Vintage Upper Bay Bluebill Working Decoy

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

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

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER DRAKE, possibly Upper Bay. Working decoy in weathered original paint with some areas of touch up. Very good structural condition. Painted feather work to back. Retains bell weig

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.

Vintage 1940s working bluebill decoy by James A. "Jim" Currier (Havre de Grace). 15.5" long.

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. Working paint and good structural condition. Paint worn to wood in areas. Retains keel weight and leather rigging strap. An early Upper Bay decoy. 100-200

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 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

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

A working hand carved Canvasback drake decoy by Joey Jobes of Havre de Grace, MD. Beautifully painted, weight on bottom. Measures 16" long.

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

MASON BACK BAY BLUEBILL DECOYS, LOT OF TWO, each solid-body form with applied eyes, weights and rigs to the underside. Old working surfaces. Circa 1920-1930. Canvasback 9 1/4" HOA, 14 1/2" LOA.Provena

Two Vintage Maryland Bufflehead Duck Working Decoys. Both have surface abrasions and paint retouch. Each approximately 10 1/2". Weight 2 pds 8 oz. PROVENANCE: A Chesapeake Back Bay, St. Marys County,

(3) Mason Bluebills, (one is in original paint); PLUS (1) Wildfowl, 14" to 16". Wear from use.

Hen whistler and a bluebill

Herman Manthey Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy, Green Bay, Wisconsin, tack eyes, solid body, combination of original & old working paint with gunning wear, some flaking & shot marks, damage to left edge of

Hamilton Bay, ONT, 1 canvasback drake, swing weight, glass eyes, solid body, working paint, 17"L & 1 bluebill hen, glass eyes, hollow body, original paint with light wear, 14"L, est. 200 - 300

BLUEBILL DRAKE by Joe Tom Cranmer, Manahawkin, NJ. Very old working paint. Hollow construction. Pad weight. Classic Barnegat Bay decoy

Green Bay, WI, glass eyes, solid bodies, original paint with some gunning wear, a few shot marks, overall good working examples, rigmates, leather line ties, 14"L, est. 300 - 500

1 Herters canvas over cork mallard hen, original paint, 1 Wildfowler bluebill drake, original paint, 1 mallard drake by unknown, working paint & 1 black duck by unknown upper New York?, working paint,

Item measures approx. 6"h x 12" long. It has old paint and glass eyes. It retains its original hook but the weight is missing.

GROUP OF THREE UPPER BAY DECOYS. The first is a CANVASBACK DRAKE in restored paint and condition. Holly family attribution. Horse shoe weight. The second is a ONE-HALF SIZE RED HEAD by Harry Jobes in

Three Unsigned Vintage Working Decoys. Largest: 14"l.