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TWO EARLY WORKING DECOYS

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TWO EARLY WORKING DECOYS: Two Early Working Duck Decoys. All original, original paint.Great displays, purchased in Maine in the 1970s. White 5.50"x6"x 14.50" long and Smaller 5.50"x7.50"x13". Weight combined 4 pds 5 oz. From a

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TWO EARLY WORKING DECOYS: Two Early Working Duck Decoys. All original, original paint. One head needs to be reattached. Great display pieces. Both approximately 15-1/4" long. Weight 5 pds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private E

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TWO FOLK ART DECOYS: TWO EARLY DECOYS in very old working paint and good structural condition. One with very old metal tag with "WW SHUTT. 50-75

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TWO EARLY FACTORY DECOYS. The first is a pintail in: TWO EARLY FACTORY DECOYS. The first is a pintail in working paint, possibly by Mason. Hollow construction. The second is similar to the Stevens factory decoys. Comb paint to back.

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TWO EARLY COOT by the Mason Decoy Co: TWO EARLY COOT by the Mason Decoy Co., Detroit, MI, circa 1910. Very old working paint with remnants of original paint remaining under tail. Very good structural condition with crack to one bill. One

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TWO EARLY DECOY HEADS: EARLY MALLARD DRAKE HEAD by the Mason Decoy Co., Detroit, MI. Premier grade with very weathered original paint. Together with a BLACK DUCK HEAD in weathered original paint and very good structural con

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Sandpiper Decoy, Joe King (1835-1913): Sandpiper Joe King (1835-1913) Manahawkin, NJ, c. 1870 8 in. long This early working decoy from the Rockefeller Collection exhibits incised eyes and bears William J. Mackey's faint writing and his col

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EARLY CANVASBACK DUCK WORKING DECOY: Early Working Decoy. Canvasback Drake. North Carolina. Chestnut Red Head and Neck. Part of a lifelong collection. Measures 13" long. Weight 2 pds 7 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate

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EARLY BACK BAY OR NORTH CAROLINA DECOY, in natural: EARLY BACK BAY OR NORTH CAROLINA DECOY, in natural wood. Very good structural condition. Retains foundry weight, rigging ring and staple. Very early working decoy

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(2) EARLY PRIMITIVE WORKING DECOYS: (1) In original red paint and horseshoe weight. Unusual form on white painted decoy. Largest measures 14 inches long. Condition: Losses to red example

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3 EARLY CARVED WORKING DECOYS: Three Hand Carved Early Decoys, all are black ducks, first half 20th century. All with glass eyes, 1 eye missing, They measures 11", 16" and 16". Weight on all 5 pds 5 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private Edisto

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Lot of two old Working decoys: Lot of two old Working decoys; 1)Mason Factory black duck with traces of original paint, old neck repair, glass eyes, weights removed, crack in bill, overpaint to head, solid body. 2) William E. Pratt

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Early working owl decoy, unknown maker, 2nd quarter: Early working owl decoy, unknown maker, 2nd quarter 20th century. Glass eyes with bear claw nose and leather ears. Honey combed carved pattern on breast. Applied staples to shoulder where perhaps feat

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Two Carved Wood Working Decoys: Two Carved Wood Working Decoys Wisconsin, 20th Century comprising a Joe Gigl canvas back drake and an August Moak mallard. Height of larger 7 7/8 x length 18 1/4 x width 6 inches.

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EARLY WORKING BLACK DUCK DECOY: with great original paint, 14 1/2 inches.

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Early Working Canada Goose Decoy: by unknown Illinois River carver, found near Lake Geneva, glass eyes, hollow body, old working paint with some flaking and wear, head has possibly been replaced, age crack in neck, overall nice form,

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Two Early Working Duck Decoys. Blue Bill and Red Head. Both with glass eyes, both with the original paint. Great displays, purchased in North Carolina. Red Head 15" long and Blue Bill 12". Weight combined 3 pds 6 oz. From a lifelong decoy collection. PROVENANCE: A Private Greenville SC Collection.