A few examples of appraisal values for
COMMON CROSSBILL

• After John James Audubon (American,
  After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), quartet of hand-colored octavo engravings including \"Common Crossbill\", Townsend\'s Ptilogonys\", \"Carbonated Swamp-Warbler\" and \"Saffron-Headed Marsh Blackbird\", sight 9-3/4\" x 6\", legend lower margin. Glazed and presented in carved giltwood frames.
• Prideaux John Selby (English
  Prideaux John Selby (English 1788-1867) "Common Cormorant" "Stock Dove Rock Pigeon" "Rook" "Starling Rose Coloured Pastor" and "Fieldfare Thrush Redwing Blackbird" five hand-colored prints unknown edition sights 17 1/2 in. x 11 in. to 22 in. x 16 in. attractively matted and framed.
• PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (BRITISH,
  PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (BRITISH, 1788-1867)Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867) , "Cross Bills", "Pine Bullfinches", "Orioles" and "Starling and Rose Coloured Pastor", 4 hand-colored engravings, from Illustrations of British Ornithology, sights 19 3/8 in. x 13 in., framed alike. (4 pcs.) . Provenance: Schwitz Collection, Franklin, LA
• QUEBEC BLUEBILL DECOYA Bluebill
  QUEBEC BLUEBILL DECOYA Bluebill drake decoy with a low head, carved tail feathers and glass eyes, good paint. Minor distress to beak. Probably Chateauguay Valley, Quebec, circa 1940. Allio Collection. FRANCAIS: Appelant fuligule mâle, tête basse, plumes de queue sculptées, yeux en verre, belle peinture. Usure mineure au bec. Probablement Vallée de Châteauguay, Qué., circa 1940. Collection Allio.
• AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BIRD
  AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BIRD LITHOGRAPHSAfter John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851). Two hand colored lithographs, White Winged Crossbill and Common Troupial drawn from nature by Audubon, and then printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Originally from Royal Octavo 2nd Edition, printed circa 1856. Certificates of authenticity included on envelope in verso, provided by the Audubon House and Tropical Gardens in Key West, Florida. Sight: 9 1/4" x 6". Frame: 17 1/2" x 13 1/4"
• Gould & H C Ritcher, hand
  Gould & H C Ritcher, hand coloured lithograph. Phalacrocorax Sulcirostris, Groove-billed Cormorant, approx 34 x 51.5 cm
• THIRTEEN BIRD CARVINGSContemporaryA
  THIRTEEN BIRD CARVINGSContemporaryA bufflehead and a sanderling by Michael McCarthy a bufflehead by Gary Crossman a blue-winged teal by Leo Koppy a sanderling by David Morin a dunlin by Salt Marsh Carvings a yellowlegs by Ken Kirby a dunlin by Harold McCannon a piping plover by Gail Baner a piping plover by J.S. Meyer a dunlin by Wayne Kioi a wren by Phillip Brown and a curlew signed illegibly. Most are life-size.
• TWO BLUEBILLS AND A COOT DECOY 20th
  TWO BLUEBILLS AND A COOT DECOY 20th century, carved wood with distressed and painted surfaces, both bluebills with glass eyes, the lesser scaup (Length 16.5 in.) is a hollow body with keel and weight, carved "BC" to underside; the other bluebill with carved wings and carved "LM BOND" to underside, missing weight (15.5 in.); the third of a coot, hollow body, weighted with anchor nail and portion of string attached.
• Early bluebill decoy with carved
  Early bluebill decoy with carved wings. 16'' Length. Damage to beak.
• ONTARIO BLUEBILL HENA Bluebill
  ONTARIO BLUEBILL HENA Bluebill hen decoy with turned head and lightly carved wings, glass eyes, good paint. Ontario, mid 20th century. Allio Collection. FRANCAIS: Appelant fuligule femelle, tête tournée, ailes légèrement sculptées, yeux en verre, belle peinture. Ont., milieu 20e siècle. Collection Allio.
