- PINTAIL PAIRRichard "Fresh Air Dick"
Janson
(1872-1951) Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1940
17 1/2 in. long
A pair of classic West Coast decoys with layered primary feathers. The drake is hollow.
Original paint with even wear...
[more like this] - MINIATURE PINTAIL PAIRBenjamin S. Schmidt
(1884-1968)
Centerline, MI, c. 1930
9 1/2 in. long
The original owner of this pair was a foundry owner in Detroit who acquired the birds directly from the maker as gifts....
[more like this] - PINTAIL DRAKECharles Reeves (1877-1941)
Long
Point, ON, Canada, c. 1900
17 in. long
A classic Long Point pintail from the Club's distinguished carving family.
Original paint with light gunning war, faint age line on...
[more like this] - PINTAIL DRAKEBenjamin S. Schmidt (1884-1968)
(attr.)
Centerline, MI, c. 1930
15 in. long
The turned-head carving displays incised feather detail and a rasp-finished.
Original paint with even gunning wear, including...
[more like this] - PINTAIL DRAKECrisfield, MD, c. 1930
19
in. long
Working repaint with moderate gunning wear, including reset bill and neck cracks....
[more like this] - SIX MINIATURESWilliam S. "Bill" Johnson
(1938-2009)
Virginia Beach, VA, c. 2000
curlew is 10 1/2 in. long
Two black ducks, an English-Dawson-style pintail, a Phillips-Rig-style running curlew, a feeding yellowlegs,...
[more like this] - FEEDING PINTAIL PAIRHarold "Pappy" Kidwell
(1895-1982)
Berkeley, CA, c. 1980
20 in. long
This well-documented pair of rare feeding pintails in two poses were made by one of California's more colorful characters, who...
[more like this] - LOS BANOS PINTAIL DRAKELos Banos, CA,
c. 1925
17 1/2 in. long
This decoy hails from an elite group by a highly celebrated, yet unknown maker. They have been referred to as the "Los Banos Unknowns" nodding to...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT PINTAIL DRAKEAndrew A. Tull
(1840-1915)
Philadelphia, PA, c. 1856
17 1/2 in. long
An exceptional Delaware River pintail drake, this example is a regional archetype quite distinct in form from other...
[more like this] - WATERFOWLING SANTA CLAUSFrank S. Finney
(b. 1947)
Capeville, VA, 1983
28 in. tall
This carving depicts legendary 20th-century decoy collector and dealer Bud Ward as Santa Claus laden with treasures.
The smiling...
[more like this] - PINTAIL AND WISCONSIN BLUE BILL DECOYS
The pintail by Avery Tillet, Kitty Hawk, NC, canvas over wire body, with tacked sides, painted in white, red, and gray, with carved initials AT in the underside (6 x 18 1/2...
[more like this] - GROUP OF MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSGroup
of miniature bird carvings, to include a Bill Hanic curlew, pintail duck, owl in a tree burrow and hummingbird, and a goose decoy, together with a painted lead duck, signed...
[more like this] - WARD BROTHERS CARVED PINTAIL DUCK DECOYWard
Brothers (Crisfield Maryland, 1895-1976 and 1896-1984) , carved and painted pintail duck decoy, ca. 1936, 17 1/2" l. Provenance: A New York collection.
Competitive in-house...
[more like this] - (4) CARVED AND PAINTED DUCK DECOYS,
TO INCLUDE: AGoenne Wood duck, signed WRG, King City, CA, 17 1/4" long. Ruben Corliss, NJ, blue bill scaup, 14 1/4" long. Patrick Kane, 1994, midwest, Pintail drake, 17" long....
[more like this] - MATCHED PAIR OF R. MADISON MITCHELL
PINTAIL DECOYSca. 1981 dated; each two part constructed with mounted heads, smooth surface body and traditional painted accent, each clip mounted ring tie and fin shaped weight,...
[more like this] - Pair of pintail duck decoys mid 20th
c. together with a pair of blue bill duck decoys. ?...
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