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Annual Summer Decoy Auction


August 1 & 2, 2013

Preview July 31, 2013
Sheraton Harborside Hotel

Portsmouth, New Hampshire


Guaranteed Condition Reports
Consignments accepted until June 10 or until full

  1. -NO SALES TAX!
  2. -Approximately 650 Investment quality decoys & related items.
  3. -Absentee, phone & online bidding will be available.
  4. -Pre registration available by contacting the office.
  5. -60 table buy, sell, swap with decoy show.
  6. -Complimentary lunch
  7. -Logan, Manchester & Portland airports are approximately 1 hour from the hotel.
  8. -Reserve a room at the Sheraton here. Other hotels include the Hilton Garden Inn next door and the Anchorage Inn and Holiday Inn a short drive away.

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New England | Midwest | Mid Atlantic | Southern | Pac Coast | Factory | Shorebirds | Canada | Mini's & Deco | Other

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Important curlew carved in the style of William Bowman by the Mason Decoy Factory


Exceptional merganser hen by Ed Dingman

Early oversize American merganser drake by Captain Sam Hunt


Exceptional decorative goose by the Ward Brothers

Important mallard drake, John English
Important black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell. Featured on cover of "American Bird Decoys", William Mackey. Rowland Collection

Important mallard hen, John English


Feeding Curlew, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection

Outstanding preening eider hen, Gus Wilson
Curlew with turned head, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection


Rare pinch breasted pintail drake, Ward Brothers
Walking willet, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection


Important goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers
Snipe, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection


Upland plover, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection
Yellowlegs with open bill, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection

Unused redhead drake by John Dawson


Rare redhead drake by George Sibley


Mallard drake by Dan English.

Ex McCleery collecti0n


Unused canvasback drake by John Dawson


Rare decorative merganser hen by Cigar Daisey
Rare working Canada goose decoy from Trois-Rivières, Quebec


Early pair of goldeneye from Long Island, New York
Merganser hen with turned head by F.L. Swift


Rare shorebirds by William Southard


Two tiny working peeps from Long Island, New York


Very rare low head blackduck by Sam Denny


Scoter by Alton Wallace


Pair of shooting stool mergansers by the Ward Brothers


Pair of decorative teal by the Ward Brothers
Pair of 1948 model mallards by the Ward Brothers

Self bailing brant by Joseph Lincoln
Preening goldeneye drake by Jim Schmiedlin
Pair of goldeneye by the Ward Brothers

Wood duck drake by Elmer Crowell
Goldeneye hen by Oscar Bibber
Hollow blackduck by Ben Pease

Rare flying mallard hen by Gus Wilson


Decorative bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers
1/4 size Canada goose by Joseph Lincoln


Large blackduck by George Ross Starr


Widgeon drake with carved crossed wing tips by Elmer Crowell
Pair of eiders by Amos Wallace


Early widgeon hen by the Mason Decoy Factory
Rare blackduck hen by the Stevens Brothers


Rare rigmate pair of redheads by Chauncey Wheeler


Football style blackduck by Ira Hudson


Classic brant by Harry V. Shourds


Bluebill drake by Captain Ed Phillips


Rare blackduck by Chauncey Wheeler
Rare glass eye model snipe by the Mason Decoy Factory
Rare bluebill hen by Nate Quillen

Exceptional blackduck by Shang Wheeler
Classic Canada goose by Charles Birch
Bufflehead hen from Isleboro, Maine

Blackduck by Charles Hart
Early golden plover from Cape Cod
Rare brant by Dave Watson

Blair school pintail hen
Hollow carved blackduck by Dan English


Early golden plover from Nantucket

Rare blackduck by Ezra Hankins
Very rare merganser hen by Billy Ellis
Early canvasback by the Ward Brothers

Pair of redheads by Ken Anger
Yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes
Early curlew by the Mason Decoy Factory

Swimming merganser from Martha's Vineyard
Blackduck by George Stevens
Miniatures by Wendell Gilley

Oversize canvasback by Isaiah Brown
Blackbellied plover by Elmer Crowell
Plover in winter plumage by George Boyd

Blackbellied plover by George Boyd
Rare Canada goose by Perry Wilcoxen
Rare blackduck by Frank Coombs

Bluebill hen by Chauncey Wheeler
Portugal street scene, Pliessner
Preening blackduck, Elmer Crowell

Exceptional pair of pintails, Ben Schmidt
Blackduck, Harry M. Shourds
Mallard hen, Robert Elliston

Pintail drake, Robert Elliston
Rocking head blackduck, Gus Wilson
Redhead drake, Walter Sibley

Mallard hen, Elmer Crowell
Mallard drake, George Stevens
Merganser hen, Ben Smith. Pictured in "New England Deocys", John and Shirley Delph

Preening yellowlegs, Melvin Gardner Lawrence. Mackey stamp. Rowland collection
Pair of goldeneyes, Elmer Crowell
6" tall penguin, Charles Hart

Miniature preening yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Blackduck, Rowley Horner
Canvasback drake, Bert Graves

Exceptional pair of widgeon, Ben Schmidt
1932 model canvasback drake, Ward Brothers
Outstanding goldeneye hen, Chauncey Wheeler

Shorebird silhouettes, Elmer Crowell
Shorebird silhouettes, Elmer Crowell


Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection

Part of an excellent selection of miniatures, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Tern mantle carving, Elmer Crowell. Oval stamp. Rowland Collection


Piping plover mantle carving, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection


Mortin rig golden plover. Rowland Collection


Mallard drake, Robert Elliston
Exceptional pair of wood ducks, Ben Schmidt

Rigmate pair of pintails, Clark Madera
Premier grade bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of 1936 model canvasbacks, Ward Brothers

Running yellowlegs, Elijah Burr
Three piece hollow blackduck, Ira Hudson
Preening mallard hen, Robert Elliston

Pair of redheads, Robert McGaw
Pair of preening mallards, Ward Brothers, circa 1940's
Bluebill drake, Harry V. Shourds. Cassidy rig

Miniature curlew and yellowlegs double mount, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Feeding least sandpiper, Elmer Crowell. Rowland Collection
Ring neck plover, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection

Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection
Walking willet, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection
Semi palmated plover with turned head, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection

Wingup yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection
Preening yellowlegs with dropped wings, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection
Feeding yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection

Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection
Preening curlew, Elmer Crowell. Oval brand. Rowland Collection
Lesser yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell. Rowland collection

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