Tancock Island Sleeper Black Duck.

An early to mid 20th century Cork Bodied Sleeper or Preening Black Duck Decoy with original painted head. The decoy is about 14” long, 6 ½” wide and 6” to the top of the head. T

Three decoys, cork, Bellport, NY area. Provenance: From Wildfowler Decoys, Inc. (Quogue) and Peacock Point, Long Island estate. [15 inches]. In good condition.

BLACK DUCK, Long Island, NY. Old working paint and sound structural condition. Cork construction with bottom board. Weight removed. Retains line rigging. Retains Sotheby's sales tags. 75-125

BLACK DUCK, LONG ISLAND, NY, unknown carver. Good working paint and structural condition. Balsa construction. Head with dowel slightly protruding. Overall length is approximately 17 inches. 75-100

VERY EARLY BLACK DUCK, Long Island, NY. Fair working paint and structural condition. Sliver of wood missing from side of neck. Numerous checks to body and wear to tail. Retains leather rigging. Overal

EARLY BLACK DUCK, possibly Long Island, NY. Body covered in flocking is in good condition. Head with old working paint. Flocking adhered to body with numerous nails. Head, with raised dowel, retains g

BLACK DUCK, Long Island, NY. Very good structural condition. Cork construction with bottom board. Retains original head and glass eyes. Small rub to bill tip. Overall length is approximately 16 inches

GROUP OF THREE BLACK DUCKS, possibly Long Island, NY. All in excellent original paint and unused condition. Hard cork construction with carved wood heads and long deep-water keels. Two are carved in a

EARLY BLACK DUCK, Long Island, NY, unknown carver. Old gunning paint and fair structural condition. Small section of cork missing below head. Some minor cracks to cork. Bill with carved nostrils, nail

PINTAIL DRAKE AND A BLACK DUCK, possibly Long Island, NY. Both cork composition. Bottom board construction. Both carved by same maker. Wear to both.

THIRTEEN DECOYS20th CenturyThree by the Mason Decoy Factory, one Chesapeake goldeneye drake, a primitive Long Island merganser hen, two New Jersey black ducks, a primitive parrot carving, and five oth

BLACK DUCK by Tom Martindale, Wolf Island, Napanee, ONT. Original paint and unused condition. Fine feather painting on back

BLACK DUCK by Charles "Pete" Wilbur, Island Heights, NJ. Very good original paint and condition. Hollow construction. Some minor in-use wear and lightly hit by shot. Some good paint ticking to head. R

Four Carved and Painted Black Duck Decoys. Unsigned, attributed to Ernie Fox, Brockville, Ontario, Circa. 1950's. Three swimmers, 21-1/2"l. and a sleeper, 16"l. Condition: Very good with minor wear.

Wellesley Island, NY. 1940s. All original.

Leo Pashpatel Harsens Island, c. 1950 16 in. long An elaborately finished carving with fine feather detail from the breast to the tail of the balsa body. In old working paint with even gunning wear. P

Lot of 6 Wildfowler wood black duck decoys. Provenance: From Wildfowler Decoys, Inc. (Quogue) and Peacock Point, Long Island estate. [19 inches]. All with in-gunning re-paint.

A 15 inch balsa-bodied Black Duck attributed to Wildfowler Decoys (1957-1961), Quogue, Long Island, NY, unsigned. Traces of original paint with in-use paint and wear, to include tail chips.

A 16 1/2 inch cork-bodied decoy by "Mr. Decoy" Al McCormick (1908-1993), Westbury, Long Island, NY. Signed by the maker on the bottom board. McCormack was a fine cork decoy maker and is remembered wit

Turned head black duck, cork. Provenance: From Wildfowler Decoys, Inc. (Quogue) and Peacock Point, Long Island estate. [14 inches]. Some cork missing from tail.

Gananoque, Ontario. 1930's. This exact decoy is featured on the back cover of "Decoys of the Thousand Islands" (Book not included)

Preening Black Duck Barnegat Bay, NJ, c. 1890 14 in. long A bold preening black duck with a hollow body. Preeners and sleepers from this region are especially rare. In old working paint with gunning w

Kingston, Ontario. Circa 1970. Exact decoy on page 35 of the Decoys of the Thousand Islands Book.

A 12 1/2 inch Black Duck / Common Scoter by Charles H. Richardson (1878-1966), Plum Island, Newburyport, MA, circa 1895. Original paint with gunning wear and in-use neck repairs.