BLACK DUCK, BLUEBILL, LONG ISLAND

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

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

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

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

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.

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

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL HEN, possibly Long Island origin, circa 1920's. Appears to be made as a wing duck. Original paint showing some weathering. Traces of comb paint to back. Snug-head model retaining G

1 by unknown Long Island carver, painted eyes, solid cork body, mostly original paint with some repaint on sides, few small paint chips, very light wear & 1 attributed to Rube Corliss, Manahawkin, NJ,

Goose Pair J. Eugene Hendrickson (1899-1971) Northfield, NJ, c. 1960 21 in. long Knowing that “Gene” Hendrickson was most known for carving bluebills, black duck, and brant, this pair of geese, wi

Two Mallard Drakes Gene Hendrickson (1899-1971) Northfield, NJ, c. 1965 15 1/2 in. long As “Gene” Hendrickson was most known for carving bluebills, black ducks, and brants, this pair of drake mall

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

Wildfowler gray decoy, 15" long, C.R. Wells brown Bluebill, impressed with three "R"s, 13" long. Grey decoy, 11" long, Red headed decoy impresed "W...R", 13" long and Black with grey bill decoy, 13 1/

EARLY WING DUCK, Long Island, NY, unknown carver. Old working paint and good structural condition. Old repair to neck crack. One tack eye missing. Unusual two-piece head construction. Head slightly tu

EARLY BROADBILL HEN, Long Island, NY. Very weathered paint, some of which may be original. Good structural condition with cracks to cork. Filler missing to two areas on head. Retains bottom board with

EARLY BLUEBILL HEN, Long Island, NY, unknown carver. Weathered gunning paint worn to wood in areas. Fair structural condition with check to underside, strengthened neck crack and sliver missing from e

A collection of rare items relating to Camp Black in Long Island. Camp Black was a Spanish-American War muster camp for volunteers established in 1898 near Garden City, Nassau County, New York and aba