseph Whiting Lincoln of Accord, MA. One of his early examples that show whittle marks done ...

Wonderful plump least sandpiper decoy by David "Umbrella" Watson (1851-1938), Chincoteague, VA. In good OP with a few dings, rubs, and li...

Early split tail yellowlegs decoy ca 1900 by George Boyd, Seabrook, NH in XOC with light wear. Great tight feather painting on the body. Typical tigh

Running lesser yellowlegs decoy by A. E. Crowell, East Harwich, MA ca 1915. Outstanding OP with some touch up on the bottom. Struck by a few shot. (de

OUTSTANDING yellowlegs decoy ca 1890 by one of America's finest decoy makers, Lothrop Holmes of Kingston, MA. Features carved wing outlines and...

Oversized black-bellied plover decoy in elipse plumage ca late 1800's ( near the size of a curlew) from Long Island. In XOC with a nail bill an...

BOLD CARVING of a Black bellied plover decoy ca 1890-1910 by a member of the Verity family from the Seaford area of LI. In good OP with typical carve

Wonderful delicate primitive root head knot decoy ca 1890-1900 probably from North Carolina. In strong original paint that is simple but effective wi

EARLY hollowed to a thin shell yellowlegs decoy ca 1890-1900 from the South Shore, of MA. Made of wood and possibly paper mache in places. In fine O

SPLIT TAIL black bellied plover decoy from New Jersey ca 1900 with carved wing outlines and rusted tack eyes. Very nice OP with nice feather paint. (d

PLUMP CHIP CARVED knot decoy in winter plumage from the Virginia shore. OP with some in use wear overall and wood showing in places. Narrow check on t

SCULPTURAL split tail plover decoy ca 1890-1900 in OP from MV or Nantucket, MA with painted eyes. In emerging Spring plumage with feather detail and

Red breasted dowitcher ca 1900 from New Jersey in OP with some t/u on the right wing. Light overall wear. Mackey collection stamp on the bottom. (deco

Folky three-piece running yellowlegs decoy ca 1900 by an unknown maker with painted eyes and a bill made similar to a Dodge shorebird bill. Paint si

Two-piece curlew ca. 1900 with a iron bill. In very good original condition with overall wear. Nicely chip carved surface. (decoy)

New Jersey yellowlegs ca 1900 has been struck by shot and the paint has been enhanced or restored. (decoy)

Two piece split tail flat shorebird in the Lincoln style with a nail bill. Old working paint with painted eyes. Struck by shot. Seam in wood is visibl

Curlew decoy by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ ca 1900. Nicely restored condition. Bill appears to be original. Minor rubs, a few tight checks and a