Rig of Five Stick-Up Shorebird Decoys

New Jersey, 20th C., four marked in ink "H.V. Shourds", comprising, a black-bellied plover, a curlew, a feeding yellowlegs, a standing yellowlegs, and a dunlin; 5 pieces total Tallest: 15-3/4"h Proven

RIG OF FIVE SHOREBIRDS by Bruce Bieber, Cape May, NJ. All in very good antiqued paint and condition. Some very minor flaking to all. The group consist of a yellowleg, ruddy turnstone, a dowitcher, pre

A lot of five wood carved and painted shore bird decoys, ranging from 8in to 12-1/2in tall. No apparent signatures.

Early 20th century tin shorebird stick decoy in original worn paint. 10 1/2" high including stake. Bird is 12" long. All original-use wear condition. Please note that this lot has a confidential reser

One marked in pen on base: "Long Billied Dowitcher / jim Slack". 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches

AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED DUCK / SHOREBIRD DECOYS, LOT OF FIVE, comprising two shore birds on pedestal bases signed "WEK" for William E Kirkpatrick; a small duck signed "Mile

Five hand carved and painted shore bird decoys by William E. Kirkpatrick, all pieces inscribed with the artists initials WEK and include stands. Two pieces are numbered (#9, #606). Each measures appro

RIG OF FIVE MALLARDS by the Delaware River Decoy Co., Riverside, NJ. Very good original paint and condition. The rig consists of four drakes and one hen. Two drakes with chips from bill. All with full

2 old shore bird stick decoys: one with alert pose, 11 x 12.5 inches; other darker one with tack eyes by Mason (crack in head) 9.5 x 12 in tall. Both have iron nail beaks.

TWO SHOREBIRD STICK UPS AND TWO FOLDING DECOYS. One folding decoy is wood, the other is a metal brant. One stick up is a yellowlegs, the other is a scoter. All in fair condition. 75-125

Branded "O.C. Cole" on side. Another shorebird from with this rig brand is pictured as #71 in Shore Bird Decoys by Henry A. Fleckenstein Jr. Old working repaint, bill loss. Appx. 8 1/2" long, height 9

Three tin goose stick up decoys. H w/ stake 28-1/4" W of goose 23-1/4" W 27" Together with a shorebird decoy. Shore bird on base H 10-1/2". Shore bird H 4-1/2" W 10-1/2" D 1-1/4". Copy and paste this

Winthrop L. Carter, Raymond C. Egan, Louis W. Schifferl, George Boyd: The Shorebird Decoy, 1978, Tenant House Press, softcover H. Harrison Huster, Doug Knight, Floating Sculpture: The Decoys of the De

Titles include: Decoys of Maritime Canada, Collector's Guide to Decoys, American Wildfowl Decoys, Duck Decoys and How to Rig Them and Duck Decoys and How to Make Them.

Eight (8). American. Late 19th century. Pressed metal, wire, wood. Set of eight folding tin plover decoys with original wooden box and wood and copper mounting sticks. Each bird is in original black,

Two 10 inch Shorebird decoys, one Yellowlegs and one Dunlin- old identification was as a Snipe, attributed to rigs used on Long Island, NY. One has an old price sticker, identifying the decoy as a sni

A 10 inch two-piece '"tinnie" shorebird decoy with a slotted copper-top stick in good old paint with light wear equally so on both sides.

A 13 inch Greater Yellowlegs shorebird decoy from Martha's Vineyard, attributed to E. Frank Adams (1871-1944), West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA, The stick hole and the top of the original stick are

A 10 inch Golden Plover shorebird decoy from Nantucket, MA, circa 1870. Three holes, aside from the stick hole were drilled in the underside of the decoy probably to lighten the decoy - several Nantuc

A 10 1/2 inch Golden Plover shorebird decoy similar to others found in rigs on the South Shore of Massachusetts, in winter plumage. Old paint with even wear.

RIG OF SIX TIN LIFE-SIZE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER FOLDING DECOYSLate 19th CenturyContained in tin box stenciled “BB” on side. Includes original sticks. Length of decoys is 10”. Box measu

GROUP OF FIVE DECOY BOOKS by H. Fleckenstein, Jr., consisting of "Shorebirds", "American Factory Decoys", "Decoys", "New Jersey Decoys", "Southern Decoys." All in used condition. Some minor tears and

Yellowlegs decoy by WILLIAM H. SOUTHARD (American, Seaford, Long Island, New York, 1874-1940), a rig mate to the Southard shorebird in the previous lot, having the same inscribed inventory number ''56

Frank Balestrieri signed pigeon decoy on wood base 1"L and five unsigned pigeons with pegs to stick in the ground, also includes an unsigned sea gull and a wood crate. Dollhouse miniatures. Very good