- A LARGE COLLECTION OF FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS
AND PRINTSThirty pencil signed Federal Duck Stamp prints with stamps include:1. 1955-1956, Blue Geese, Stanley Stearns (1926-2013), second edition 16/100. The stamp is also...
[more like this] - (2) HOWARD MILLER & ANSONIA BRACKET
MANTEL CLOCKS(lot of 2) Bracket mantel clocks, comprising: (1) German Howard Miller 59th Anniversary Edition clock, case with gilt metal top handle, hinged glass door, housing...
[more like this] - MALLARD PAIRScott Cork Decoy Company
(1927-1954)
Oakland, CA, c. 1930
15 in. long
Reece Scott (1871-1955) founded this company in Oakland. This influential California establishment specialized in the fabrication...
[more like this] - CANVAS CACKLING GOOSEBurley Earl Russell
(1891-1984)
Stockton, CA, c. 1935
22 in. long
Russell was one of the first to create the canvas-kapok decoys and was also the most accomplished. A talented carpenter and...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRWright Decoy Company
Berkeley,
CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
Linley A. Wright (1889-1946) was a machinist who ran a decoy manufacturing company from his home. The decoys were made using five pieces of redwood...
[more like this] - CANVASBACK DRAKEJoseph Carolus Roesling
(1862-1944)
Alameda, CA, c. 1910
15 in. long
Born in Wisconsin, Roesling brought his Midwest carving sensibilities to the Bay Area when he moved there in 1906. He carved...
[more like this] - CANVASBACK DRAKE"Dick" Allen (1891-1971)
Vallejo,
CA, c. 1925
14 1/2 in. long
Allen hunted San Francisco Bay and the Delta for over fifty years, carving decoys for his own use. Under the fine form is a flush-poured weight...
[more like this] - BLUEBILL PAIRHarry L. Cook (1909-1993)
Vallejo,
CA, c. 1930
11 3/4 in. long
A well-documented turned-head pair by Harry Cook. A lifelong resident of Vallejo, California, he worked for his father's painting business starting...
[more like this] - GREEN-WINGED TEALRay Baliel (1910-1979)
Rio
Vista, CA, c. 1935
11 1/2 in. long
"The dramatic swept-back heads and very life-like appearances have few equals in California," writes California decoy historian Michael...
[more like this] - MALLARD DRAKESan Francisco, CA, c. 1940
15
in. long
This gouge-carved decoy relates to the work of John Tornberg (1902-1971) and may very well be the carver's later work. Tornberg lived in the Marina district of San...
[more like this] - PINTAIL"Fresh Air Dick" Janson (1872-1951)
Sonoma,
CA, c. 1915
18 in. long
A classic early Janson decoy with raised wing tips and a flat bottom. This decoy may have been used in Janson's early market-gunning rig prior to...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIR"Fresh Air Dick" Janson
(1872-1951)
Sonoma, CA, c. 1930
17 in. long
Recognized as one of California’s greatest decoy carvers, Janson was also a commercial fisherman, a ship carpenter, and a professional...
[more like this] - COOTLuigi Andreuccetti (1898-1978)
Vorden,
CA, c. 1940
9 1/2 in. long
A well-documented coot decoy with a large body and slightly turned head. It appears to have the maker's signature affixed to the underside along...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRLuigi Andreuccetti (1898-1978)
Vorden,
CA, 1948
17 1/2 in. long
In the "The Great Book of Waterfowl Decoys," the West Coast contributor Gerald Rosenthal introduces Andreuccetti as "the Sacramento stylist." In...
[more like this] - CANVASBACK PAIRLeo Tocchini (1904-1989)
Oakland,
CA, c. 1945
17 in. long
A magnum pair of balsa canvasbacks. The hen bears the maker's "LT" signature brand, while the drake has a "V" or "L" brand on the underside.
Drake...
[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] - MALLARD PAIRHorace "Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood,
CA, c. 1935
16 1/2 in. long
A slightly turned-head rigmate pair. The hen has a slightly uplifted head.
Original paint with light gunning wear.
Provenance: Les Vache Collection,...
[more like this] - PINTAIL HENHorace "Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood,
CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
Crandall was an outdoorsman, a taxidermist, and a talented watercolor painter at a young age. After moving California in 1917, Crandall was an engineer...
