PREENING MALLARD DRAKE, UPPER BAY, MD

EARLY PREENING MALLARD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and condition. Solid construction. Carved wing separation to back. Carved bill resting atop back. Retains glass eyes. ROBERTS writ

MALLARD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD, possibly from the shop of R. Madison Mitchell. Excellent original paint and condition. Retains keel weight and rigging

MALLARD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Subtle painted feather detail to back and wings. Weight removed. Overall length is approximately 15 1/2 inches. 100-150

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

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Old in-use paint and good structural condition. Retains weight. F branded in bottom. 100-200

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 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

WIGEON DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Nice stipple painted feather detail to back. Retains keel weight and rigging ring. Overall length is approximately 14 1/

PINTAIL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Appears to be unused with some shelf marks. Head turned slightly left. Retains keel weight and rigging.

VERY EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Areas of original paint with some touch up. Very good structural condition. High head model. Retains weight. 200-300

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very old working paint with in-use crazing . Good structural condition with repaired crack in mid-neck. Iron bottom weight. Three brands on bottom. 200-300

VERY EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Retains very old working paint. Good structural condition consistent with age. Weight removed. Retains rigging staple. Check running the length of bottom. 2

ONE-THIRD SIZE CANVASBACK DRAKE AND REDHEAD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Both retain typical Upper Bay paint patterns. 200-300

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Typical mid-neck hairline check. Retains strong feather paint pattern on back. Retains keel weight and staple. Branded MA

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

CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very old working paint and fair structural condition. Weights removed. 200-300

CANVASBACK DRAKE, UPPER BAY, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Some shelf rubs to body. Head turned slightly right. Retains original painted eyes. Keel weight, ring and staple. Branded WMB a

CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Very fine hairline check the length of bottom. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. Similar to the work of R.M. Mitchell. 200-

REDHEAD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD, in very good original paint and structural condition. Tight cracks visible on one side. Several varnish paint drips visible on underside. Stipple painted feather detail t

TWO EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKES, Upper Bay, MD. Both in very weathered working paint and fair condition. One retains weight and staple. Edges rubbed to bare wood.

EARLY PREENING MALLARD DRAKE by Charlie Joiner, Chestertown, MD. Excellent original paint and condition. Retains weight and rigging. Signed “Charlie Joiner, Chestertown, MD.”

FINE PREENING MALLARD DRAKE by J. Evans McKinney, Elkton, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Weight removed. For additional information, see "Decoys of the Susquehanna Flats and Their

CANVASBACK DRAKE attributed to R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Very old working paint and good structural condition. Retains keel weight. Branded on bottom. 100-200

VERY EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, probably Paul Gibson, Havre de Grace, MD. Weathered paint that appears to be original. Very good structural condition. Keel and U-nail removed. Lightly hit by shot. Some m