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Wildfowler Decoys Blackduck Pt. Pleasant, New Jersey • Circa 1960’s Super clean and dry blackduck by the famous Wildfowler Co. This example features a balsa body with pine head and keel. The paint is 100% original with a tiny flake of paint missing on the tip of the tail and top of head. Strong “Pt Pleasant” stamp is still visible on bottom. I don’t think her or she ever made it to the lake. Near mint! |
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| Item #207105 | $265.00 | ||
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Black Duck • Sperry Decoy Company New Haven, Connecticut • Circa 1920’s This black duck was modeled after Elmer Crowell’s famous style. He is in 100% original condition with the paint being dry and crisp. There is a slight amount of shelf wear on the bottom. He features glass eyes, bill carving and is solid cedar. The head is mounted about 45 degrees off center giving him a nice little attitude. Refer to Ken Trayer’s book on North American Factory Decoys for information on the Sperry Company. Additional information can also be found in Connecticut Decoys by Henry Chitwood. Tough to find them in better paint than this one. |
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| Item #207088 | $385.00 | ||
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Padco Pintail Hen Pascagoula Decoy Co “Padco” – Pascagoula, Mississippi • Circa 1950s This decoy represents the top grade for Padco. Known as the “Supreme” model. The finest and lightest wood was chosen and each decoy was sanded smooth. Padco Supreme decoys are not that common and this example is in excellent condition. The paint 100% original, with just a slight amount of shelf wear and a small “factory” paint smudge to each side of the decoy. Nice dry clean example of a hard grade and species of Padco to find. |
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| Item #207113 | $295.00 | ||
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Minnesota Duck Chair “Duck Frame” St Paul, Minnesota • circa 1940’s Here is a set of unique items that you don’t run across that often. The “Duck Chair” is a metal frame used to turn a dead duck into a decoy. A similar duck frame is featured on page 42 of Tonelli’s Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles book as an unknown. I was unfamiliar with this item as well until I recently found this little brochure that pictures the chair as well as outling directions for its use. Both items are in excellent condition with the brochure having been folded over at one time leaving a light crease mark. Although I have run across a few of these duck frames over the years this is the first brochure I have ever seen! Nice set of duck hunting memorabilia. |
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| Item #207051 | SOLD | ||
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Herters Redhead Drake Waseca, Minnesota • Circa 1970s In the mid 1960’s Herters began to produce a line of decorative drake decoys referred to as “Model 1893”. Many of these where cold stamped with “Herter’s Inc 1893” and by the time production ceased in the early 1980s, thirty-one species had been made. This example is in near mint condition with just the slightest amount of shelf wear. He carries the Herter’s cold stamp on bottom and was only produced for six years starting in 1973. You don’t find this species that often. |
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| Item #207005 | SOLD | ||
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Herters Pintain Hens Waseca, Minnesota • Circa 1950s These girls represent Herter’s model supreme line w ith plastic heads. Plastic heads were fitted onto balsa bodies beginning in 1953. These were the same heads being used on their plastic decoys which were rolled out a few years earlier and were most likely used to as cost saving measure. Both birds are in near mint paint and condition with just a few dents to their balsa bodies. They have never been used and look like they just came out of the box! |
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| Item #207097 & 207098 | $75.00 each | ||
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Hays Wood Products Co. Mallard Drake Jefferson City, Missouri • Circa early 1920s The Hays company began producing decoys in the early 1920s. Hays was the first of three companies that produced decoys over a span of two decades in Jefferson City. This mallard drake in excellent dry original paint. There is a tight age crack that runs the length on the bottom and an inch up the tail and breast. Most of this is covered by the old strip weight applied to the bottom. The head is securely attached. The neck filler is cracked, but present, all the way around. This crack has run up into the head just slightly but is tight and not that noticeable. The small tan smudges are actually news print still stuck to the bird from when it was originally painted. Judging from the amount of wear, or actually lack of it, I would say he has not had much use. |
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| Item #207013 | $785.00 | ||
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Owl • Hoosier Call & Decoy Company Delphi, Indiana • Circa 1930’s This tough to find owl decoy is made of printed canvas and is mounted to a small black wood base. Yellow felt eyes are stapled on to complete the decoy. Overall this bird is in excellent condition with strong color to the fabric and some slight moth damage to the felt eyes. |
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| Item #207112 | SOLD | ||
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