BLUEBILL PAIR, UPPER BAY

FINE PAIR OF BLUEBILLS, Upper Bay. Very good original paint and structural condition. Stipple painting to backs. Hollow construction. Carved in the Upper Bay style. Retain keel weights. Signed, brande

PAIR OF WOOD DUCKS, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Minor paint rub to top of hen's head. Both with painted feather detail overall. Both heads slightly turned. V-notc

RARE PAIR OF WIDGEON, possibly by R.M. Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Excellent original paint and sound structural condition. Both with fine detailed painted feather work. Both with keel weights and r

RIGMATE PAIR OF CANVASBACKS, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Hen with nail filler loss to top of head. Both with painted brush work to backs. Both with fine bill detail.

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

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

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very good original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight and rigging strap. Head turned slightly right. Some very minor loss to filler to top of head. 200-300

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

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Christmas model. 200-300

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Small knot visible on right side. Painted feather work to body. Painted eye detail. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. Ov

BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Preening model in excellent original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. 75-125

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Small area of loss to knot on side. Retains keel weight and canvas strap. 100-200

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, in restored condition. 75-125

FINE PAIR OF CANVASBACKS, Mitchell shop, Havre de Grace, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Both retain keel weights and rigging. A nice early pair of Upper Bay canvasbacks

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

PAIR OF BUFFLEHEADS, Upper Bay, MD, possibly by R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Both in excellent original paint and condition. Both retain keel weights, rings and staples. Both with fine sti

PAIR OF GOLDENEYES, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Both rigged for gunning. Keel weights

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.

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 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

FINE BLUEBILL PAIR by Capt. Chip Allsopp, Bay Head, NJ. Very good original paint showing minor wear. Unused condition. Hollow construction. Retain pad weights and leather rigging. 100-200

FINE AND RARE PAIR OF RED BREAST MERGANSERS by noted Upper Bay carver Jim Pierce, Havre de Grace, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Both with painted feather detail overall. Both head

A Pair of Saginaw Bay Bluebill Duck Decoys. Worn original paint. Up to 14" long. ESTIMATE $50-100