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Fall Decoy Auction Session One | November 7, 2012
by Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter, Inc.
Platinum HouseNovember 7, 2012
Easton, MD, USA
Live AuctionEaston, MD
21601 USA
Fax: 410.745.0487
Lot 1: Very rare pintail hen, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Very rare pintail hen, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Fine paint detail.
Condition Report: Near mint original paint with minor discoloration; never used; slight separation at knot in underside.
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Lot 2: Rigmate pair of mallards, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Rigmate pair of mallards, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Fine scratch feather paint.
Condition Report: Near mint original paint; never used; discoloration at a knot at one side of hen; each has minor discoloration on the underside.
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Lot 3: Pair of redheads on original wooden bases, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Pair of redheads on original wooden bases, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Condition Report: Excellent and original.
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Lot 4: Extremely rare goldeneye drake, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Extremely rare goldeneye drake, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland. A later example of McGaw's work. One of two known to exist.
Condition Report: A few small paint rubs; slight roughness at filler in nail hole on top of head.
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Lot 5: Bluebill hen and drake, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Bluebill hen and drake, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland. One is a working decoy, the other was made as a decorative and is on original wooden base.
Condition Report: Both are original and near mint; filler has popped out on top of nail on drake's head; each has small dents.
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Lot 6: Pair of canvasbacks, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Description: Pair of canvasbacks, Robert McGaw, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Both are on their original wooden bases. Drake is in rare slightly forward swimming pose.
Condition Report: Near mint original paint; hairline crack at drake's neck base; tiny chip missing at front of drake's neck base.
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Lot 7: Rare hollow carved mallard drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Rare hollow carved mallard drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Challenge grade with snakey head style.
Condition Report: Original paint with very minor wear; white ring around neck appears to have some old touchup; several tiny dents.
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Lot 8: Canvasback drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Canvasback drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor wear; a few small dents and shot marks filled.
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Lot 9: Goldeneye drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Goldeneye drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Challenge grade.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor wear; very lightly hit by shot, hairline crack in underside; small amount of touchup on upper breast.
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Lot 10: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Challenge grade.
Condition Report: Original paint with moderate wear; several small cracks in body; some of the neck filler is missing.
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Lot 11: Brant, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Brant, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition Report: Some inpainting around filler to a crack running down the back, and around some filler and work done at the base of the neck; the remainder of the bird appears to be in the original surface; repair to a chunk missing at one edge of the tail; some flaking
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Lot 12: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Standard grade with glass eyes. Branded "TONTY G C".
Condition Report: Original paint with minor to moderate discoloration and wear; neck filler has been replaced; filled crack in back.
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Lot 13: Exceptional blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Exceptional blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade. Fine feather paint detail and good patina.
Condition Report: Near mint original paint; decoy appears to have never been used.
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Lot 14: Fine blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Fine blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade.
Condition Report: Appears as though this decoy was never weighted; small thin tail chip; otherwise superb overall unused condition with fine crisp feathering.
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Lot 15: Rare goldeneye hen, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Rare goldeneye hen, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Challenge grade. Good feather paint detail.
Condition Report: Near mint original paint on most of the decoy; some paint missing from neck seam and from a small defect in the wood at the tip of the tail; hairline crack in underside.
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Lot 16: Mallard hen, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit Michigan.
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Description: Mallard hen, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit Michigan. Premier grade.
Condition Report: Strong original paint; slight wear at tip of tail and minor paint loss along seam of right side; seven small shot marks and several small rubs.
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Lot 17: Mallard drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Mallard drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor discoloration and wear; a few tiny dents; small tail chip repair.
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Lot 18: American merganser drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: American merganser drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Early Premier grade.
Condition Report: Mixture of original and old overpaint has been taken off to the original; old touch up; small dents and cracks.
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Lot 19: Rare American merganser drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Rare American merganser drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Standard grade with tack eyes.
Condition Report: Original paint with moderate discoloration and minor wear; neck filler has been professionally replaced; touch up on part of bill.
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Lot 20: Canvasback drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Canvasback drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Standard grade. Branded "N. Wolf".
Condition Report: Original paint with minor discoloration and wear; most of the neck filler is missing; small cracks; small chip missing from top of head.
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Lot 21: Blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Blackduck, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Standard grade with glass eyes.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor discoloration and wear; structurally good; neck filler is intact.
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Lot 22: Blackduck with rare snakey head style, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Blackduck with rare snakey head style, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade.
Condition Report: Original paint that has darkened somewhat with age; a few small dents; small amount of old touch up on each side of head.
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Lot 23: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan
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Description: Bluewing teal drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan Premier grade.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor wear; small crack in back; light wear on edges of bill.
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Lot 24: Pintail drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Pintail drake, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Premier grade. Stamped "R.J.H." under tail.
Condition Report: Original paint with moderate discoloration and minor wear; small crack in one side of head; one eye appears to be a replacement.
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Lot 25: Brant, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan.
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Description: Brant, Mason Decoy Factory, Detroit, Michigan. Challenge grade. "Barron" rig brand in side and back.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor discoloration and wear; cracks in underside; in factory crack in breast and one side; small dents.
