BLUE BILL DRAKE, BARNEGAT BAY

BLUE BILL DRAKE, Barnegat Bay model. Good restored paint and condition. Hollow construction. Weight removed. Retains Sotheby's sales tag. 75-125

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Barnegat Bay, in the style of Rowley Horner. Very good restored paint and condition. Painted eye and carved bill detail. Retains pad weight and rigging. Overall length is approximately

BLUE BILL DRAKE, Barnegat Bay. Weathered original paint and good structural condition. Hollow construction with inlet weight. 50-75

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, possibly Barnegat Bay. Old working paint and good structural condition. Old repair at mid-neck. Hollow construction. Retains painted eyes. Retains pad weight and screw eye. Overa

Item: Hollow Barnegat Bay, New Jersey drake bluebill Date: ca. 1920 Dimensions: 15"L X 5 1/4"W X 6 1/4" H Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the a

BLUEBILL DRAKE by Joe Tom Cranmer, Manahawkin, NJ. Very old working paint. Hollow construction. Pad weight. Classic Barnegat Bay decoy

BLUEBILL DRAKE by "Dipper" Ortley, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Very old working paint and fair structural condition with seam separation. Together with a BLACK DUCK, Upper Barnegat Bay, NJ, in old working paint

VERY EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good working paint and very good structural condition. Weights removed. Retains ring and staple. Classic Upper Bay decoy. 200-300

VERY EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE from the Upper Bay. Very old working paint and good structural condition. Retains strip weight and rigging nail. Very early Upper Bay working decoy. 150-250

BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Preening model in excellent original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. 75-125

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Possibly original paint with touch up to areas. Good structural condition. Typical hairline checks to breast and back. Possibly by a member of the Holly family. See "D

RARE AND UNUSUAL BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Old weathered working paint and condition. Check the length of back. Head turned to the left. Flat bottom construction. Retains triangular weight and riggin

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very old weathered working paint. Very good structural condition. Retains keel weight and rigging ring. Similar in style to the very early R. Madison Mitchell carvings

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very good original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight and rigging strap. Head turned slightly right. Some very minor loss to filler to top of head. 200-300

EARLY BLUEBILL HEN, Barnegat Bay, NJ. Working paint and good structural condition. Seam separation visible on one side. Lower neck strengthened. Painted eye detail. Retains weight and rigging. Overall

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Hand-chopped in weathered working paint. Fair structural condition. Semi-high head. Repairs to neck. Retains bottom weight and rigging swivel

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, in restored condition. 75-125

PAIR OF BLUE BILLS by the Barnegat Bay Decoy Co., Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Very good original paint and condition. Both hollow construction. Full gunning keels. Both from the John Hillman gunning rig, and re

A 12 inch Bluebill or Greater Scaup drake signed Cedar Bay Decoys, with the initials "KM". A superb decoy exhibiting glass eyes, carved bill detail and raised primary feathers.

Herman Manthey Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy, Green Bay, Wisconsin, tack eyes, solid body, combination of original & old working paint with gunning wear, some flaking & shot marks, damage to left edge of

BLUEBILL HEN by the Barnegat Bay Decoy Co., Pt. Pleasant, NJ. William Cranmer model. Together with a WOOD DUCK HEN. Both in very good original paint and structural condition. Wood duck hen with some m

EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE by Cooper Predmore, Barnegat Village, NJ (1853-1926), circa 1890. Weathered paint and fair structural condition. Old repair to bill and checks to neck. Some shot scars to body. H

BLUEBILL DRAKE by Henry Grant, Barnegat, NJ, circa 1890s. Very good working paint and structural condition. Early repair to crack in bill, eyes are missing. Hollow construction. Pad weight secured wit

VERY FINE BLUEBILL DRAKE by Eugene Birdsall, Barnegat, NJ, circa 1890. Very good original paint with very little wear. Very good structural condition. Hollow construction. Retains original pad weight