• 2 AQUATINTS AFTER AUDUBONPair of
  2 AQUATINTS AFTER AUDUBONPair of 19th century aquatints, "Painted Bunting" and "White Winged Crossbill". Engraved, printed and colored by R.Havell 1829-1837 after J.J Audubon. Sight: 19 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W. Frame: 28 1/2" H x 23" W.
• Six stuffed birds, a kingfisher,
  Six stuffed birds, a kingfisher, a wren, a seagull, an ork, a hen harrier and a jay, two stoats and a pike, eight cases in total
• John Gould (English 1804-1884)
  John Gould (English 1804-1884) "Brazilian Wood Nymph" "Blue-fronted Lance-Bill" "Chest-bellied Amazili" and "Snowy-throated Emerald" four hand-colored lithographs from A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds London 1849-1861 sheets 21 1/4 in. x 15 in. attractively float mounted and framed.
• BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYFrom
  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYFrom Nantucket. Replaced bill. Hit with shot. Old in-use repaint. Old age break to back of head and body.
• * (AUDUBON JOHN JAMES after) HAVELL
  * (AUDUBON JOHN JAMES after) HAVELL ROBERT Large-billed Puffin. Mormon glacialis. Plate CCXCIII no. 59 from The Birds of America 1836. Engraving with etching aquatint and hand-coloring on J. Whatman paper watermark 1836 with full margins. Occasional light creasing; otherwise in good condition. Framed and matted. 26 x 37 1/2 inches.
• NICHOL-STYLE BLUEBILL HENA
  NICHOL-STYLE BLUEBILL HENA Nichol-style Bluebill hen decoy with a set back "pinched" head and glass eyes. Circa 1930. Allio Collection. FRANCAIS: Appelant fuligule femelle de style "Nichol", tête en retrait sculptée, yeux en verre. Circa 1930. Collection Allio.
• John Gould (English 1804-1884)
  John Gould (English 1804-1884) "De Laland's Plover-Crest" "Green-fronted Lance-Bill" "Adolph's Hermit" and "Mauge's Hummingbird" four hand-colored lithographs from A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds London 1849-1861 sheets 21 1/4 in. x 15 in. attractively float mounted and framed.
• Audubon chromolithograph, "Purple
  Audubon chromolithograph, "Purple Grackle or Common Crow Blackbird", printed by J. Bien, New York, 1858, after John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851, signed in plate lower left "Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S.", chromolithograph with some hand tinting on wove paper, plate 26-3/4 x 19-1/2 in., page 36 x 26-3/4 in.; gilt wood frame. Pin holes, possible registration marks, toning, fading; frame with abrasions.
• RUNNING GOLDEN AND BLACK-BELLIED
  RUNNING GOLDEN AND BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERSNantucket, MA, c. 1880 11 in. long Two plovers that show similar characteristics to the carvings attributed to Captain James Wyer (1816-1899) of Nantucket, MA. The black-bellied plover has an "X" rig mark on the underside. The golden has original paint with moderate wear and some uneven varnish. The black-bellied has gunning wear mostly to the left side and a replaced bill. Provenance: Private Collection, Nantucket
• 2 Crossman Carved & Painted
  2 Crossman Carved & Painted Wooden Birds Cardinial & bluejay signed by Gary & Jean Crossman 10 3/4'' tall excellent.
• (AUDUBON JOHN JAMES after) A
  (AUDUBON JOHN JAMES after) A group of two high-quality museum reproduction lithographs from The Birds of America comprising Tufted Auk. Mormon Cirrhatus. Plate CCXLIX no. 50; Large-billed Puffin. Mormon Glacialis. Plate CCXCII no. 59. Framed. 20 x 27 inches each.
• Bairds Sandpiper Carved & Painted
  Bairds Sandpiper Carved & Painted Woodenshorebird signed by Jean A. & Gary N. Crossman 7'' x 8''.
• Blue Bill hen decoy with glass
  Blue Bill hen decoy with glass eyes, 8"h x 13"l
• Gary Crossman Carved & Painted
  Gary Crossman Carved & Painted Shorebird 10'' tall.
