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Asheville, NC, United States
Auction Details
The Bob Timberlake Collection
Brunk Auctions
Important Two Day Auction
The Collection of Noted North Carolina Artist and Sportsman Bob Timberlake
117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina
July 15-16, 2006, 9:00 Each Day
Preview July 14 1-8:00 P.M., Early Preview By Appointment
Wyeth Family Paintings, Drawings and Prints; Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints; Canoes, Boats, Related; Antique, Sporting Firearms; Decoys; Fishing, Other Sporting Related; Country Furniture, Accessories; Pottery, Glassware; Graniteware; Children’s Items, Miniatures; Autographs, Books, Related; Civil War Related; Folk and Outsider Art; Coins, Currency, Related:
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![Two hunting postal covers: "Winchester Self-Loading Shotguns", hunter toting shotgun and ducks, posted 1919, [minor stains, creases]; "US Cartridges", hunters carrying bucks and rifles through woods, posted 1910, each 3-1/2 x](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184239_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Five Maryland decoys: repainted to be a goldeneye drake, probably early 19th century, 11 in., [old repaint over chips and separations]; black duck, Jessie Urie, Rock Hall, Maryland, 15 in., [probably original paint with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184240_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Four Maryland decoys: one with possibly a John Graham body with replaced head, 14 in., [head with shot wounds, body worn and lacking paint, large separations and losses]; bluebill, 13-1/2 in., [head and neck repairs,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184241_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Four John Graham decoys: greater scaup, 12-1/2 in., [extensive separations and repairs to neck]; redhead sleeper, 11-1/2 in. [extensive nail wounds and losses to head and base]; redhead sleeper, 11 in., [large body and head](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184242_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)


![Four North Carolina bluebill decoys: hen with glass eyes, marked "WC Watt" on base, Currituck, North Carolina, 11-1/2 in., [old working repaint with minor chips and losses, shot wounds]; one with glass eyes, Currituck Sound, North](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184245_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Five miniature or diminutive decoys: Knotts Island booby, 8-3/4 in., [old worn surface with extensive pest damage, lacking paint, loose head]; two miniature coots or teals, Knotts Island, each about 8-1/4 in., [both with old repaint];](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184246_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Two Ned Burgess decoys: (1863-1956, Churches Island, North Carolina): widgeon, 14-1/2 in., [old working repaint, losses to bill and neck]; pintail, 17 in., [old working repaint with chips and losses]. Both with shot wounds,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184247_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)







![Three palm frond decoys: one pintail, probably American, 15-1/4 in., [repainted]; one European, 12-1/2 in., [old repaint]; one with slightly turned head, European, 13-1/2 in., [repainted with chips and losses throughout].](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184255_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)


![Two palm frond decoys: both with mortised wooden heads, old attached rope, 17-1/2 in., [extensive wear and losses, possibly original paint]; scaup or pintail, found circa 1970 in hardware store in Eastern North Carolina,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/9952/2184258_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
