14 Chuck Smith Fish Spearing Decoys

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, 8 are 2.5"L & others are 4"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, all have tack eyes, carved tails & metal fins, various species, in excellent condition, makers brand & lead weight on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, approx. 5"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, various species, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, 4 are 4"L & others are 2.5"L, est. 200 - 3

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, various species, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, approx. 2.5"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, various species, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, approx. 4"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, approx. 4"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, various species, in excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, Ralph Kandt Collection, approx. 4"L, est. 200 - 300

Port Huron, MI, 3 perch, largest is 8.5"L which has a chip to top of tail, 2 suckers & 3 small white fish, the Pete Konwinski Collection, sizes range 3.5"L - 8.5"L, est. 150 - 300

Wapool Island, MI, musky, pike, perch, walleye & trout, all have glass eyes, metal tails & metal fins, all in excellent condition, Ralph Kandt Collection, sizes range 7"L - 9.5"L, est. Market Determin

by various makers including Hank Walters, Leech, Tim Spreck, Glen Mergos & others, variety of species, conditions vary, the Pete Konwinski Collection, sizes range 3"L - 8.5"L, est. 250 - 450

Rapid City, MI, 14"L walleye dated 11/1/86 & 12"L trout dated 7/86, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 200 - 400

1 trout by Benziejo, 8.5"L & 3 suckers by Miley Smith, sizes range 5"L - 8.5"L, 1 sucker has small chip to top of tail, otherwise all are in excellent condition, all have carved tails & metal fins, th

Dearborn, MI, glass eyes, carved tail & metal fins, excellent original paint, light paint loss on fins, otherwise in great condition, Ed deNavarre Collection, 14.5"L, est. 400 - 700

Port Huron, MI, glass eyes, solid bodies, original paint with some gunning wear, a few age cracks, makers brand on bottom, the Konwinski Collection, 14"L, est. 100 - 200

Port Huron, MI, glass eyes, solid bodies, makers brand on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, 14.5"L, est. 200 - 400

Waseca, MN, glass eyes, thin metal tail & fins, see similar example on pg. 95 of "Kimballs Vol. III" and pg. 102 of "Commercial Fish Decoys" by Frank Baron, hard to find, excellent condition, 6.25"L,

Grand Rapids, MI, extremely rare, these are the first 3 that we have brought to market, Ralph was an outdoorsman who enjoyed spearing and carving his own decoys in the 1930's & 40's, all have bead eye

12"L musky by T. Pekelder with painted eyes, carved tail & metal fins & 11"L walleye by unknown maker with glass eyes, carved tail & metal fins, excellent condition with highly detailed scaling, the P

Pauldine, OH, all have glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, all are in excellent condition, makers signature in lead weight on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, 4.5"L, 5"L & 7"L, est. 500 - 800

Pauldine, OH, all have glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers signature in lead weight on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, 5.25"L, 6.75"L & 9"L, est. 600 - 900

Marine City, MI, 6.25"L perch, 5"L brook trout & 5.75"L in frog pattern, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, hard to find, Ziggie is well known for his custom musky lures used on Lake St. Clair, ma

Cadillac, MI, 9"L sucker American flag, 9"L rainbow trout, 8.75"L black & silver trout & 7"L brook trout, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers signature on bottom, the Pe

2 metal decoys by Fletten, 1 red & white by Dewey, new in bag, 2 mini by Lawrence Bethel, 1 pike by unknown with reset tail chip, 1 sucker by Bethel & 1 red & white by unknown commercial maker, the Pe

Benzonia, MI, 1 brook trout, 1 brown trout, 1 arctic char & 1 rainbow trout, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, 8"L, est. 300 - 500