• (ORNITHOLOGY ENGLISH) GOULD JOHN
  (ORNITHOLOGY ENGLISH) GOULD JOHN A group of two lithographs with hand-coloring from The Birds of Great Britain (London 1862-1873) comprising Hirundo Rustica (Barn Swallow) and Saxicola Oenanthe (Wheatear). Framed and matted. 20 x 13 1/2 inches each.
• FINE BLUEBILL (SCAUP) DRAKE
  FINE BLUEBILL (SCAUP) DRAKE DECOYunknown maker, flat bottom style with weighted base, finely carved and painted with rigging swivel, glass eyes, relief carved head and incised bill, 7-1/2 x 13-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. Condition: separation at base of neck as made, repaired break at base of head, paint losses particularly at tip of bill, tip of tail and top of head, chips, dents and visible shot strikes
• After John James Audubon (New York,
  After John James Audubon (New York, 1785-1851) "Purple Grakle [sic] or Common Crow Blackbird", plate 221, from The Birds of America, J. Bien, New York, 1860, chromolithograph on wove paper, 38 x 25-3/4 in. (page); wood frame,
• Beswick Small Birds Whitethroat
  Beswick Small Birds Whitethroat 2106 (beak open (restuck) Greenfinch 2105 and Grey Wagtail (all first version (3)
• TWO EARLY BLUEBILLS The first an
  TWO EARLY BLUEBILLS The first an IIlinois River, circa 1930s, carved and painted wood; the second a Toronto school, Canada, circa 1920, hollow carved and painted wood, glass eyes.
• ONTARIO HOLLOW-BODIED BLUEBILLA
  ONTARIO HOLLOW-BODIED BLUEBILLA hollow-bodied Bluebill decoy in as-found condition with original comb graining. The head has glass eyes and a long beak that fattens towards the end with a lightly carved nail at the tip. Ontario, 1930-40. Allio Collection. FRANCAIS: Appelant fuligule à corps creux, état tel trouvé, peinture à peigne d'origine, yeux de verre, long bec qui s'épaissit vers la fin avec l'extrémité légèrement sculpté. Ont., 1930-40. Collection Allio.
• Shorebird decoy, possibly a curlew,
  Shorebird decoy, possibly a curlew, tack eyes, New Jersey, late 19th/early 20th century, 15-1/4 in., mounted to driftwood. Old painted surface with separations and losses, replaced bill. The 1807 House, Farmingdale, New Jersey, 1968
• BLUE BILL DECOY Mid 20th century,
  BLUE BILL DECOY Mid 20th century, Maryland, appears unsigned, carved in resting neck position, black and white painted body with grey plumage details and painted eyes; weighted base.
• Gary Crossman carved & painted
  Gary Crossman carved & painted shore bird, heron, glass eyes, marked "C" on bird, signed "Crossman" on base, 24-1/2" h
• Two decoys: flat bottom redhead,
  Two decoys: flat bottom redhead, probably Michigan, 14-3/4 in., [old neck repair with some fill, scattered light repaint]; flat bottom bluebill, branded on back "WDL", probably Canadian, 13 in., [large base separation, old possibly original paint, some shot wounds].
• FOUR BOEHM BIRDS. Second half-20th
  FOUR BOEHM BIRDS. Second half-20th century. Two American Baby Chickadee #461 and Baby Kingfisher #449. Two English Bonaparte's Gulls #200-18 (repair) and Cuckoo. Gulls have glued base Condition reports are available on all items. Please note: unless a condition report is requested we do not post detailed condition information about each item sold. If you choose to bid without requesting a condition report you are accepting the item ''as-is'' with no gaurantees.
• SEVEN PAINTED SHOREBIRDS ON STANDS,
  SEVEN PAINTED SHOREBIRDS ON STANDS, TWO SIGNED 2nd half of 20th century, carved and painted wood, varying heights and long billed species, all except two with glass inset eyes; the longest billed shorebird signed "Styron" to demilune base underside, the widest body shorebird with dark backed plumage signed "Weaver" to round base underside.