Red-Breasted Merganser Pair, Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (1924-2017)

Yellowlegs Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (1924-2017) Chincoteague, VA 12 1/4 in. long This split-tail carving is signed in ink ?Delbert Cigar Daisy? on bottom and branded ?Cigar.? Original paint with light w

Golden Plover Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (1924-2017) Chincoteague, VA 9 1/2 in. long The bottom of this raised-wing carving is branded ?Cigar.? Original paint with light wear. Provenance: Kirby Roberts Co

Ruddy Duck Pair Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (b. 1924) Chincoteague, VA, c. 1970 11 in. long Two gunning models bearing the maker's "Cigar" brand on undersides. Original paint with light wear. Provenance: M

FINE RED-BREAST MERGANSER HEN by Delbert "Cigar" Daisey, Chincoteague, VA. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Carved in a swimming position with head turned very slightly right. Relief-car

Three Duck Decoys Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (b. 1924) Chincoteague, VA, c. 1990 18 in. long A mallard pair and a black duck with cork bodies. Each has the maker's inscription and is branded "Cigar." Orig

FINE PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Bob White, Tullytown, PA. Racy pair in excellent original paint and condition. Both carved in a swimming position. Both with long crest carving. Both with detai

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by George Strunk, Glendora, NJ. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Hollow construction. Both with raised, crossed wing tips and fluted tail

MINIATURE PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Miles Hancock, Chincoteague, VA. Very good original paint and structural condition. Both with relief-carved wings and raised wing tips. Both with five-comb

RACY PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Hurley Conklin, Manahawkin, NJ. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Hollow construction. Sleek bodies with incised wing tips and ice groove detai

SLEEK PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Hurley Conklin, Manahawkin, NJ. Very good original paint and structural condition. Hollow construction. Hen with seam slightly visible. Drake with very tiny de

FINE PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Hurley Conklin, Manahawkin, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Very fine hairline crack at mid-neck of drake. Classic Conklin models with head comb and

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Roger Mitchell, Kingston, MA. Very good original paint and structural condition. Some very minor rubs. Drake with slightly raised area near tail. Both wi

FINE PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by the Wildfowler Decoy Company, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Working pair in excellent original paint and condition. Both hollow construction. Shourds models with gunning pa

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Caleb R. Marter, Jr., Burlington, NJ. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Hollow construction. Both with detailed painted feather work overall

FINE PAIR OF ONE-THIRD SIZE RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Bob Seabrook, Absecon, NJ. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Carved in the style of Ira Hudson with nice scratch-feather paint t

PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Curtis Carpenter, Chincoteague, VA. Very good original paint with some rubs. Good structural condition with checks to backs. Both with carved wing tips and fluted ta

PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by John Hamilton, Cedar Run, NJ. Very good original paint and structural condition. Hollow construction. Drake with some sap bleed under tail; the hen with some paint s

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER PAIR by William Oler, Beach Haven, NJ. Both in good original paint and unused condition. Both hollow construction. Both heads slightly turned. Both with carved crests, incised w

FINE PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Donald Kitchen, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Hollow construction. Drake with detailed painted feather work to the sides. Pai

EARLY PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by Pat Vincenti, Havre de Grace, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Both with very tiny rubs to to top combs. Drake with some foxing to bill.

PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by the Barnegat Bay Decoy Co., Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Very good original paint and structural condition. Some minor shelf rubs to both. Gunning models with painted wing deta

PAIR OF RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS by William M. Westbrook. Very good antiqued original paint and structural condition. Hooper Island models with painted feather detail to backs and sides. High heads wit

VERY FINE PAIR OF RED-BREAST MERGANSERS by George Strunk, Glendora, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Hollow construction. Hen carved in a preening position. The drake gazing to the left. Bo

Cigar Daisey Canvasback in Lee Dudley styleDelbert "Cigar" Daisey (1928-2017), Chincoteague, Virginia. Cigar has a cult following amongst decoy collectors and watermen from the eastern shore of Virgin