VERY EARLY UPPER BAY BLUEBILL. Very old weathered

VERY EARLY UPPER BAY BLUEBILL. Very old weathered working paint and fair structural condition. Head is an old replacement. Retains keel weight, ring and staple.

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very old weathered working paint. Very good structural condition. Retains keel weight and rigging ring. Similar in style to the very early R. Madison Mitchell carvings

RARE AND UNUSUAL BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Old weathered working paint and condition. Check the length of back. Head turned to the left. Flat bottom construction. Retains triangular weight and riggin

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, UPPER BAY. Very old weathered working paint with some possible original paint remaining. Good structural condition with old repair at mid-neck. Some tight checks to back. Retai

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Hand-chopped in weathered working paint. Fair structural condition. Semi-high head. Repairs to neck. Retains bottom weight and rigging swivel

VERY EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE from the Upper Bay. Very old working paint and good structural condition. Retains strip weight and rigging nail. Very early Upper Bay working decoy. 150-250

EARLY TEAL, Upper Bay. Very weathered working paint and condition. Head possibly a replacement. Old repair to the bill. Retains bead eyes. Overall length is approximately 10 1/2 inches. 75-100

VERY EARLY CANADA GOOSE, from the Lovelandtown area of Barnegat Bay. Very old weathered working with small areas of wood exposed. Structurally good with tight crack in upper neck. Hollow construction.

VERY EARLY UPPER BAY CANVASBACK HEN with old working paint by Charlie Joiner. Structurally good condition. Herter’s weight, ring and staple

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Old in-use paint and good structural condition. Retains weight. F branded in bottom. 100-200

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Weathered working paint and good structural condition. Long strip weight. Branded "F" (H. Fleckenstein). Very refined working decoy. 200-300

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay. Retains old working paint, some which may be original. Very good structural condition. Painted feather detail to back. Retains weight and leather rigging strap. 100-

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very old working paint with in-use crazing . Good structural condition with repaired crack in mid-neck. Iron bottom weight. Three brands on bottom. 200-300

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Possibly original paint with touch up to areas. Good structural condition. Typical hairline checks to breast and back. Possibly by a member of the Holly family. See "D

VERY EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Retains very old working paint. Good structural condition consistent with age. Weight removed. Retains rigging staple. Check running the length of bottom. 2

VERY EARLY CANADA GOOSE, Barnegat Bay, NJ. Very old weathered working paint and fair structural condition. Hollow construction with pinch-breast style. Retains pad weight and leather rigging. Unusual

TWO EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKES, Upper Bay, MD. Both in very weathered working paint and fair condition. One retains weight and staple. Edges rubbed to bare wood.

VERY EARLY AND RARE PAIR OF CANVASBACKS, Upper Bay. Very old working paint and good structural condition. Both with typical mid-neck cracks. Both with keel weights and rigging staples. Nice early pair

VERY EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good working paint and very good structural condition. Weights removed. Retains ring and staple. Classic Upper Bay decoy. 200-300

VERY EARLY DIVER, Upper Bay, painted as a canvasback drake. Very old working paint with chine paint worn to wood. Good structural condition. Repaired neck crack still visible. Retains strip weight and

BRANT attributed to Jack Inman, Bay Head, NJ, circa 1870. Very old weathered paint and condition. Open crack to back of neck. Hollow construction. Weight removed. A rare and early Bay Head decoy. 100-

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, possibly Barnegat Bay. Old working paint and good structural condition. Old repair at mid-neck. Hollow construction. Retains painted eyes. Retains pad weight and screw eye. Overa

EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE by Cooper Predmore, Barnegat Village, NJ (1853-1926), circa 1890. Weathered paint and fair structural condition. Old repair to bill and checks to neck. Some shot scars to body. H

BLUEBILL DRAKE by "Dipper" Ortley, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Very old working paint and fair structural condition with seam separation. Together with a BLACK DUCK, Upper Barnegat Bay, NJ, in old working paint