[more like this] - SWIMMING BRANTPaul F. Keeney (1897-1965)
Oakland,
CA, c. 1935
20 1/2 in. long
Keeney hunted brant in Humboldt County and possibly Tomales Bay. This swimmer was made with seven-piece body construction and is outfitted with...
[more like this] - THE CRANDALL SLEEPY-EYED MALLARDHorace
"Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood, CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
One of California's best decoy carvers, Crandall is also considered by some to be its best painter. Born in Rhode...
[more like this] - STANDING CANADA GOOSEJerry Mastin (1880-1959)
Portland,
OR, 1937
26 in. long
This iconic and peerless rig of geese was initiated by the request of Mastin’s hunting partner, Roger Eaton, for use in harvested wheat fields. The...
[more like this] - CANADA GOOSEEd Vidmar (1922-1991)
Pittsburg,
CA, c. 1951
25 in. long
Early collectible Canada geese by named makers from California are difficult to source. This classic Vidmar goose displays fine paint and a grand...
[more like this] - MALLARD DRAKEArt Jensen
Hayward, CA,
c. 1952
14 in. long
A distinctly Jensen mallard with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design in its balsa body. This drake is illustrated...
[more like this] - CINNAMON TEALArt Jensen
Hayward, CA,
c. 1950
12 in. long
A refined teal with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design. Jensen was a painter as well as a hunter and a decoy carver....
[more like this] - DUCK AND BRANT PATTERNSGeorge William
McLellan (1897-1987)
Eureka, CA
McLellan's duck and floating brant patterns, including some highly intricate head patterns and design and construction notes and dates. This...
[more like this] - FLYING BRANT PATTERNSGeorge William
McLellan (1897-1987)
Eureka, CA, c. 1940
23 1/2 in. long
A lot of intricate patterns from McLellan's famous flying brant rig, including a wing-frame construction.
As found.
Provenance:...
[more like this] - FLYING BRANTGeorge William McLellan
(1897-1987)
Eureka, CA, c. 1941
24 in. long, 41 in. wingspan
One of only nine flying decoys originally created for this legendary rig. Few would argue that Bill McLellan’s...
[more like this] - CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, INCL. GEN. BATE ON
DEATH OF POLK, CA...Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton,...
[more like this] - GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLarge
group of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
[more like this] - CHARLES WILLIAM DAHLGREEN, ILLINOIS,
INDIANA (1864 - 1955), THE CALL OF WINTER, OIL ON BOARD, 23"H X 29 1/8"W, 29"H X 35"W (FRAME)Charles William Dahlgreen, Illinois, Indiana, (1864 - 1955) The Call of Winter,...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 3 MINIATURES: PETERS/MILLER
FAMILY Comprising: 1) Portrait of Judge Richard Peters of Belmont (1744-1828, Secretary of War through the Revolution) "C.W. Peale," in pencil, verso; 2) Large format portrait...
[more like this] - RICHARD W. MILLER ABSTRACT PAINTING
Women in Window, oil on canvas, signed "RWM" lower right, in a natural wood floating frame, OS: 25" x 21", SS: 24" x 20". Good condition....
[more like this] - GANDY BRODIE, FELIX PASILIS PAINTINGS
& PRINTS Gandy Brodie (American, 1924-1975), group of screen prints and one ink on plastic sheet painting inscribed "For Richard Miller, Many Thanks, Gandy"; with Felix Pasilis...
[more like this] - JUNE ALEXANDER, RICHARD C MILLER Photograph.
Wood Siding Three Story House with Fire Escape. Patrick Parish Gallery Label.
Dimensions: H: 9 inches: W: 7 inches: Frame Height: 21 inches: Frame Width: 17 inches ---
Condition:...
[more like this] - RICHARD W. MILLER ABSTRACT PAINTING
Figures in Blue, oil on canvas, signed "R.W. Miller" lower right, in a white painted frame, OS: 29" x 25", SS: 27 1/2" x 23 1/2". Good condition....
[more like this] - 7 vols. Cartography - American Subjects:
Schwartz, Seymour I.; Ehrenberg, Ralph E. The Mapping of America. New York: H.N. Abrams, (1980). 1st ed. Sm. sq. folio, orig. white cloth; occasional minor spotting, d/j (minor...
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