EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE by Purnell Curles, Churches

EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE by Purnell Curles, Churches Island, NC, circa 1920. Good early working paint and structurally good condition. Check down the bottom of back. Repair to head and neck. Commonly ref

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Ned Burgess, Churches Island, NC, circa 1920. Old working paint with possible restoration to head. Structurally good condition. Retains foundry weight

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Stant White, Churches Island, NC, circa 1910. Large battery bird in very old working paint and sound structural condition with some checks, chips and dents. Lead ballast.

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

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Doug Jester, Chincoteague, VA. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Swirl feather paint to back. Painted speculum detail. Detailed bill carving and painted eyes. Reta

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

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Jess Urie, Rock Hall, MD. Old working paint. Branded GLM. Together with a BLUEBILL HEN by Capt. Harry Jobes, 1974 model. Unused condition

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by the Mason Decoy Co., Detroit, MI, circa 1915. Good original paint and structural condition showing some in-use wear. Standard grade, glass eye model. Some minor chips to tail.

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

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by John Updike, Green Bank, NJ. Very old working paint and good structural condition. Hollow construction, inlet weight. For photographs and literature, see "New Jersey Decoys" by

TWO EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKES by Doug Jester, Chincoteague, VA (1876-1961). Working paint and good structural condition with in-use wear. Paint worn to wood in areas. Both retain painted eye detail. Both

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

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by John English, Florence, NJ, (1852-1915). Restored paint and condition. Hollow construction. Fluted tail carving. Retains tack eyes and carved bill detail. Retains pad weight an

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Ira Hudson, Chincoteague, VA. Restored paint and condition. Professional repair to tail tip and bill. Retains rusted tack eyes. Weights and rigging removed. 300-400

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Appears to be very good original paint with in-use wear. Very good structural condition with hairline crack to bill. Two minor checks t

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by the Mason Decoy Co., Detroit, MI. Very good original paint and condition. Some minor loss of filler at neck joint. Check to underside of bill and roughness to bill tip. Standar

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Henry Grant, Barnegat, NJ, (1860-1924). Very old working paint and very good structural condition. Hollow construction. Retains pad weight and rigging strap. For similar e

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by Charles Birch, Willis Wharf, VA. Excellent original paint with some very minor wear. Excellent structural condition. Raised carved wing tips and fluted tail carving. Stipple pa

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

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by John Boyle, Bellport, NY, circa 1925. Old working paint with some flaking. Very good structural condition. Balsa construction. Retains glass eyes. Keel with chain link weight a

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by William Appleton, Bristol, PA. Very good original paint and structural condition. Three-piece construction. Fluted tail carving. Retains bead eyes, pad weight, rigging and make

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Good original paint and structural condition. In-use wear and shot scarring. Retains keel weight and rigging eye. Very small tack

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE by R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Excellent original paint showing some minor in-use wear. Very good structural condition with typical hairline check at neck base. Retai