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Lot 26: Pair of red breasted mergansers, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of red breasted mergansers, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Signed. Good detail with carved crossed wingtips and fluted tails.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 27: Exceptional pair of preening wood ducks, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Exceptional pair of preening wood ducks, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Detailed feather carving. Drake has lifted wing. Both are signed.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 28: Sculpturesque pair of pintails, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Sculpturesque pair of pintails, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Signed. Drake has slightly turned head. Hen is in preening pose with lifted crossed wing tips.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 29: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. A dowitcher and a yellowlegs. Signed. Extended wing tips with good feather carving detail.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 30: Godwit, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Godwit, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Signed. Extended wing tips with detailed feather carving.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 31: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Signed. A feeding dowitcher and a sickle billed curlew. Curlew has slightly turned head. Both have relief wing carving with extended wing tips.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 32: Feeding avocet, William Gibian.
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Description: Feeding avocet, William Gibian. Signed. Dropped wing tips.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 33: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Two shorebirds, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. A godwit and a willet. Both are signed and have relief wing carving with extended wing tips.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 34: Pair of morning doves, Eddie Wozny, Cambridge, Maryland.
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Description: Pair of morning doves, Eddie Wozny, Cambridge, Maryland. Signed and dated 1989. Both have raised carved wing tips and slightly turned heads.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 35: Preening willet with lifted wing on carved base, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Preening willet with lifted wing on carved base, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Signed. Good carving detail.
Condition Report: A few small paint rubs on base, otherwise very good and original.
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Lot 36: Preening lesser yellowlegs with lifted wing on carved wooden base, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Preening lesser yellowlegs with lifted wing on carved wooden base, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Good carving detail. Bill is slighty open. Signed and dated 1973.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 37: Pair of greenwing teal, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of greenwing teal, William Gibian, Onancock, Virginia. Both have slightly turned heads and good paint detail.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 38: Large blackbellied plover carved in the Cobb Island, Virginia style, Cameron McIntyre.
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Description: Large blackbellied plover carved in the Cobb Island, Virginia style, Cameron McIntyre. Relief wing carving. "C.T.M." carved in underside.
Condition Report: Original paint with minor wear; very lightly hit by shot.
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Lot 39: Large curlew carved in the style of Eli Doughty, Cameron McIntyre, Stockton, Maryland.
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Description: Large curlew carved in the style of Eli Doughty, Cameron McIntyre, Stockton, Maryland. "C.T.M" is carved in to the underside. Relief wing carving.
Condition Report: Original paint that has been aged; a few small dents.
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Lot 40: Pair of greenwing teal, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of greenwing teal, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia. Branded and signed. Hen is in rare swimming pose. Relief wing tip carving.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 41: Pair of red breasted mergansers, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of red breasted mergansers, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia. Branded "Cigar".
Condition Report: Original paint with a few small rubs, mostly on drake; very slight paint shrinkage on drake's breast; several short hairline cracks on hen's breast.
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Lot 42: Pair of buffleheads, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of buffleheads, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia. Branded "Cigar".
Condition Report: Near mint original paint; several small paint rubs on hen; small amount of sap has bled through paint on hen.
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Lot 43: Pair of ruddy ducks, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Description: Pair of ruddy ducks, Cigar Daisey, Chincoteague, Virginia. Branded "Cigar".
Condition Report: Original paint with slight wear on most of the decoy; numerous small paint rubs on the underside of each one.
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Lot 44: Exceptionally well carved Canada goose, Cameron McIntyre, Stockton, Maryland.
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Description: Exceptionally well carved Canada goose, Cameron McIntyre, Stockton, Maryland. "C.T.M." carved in the underside. Decoy is carved in the Cobb Island tradition with raised carved "V" wing tips and slightly turned head.
Condition Report: Original paint that has been aged; crack through neck.
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Lot 45: Pair of wood ducks, Bob White, Tullytown, Pennsylvania.
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Description: Pair of wood ducks, Bob White, Tullytown, Pennsylvania. Both have slightly turned heads, carved crossed wing tips and fluted tails. Both retain Bob White weights.
Condition Report: Tiny chip missing from one edge of hen's tail, otherwise very good and original.
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Lot 46: Pair of stylish pintails, Bob White, Tullytown, Pennsylvania.
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Description: Pair of stylish pintails, Bob White, Tullytown, Pennsylvania. Signed and dated 1993. Both have Bob White weights on the underside. Both are carved in the John English style with slightly turned heads, raised "V" wing tip carving and fluted tails.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 47: Pair of hollow carved bluewing teal, Leo McIntosh, Adams New York.
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Description: Pair of hollow carved bluewing teal, Leo McIntosh, Adams New York. Excellent feather paint detail.
Condition Report: Very good and original.
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Lot 47A: Important "humpback" model goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland, circa 1918.
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Description: Important "humpback" model goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland, circa 1918. A sculpturesque carving with the head turned approximately 85 degrees, and exhibiting the Ward's classic exaggerated "humpback" form and wide "paddle tail".
Condition Report: Strong original scratch paint shows moderate wear; a few shot marks on one side of the head; thin chip missing from one side of tail; overall excellent structurally.
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Lot 48: Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers, Chrisfield, Maryland.
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Description: Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers, Chrisfield, Maryland. Balsa bodies. Both have slightly turned heads and are signed and dated 1955. Hen has exceptionally detailed feather painting.
Condition Report: Both are in excellent, near mint condition; drake shows a seam on the underside where two pieces were attached prior to construction; at neck of drake there is a hairline separation where wood filler has seperated from body; both have near mint original p
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Lot 49: Rigmate pair of bluebills, Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland.
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Description: Rigmate pair of bluebills, Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland. 1948 models with balsa bodies. Slightly turned cedar heads and inserted cedar tails. Extra fine paint detail.
Condition Report: Original paint with very minor wear; small plug in balsa is slightly raised on side of hen; small amount of touch up at another raised plug on the opposite side.
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