Gus Moak Canvasback Decoy, Repaint Harvey Pitts

Tustin, WI, glass eyes, hollow body, working paint, a few shot marks, head is turned slightly right, 17"L, est. 200 - 400

Carved and painted decoy body that Family attributes to Gus Moak. 9 1/2 x 18 inches. Condition: Some loss to paint. Expected wear. Head replaced.

Including one Factory made Black duck decoy in original paint and one Chesapeake Bay Canvasback drake decoy with repaint h. 7-1/2 d. 16 in. (largest)

An unusual antique hand-carved duck decoy out of a cast of six. Has a somewhat stylized head, glass eyes and it has its original paint, possible carved by August "Gus" Moak. It measures 17"l x 8"h x 6

John Roth (American, 1885-1948). Hand-painted wood, c. 1930s. Height: 10 1/2", Length: 16", Depth: 7". John Roth hand-painted canvas-back duck decoy. Glass eyes. Old repaint.

Sale Highlight! Wood Canvasback Working Decoy, with rare resting head, old repaint-tack eyes, Ex Briscoe Collection, Duck/Goose Decoy, Waterfowl, Hunting, Primitive, Antique, Quincy Illinois

Four Canvasbacks The Ward Brothers Lemuel T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976) Crisfield, MD 16 1/2 in. long Three Ward 1948 model balsa decoys with mixed repaint and restoration. One 1970s canvasba

Wildfowler Magnum Canvasback Duck Decoy Drake from the Daniel Voorhees Rig, and Stamped DWV. Decoy has old working repaint.

all have glass eyes, solid bodies, 1 by Gus Nelow in old working paint, 1 by unknown Michigan carver in working paint, 1 by unknown Wisconsin carver branded WJM on bottom & 1 by unknown carver in work

Circa 1900, likely coastal Maryland origin. The group of three having a nice early surface and having been used. One example having a more recent re-paint likely mid 20th century. Largest: L15 3/8"

Canvasback Drake Duck Decoy by Unknown Lake St. Clair Carver, Hollow Body, Combination of Original and Working Repaint

Berlin, WI, glass eyes, rare hollow body in the style of Moak, old working paint with some gunning wear & flaking, hard to find in any condition, 17.5"L, est. Market Determined

Canvas back believe to be moak. Not verified, please do your own research very unusual duck.

Two Carved Wood Working Decoys Wisconsin, 20th Century comprising a Joe Gigl canvas back drake and an August Moak mallard. Height of larger 7 7/8 x length 18 1/4 x width 6 inches.

Mitchell's Bay, ONT, glass eyes, hollow body, original paint with light gunning wear, age crack in breast, exact decoy featured on pg. 77 of Waterfowl Decoys of Southwestern Ontario by Paul Brisco, 17

First half 20th century. Canvasback with glass eyes and repaint. 15"l. and a naive mallard with glass eyes and faint stamp, 13.5"l. Together with a mallard hen with glass eyes. Restored by Maurice Wat

Canvasback Richard "Fresh Air Dick" Janson (1872-1951) Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1940 15 1/2 in. long This canvasback drake bears raised-wing detail, and Janson's signature skeg under the tail. Original pa

Magnum Canvasback John Williams (1858-1937) Cedar Island, VA, c. 1890 18 in. long “The Folk art of America is forever richer because John Williams lived and carved on Cedar Island.” &#8212

Havre de Grace, Maryland, ca. 1920s. Working canvasback hen decoy with original paint. Some wear. 16"l. Ex Dave Clawson Collection.

A Lake St. Clair Canvasback decoy by Frederick Alexander Dolson (1868-1947), Kent County, having a classic sloped head and humped back, hot branded on the bottom with a stylized "F.A.D.". A label on t

Canvasback The Ward Brothers Lemuel T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976) Crisfield, MD, c. 1948 15 3/4 in. long A balsa-bodied decoy signed and dated by the Wards on the underside. This is the first

Oscar Carroll (1868-1946) Back Bay, VA, c. 1930 16 in. long A graceful, high-head canvasback drake likely made from cypress wood which was rot resistant and lightened considerably as it dried. Caroll

John Austin (1891-1981)(attr.) Corolla, NC, c. 1910 18 in. long An oversize working canvasback with a high head. After serving his country in World War I, Austin returned to his home waters to become

Canvasback Thomas Schroeder (1886-1976) Detroit, MI, c. 1950 17 in. long An oversized drake with a hollowed-out underside. Signatures on the side and bottom have been sealed over. Old Schroeder paint