Frank Mizera Fish Spearing Decoy

For your consideration is a fish spearing decoy by the Aldrich Family of Hibbing, MN. This hand-carved and painted decoy is in the Style of Frank Mizera with tack eyes, carved tails, metal fins and or

Parsons Island, MI, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, sizes range 3"L - 10.75"L, est. 400 - 600

Harsens Island, MI, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, Ralph Kandt Collection, 6"L, est. 200 - 400

Harsens Island, MI, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, Ralph Kandt Collection, 2 are 6"L & 2 are 7"L, est. 200 - 400

Harsens Island, MI, red & white suckers, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, Ralph Kandt Collection, 11"L, est. 250 - 450

Harsens Island, MI, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, Ralph Kandt Collection, 7"L, est. 200 - 400

Harsens Island, MI, suckers, painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, Ralph Kandt Collection, 11"L, est. 250 - 450

Fish decoy, Frank Mizera, Ely, Minnesota, circa 1930. Black fish on fish design. Metal fins with wooden tail. Measures 9" long.

Fish decoy, Frank Mizera, Ely, Minnesota, 2nd quarter 20th century. A small fish decoy with cheater hooks attached. Silver body with red and black paint on fins gills and mouth. Measures 5" long.

RAINBOW TROUT by Carl Christiansen, Newberry, MI. Fish spearing decoy in excellent original paint and very good structural condition. Two very tiny chips to tail edges. Fluted carving to tail. Carved

Waseca, MN, glass eyes, thin metal tail & fins, see similar example on pg. 95 of "Kimballs Vol. III" and pg. 102 of "Commercial Fish Decoys" by Frank Baron, hard to find, excellent condition, 6.25"L,

similar example featured on pg. 191 of "Commercial Fish Decoys" by Frank Baron, these fish decoys have often been referred to as Herters and/or The Isle Bait Co. of Jackson, MI, painted eyes, metal ta

attributed to Frank Cummings, Parsons Island, MI, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, 7"L, est. 150 - 300

3 by the Aldrich family, Hibbing, MN, initialled KC on bottom, in the style of Mizera & 1 walleye marked MAF on bottom, all have carved tails & metal fins, good condition, the Pete Konwinski Collectio

Cadillac, MI, Exact Fish featured on pg 55 "Michigan's Master Carver Oscar W. Peterson by Ron Fritz" large tack eyes, excellent original paint with very little wear, a few minor paint flakes, overall

Cadillac, MI, rare carved eye, carved tail & metal fins, relief carved gills, dual lead chambers, period 3, mostly original paint with some enhancement on top of back and bottom, great form, 10"L x 1.

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual led chambers, strong original paint with light wear, exact fish featured in Oscar Peterson book by Ron Fritz 3 times pgs. 8, 28 & 56, 7.875"L x

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, period 3-4, strong original paint, great crazed surface & patina, 8.75"L x .75"W x 1.25"T, est. 2,000 - 4,000

Cadillac, MI, large tack eyes, original paint with light wear, a few age cracks in paint, light coat of varnish, overall great example, dual lead chambers, relief carved gills & mouth, carved tail & m

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, good original paint on the body with a tail repair, 2 small spear marks to top of back, 7"L x .75"W x .875"T, est. 800 - 1,200

Cadillac, MI, large upholstery tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with some light crazing, small professional tail chip repair, otherwise in excellent condi

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes with yellow eyebrows, featuring 7 black bars on body, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with light wear, very small chip to bottom tip of tail

Cadillac, MI, painted eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with very little wear, nice detail throughout with additional blood trail coming from the gills, Pete Si

relief stamped eyes, carved tail & metal fins, relief carved gills & mouth, similar to Abe Dehate, exact fish featured on pg. 72 of the Fish Decoy Book Vol. III by Kimball, was used by Hans Janner Jr.