Hugh Issel Gray Eagle Wooden Fish Spearing Decoy

For your consideration is a rare Hugh Issel (AKA Gray Eagle), of Walton Hills, OH, carved wood muskrat ice fishing lure or decoy. This piece displays Issel's trademark custom cast lead feet and is sig

Lot of 7 Hand Carved & Painted Wooden Spearing Fish Decoys, Spear Lures. These folk art fish are colorfully painted with eyes and have wooden fins and tails attached. All stand up on their fins. Dimen

Two vintage fish decoys, one signed Gray Eagle, the other unsigned. Latgest comes with information attached. It says "signed by Grey Eagle vintage Native American small mouth bass fish decoy. Largest

Newberry, MI, 3 miniature bluebills with original wooden boxes, all in excellent condition, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, Ralph Kandt Collection, 3.5"L, est. 150 - 300

Newberry, MI, gar, ermine, bass & rainbow trout, all have glass eyes, carved tail & metal fins, excellent condition, makers initials or signature on bottom, includes original wooden boxes, the Pete Ko

1 crappie, glass eyes, metal fins & wooden tail, "BF" on inletted weight, 1 panfish by Rudy Zwieg, Alex, MN, painted eyes, metal fins, metal tail & 2 green by unknown, wooden, glass eyes, metal fins &

Newberry, MI, 6.5"L smelt & 6.25"L black spotted red frog, both have original wooden boxes, glass eyes, carved tail & metal fins, excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Col

Heddon style by Buzz Miller with wooden box, beaver by unknown, beaver by Bethel, ermine by unknown, chipmunk by Dave Kober & frog by unknown, all in good condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, siz

Antique Carved and Painted Folk Art Silver Redhorse Fish Spearing Decoy. (Suckerfish). Original paint with punched-scale wooden body, inset lead belly weight, applied bead eyes, original copper fins a

For your consideration is a signed Bill Huffman wooden trout fish decoy. Bill Huffman is from Michigan and has won many awards for his realistically painted decoys. This decoy measures 5.5" in length

Large spearing decoy, Lake Chautauqua, New York, circa 1900. Tack eyes with metal fins. Gray and white paint. This extraordinary fish measures 18" long.

Cadillac, MI, Exact Fish featured on pg 55 "Michigan's Master Carver Oscar W. Peterson by Ron Fritz" large tack eyes, excellent original paint with very little wear, a few minor paint flakes, overall

Cadillac, MI, rare carved eye, carved tail & metal fins, relief carved gills, dual lead chambers, period 3, mostly original paint with some enhancement on top of back and bottom, great form, 10"L x 1.

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual led chambers, strong original paint with light wear, exact fish featured in Oscar Peterson book by Ron Fritz 3 times pgs. 8, 28 & 56, 7.875"L x

Vintage 9 1/2" Wooden Fish Decoy

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, period 3-4, strong original paint, great crazed surface & patina, 8.75"L x .75"W x 1.25"T, est. 2,000 - 4,000

Cadillac, MI, large tack eyes, original paint with light wear, a few age cracks in paint, light coat of varnish, overall great example, dual lead chambers, relief carved gills & mouth, carved tail & m

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, good original paint on the body with a tail repair, 2 small spear marks to top of back, 7"L x .75"W x .875"T, est. 800 - 1,200

Cadillac, MI, large upholstery tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with some light crazing, small professional tail chip repair, otherwise in excellent condi

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes with yellow eyebrows, featuring 7 black bars on body, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with light wear, very small chip to bottom tip of tail

Waseca, MN, glass eyes, thin metal tail & fins, see similar example on pg. 95 of "Kimballs Vol. III" and pg. 102 of "Commercial Fish Decoys" by Frank Baron, hard to find, excellent condition, 6.25"L,

Featured in this lot are these two hand carved wood fishing decoys circa 1930s-50s mimicking a Rainbow Trout and a Northern Pike. Fish spearing decoys were primarily used when ice fishing with spears,

American. Group of five: (1) redheaded canvasback mason; (2) primitive goose decoy; (3) spearing fish decoy; (4) green wing teal stamped S.T.H.; (5) decoy shaped like a gull, lightweight, body is bals

Decoy, Cadillac, MI, relief carved eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with light coat of varnish, small paint flake above left lip, 2 small holes on top of back