- ALVIN "GUNNER" MEEKINS PREENING RED
BREASTED MERGANSER ...Hooper's Island, Maryland, mid 20th century, solid body with flat base, bill anchored with nail and ring to mid-back, painted red eye on one side, original...
[more like this] - EARLY PREENING SCOTERAlbert Davids Laing
(1811-1886)
New York, NY, and Stratford, CT, c. 1850
14 in. long
A hollow, turned-head decoy by the father of the Stratford School. Laing, originally from New York City,...
[more like this] - THE MCCLEERY BOYD MERGANSER DRAKEGeorge
Boyd (1873-1941)
Seabrook, NH, c. 1910
18 ¾ in. long
“I had the good fortune of visiting with Jim McCleery on several occasions in his home in Texas. He was one of the...
[more like this] - THE MCCLEERY BOYD MERGANSER HENGeorge
Boyd (1873-1941)
Seabrook, NH, c. 1910
18 ½ in. long
"Jim reserved special spots on his shelves, fireplace, and walls for his favorite birds. I remember the first time I...
[more like this] - TWO MINIATURE PREENING WATERFOWLGeorge
Strunk (b. 1958)
Glendora, NJ, c. 2000
9 in. long
Two hollow miniature decoys, a canvasback, and an open-billed mallard, with raised primaries, carved tail feathers, and...
[more like this] - EARLY PREENING GREEN-WINGED TEALChase
Littlejohn (1853-1943)
Redwood City, CA, c. 1885
10 in. long
“A more interesting fellow than Chase Littlejohn has probably never existed.” This is the opening line to...
[more like this] - PREENING MALLARD PAIRWilliam "Bill"
Neal (1924-2014)
Black Point, CA, 1976
14 in. long
Two preeners signed by the maker on the underside and dated. The undersides of the ducks' tails bear Neal’s “WN”...
[more like this] - ROE "DUCK MAN" TERRY (VA) PREENING PEEP
SHOREBIRD Chincoteague, Virginia, made in 1989, carved and painted wood, iron bill, mounted to driftwood base....
[more like this] - Madison Mitchell early preening goose
decoy, circa 1950, with inscribed tag '...Havre de Grace, Md., hunted over at Crab Alley Creek Farm, Chester, Md. (Kent Island)'.
9"h x 21"l x 8.5"w
Condition: Two pins to...
[more like this] - RIG OF FOUR GENE HENDRICKSON CANADA
GOOSE DECOYSRig of four Gene Hendrickson (Lower Bank, New Jersey 1899-1971) Canada Goose decoys, ca. 1960 , one preening, one with swimming head, 23" l.
Condition:
One...
[more like this] - Preening swan confidence decoy, carved
and painted wood, probably Back Bay area, Virginia, early 20th century, 29 in. Extensive repainting, several nail repairs at bill with chips and losses, one side with extensive...
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