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Excellent Scott Pintail Pair
Only a couple of very minor rubs keep this pair from being "mint". A rigmate pair of nearly mint pintails by the Scott Cork Decoy Company, Stockton, CA, C. 1950's. The anchors are original Scott as well. The west coast or factory collector would be hard pressed to find a better pair of Scott pintails. Price: $250
Nicky Decoy Company Pintail
Nice original paint pintail drake by the Nicky Decoy Company (Fairfield, California), C. 1930's. There is some paint loss on the chest and wear on the tail. Ink stamped "Nicky DecoyNo. 29993" on the bottom. Palm frond body with Herter's pine head. See page 262-263 of North American Factory Decoys by Trayer as well as 313-314 of Widlfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast by Miller and Hanson. Price: $200
Dick Janson Mallard Pair
Very stylish and early pair of mallards by Richard "Fresh Air
Dick" Janson (Sonoma, CA). All original paint and condition. A very rare opportunity for the seasoned collector.
Please see my bilgraphy section for detailed information on Janson. SOLD Early Ed Snyder Pintail Sleeper
Early Ed Snyder (Rio Vista, CA) decoys are nearly impossible to obtain.
Here's a great opportunity at a solid carved balsa, pintail hen sleeper in excellent all original paint and condition circa
1940's.
Beautiful Decorative Roger Barton Pintail
Early (1962) decorative pintail by Roger Barton of San Francisco, CA.
Price: Martin Humphrys Canvasback Pair
This exact pair of Martin Humphrys (San Francisco, CA) canvasbacks, c. 1925
are shown in figure 7.182 of Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast by Miller and Hanson. The hen is in good
original paint and the drake appears to have been taken down to mostly original paint. Another rare pair of early California
decoys. Price:
Martin Humphrys Bluebill
Bluebill drake by Martin Humphrys (San Francisco, CA) c. 1925. Humphrys is discussed in Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast by Miller and Hanson. The head is in worn original paint and the body has been repainted. Price: $350
Tom Dailey Canvasback Pair
Dailey decoys are among the earliest of any California decoy. Many date to the turn of the century. This pair of canvasbacks was purchased from Dailey himself in 1926. The paint is old working and is c. 1940's. The original shoe button eyes are intact. Great historical pair of California decoys. See Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast, page 191, Decoy Magazine March/April 1996 and The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, page 267. Price: $600
Josephus Roesling Canvasback
Miller and Hanson's Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coaststate "The
most stylish decoys carved in the East Bay were those carved by Joe Roesling of Alameda." This canvasback, c. 1920, is
in great structural condition and the paint has been painstakingly restored by Larry Rucker. A very rare and early California
decoy. Price: Herman "Junky" Fuhrmann Pintail
Herman August "Junky" Fuhrmann (Berkeley, CA) drake pintail, c. 1940
in great original paint. Cork on board construction with inserted boxwood tail. See pages 223-224 of Wildfowl
Decoys of the Pacific Coast by Miller and Hanson for additional information on this colorful early SF Bay area decoy
maker. Price: Joe Cerruti Pintail
Wonderful
Joe Cerruti (San Francisco, CA) drake pintail, c. 1930's. Mostly good original paint and condition. Most of the
white is in old working repaint as is common on these decoys. Cerruti is discussed in detail on pages 188-189 of Wildfowl
Decoys of the Pacific Coast by Miller and Hanson. Price: Frank Willis Canvasback
A 2/3 size (12" in length) canvasback drake by Frank Willis of
Redwood City, CA, c. 1960's. Branded "FW" and signed by the maker. Slightly turned head, carved shoulders
and excellent paint detail. See the July/August 2009 issue of Decoy Magazine for a great article on Frank Willis (1918-1997)
by Paul Mazzilli. Willis decoys are not easy to come by. This one is a special order as his brochure did not indicate
canvasback as an option in the 2/3 size model. A very stylish California decoy. Price: $150
Goertz Drake Bluebill
Great little bluebill in good all original paint by George Goertz (Alameda,
CA), c. 1930's. See Miller and Hanson's "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast" pages 225-228 as well as
our article on Goertz in the November-December 2008 issue of "Hunting and Fishing Collectibles" magazine
and the "Wildfowl Carving and Collecting" magazine article in the Fall 1987 issue. Very rare California
decoys. Solid redwood construction with heavy rasping. Price: $750 Goertz Bluebill Pair
Stylish pair of bluebills in good all original paint by George Goertz
(Alameda, CA), c. 1920's - 1930's. See Miller and Hanson's "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast"
pages 225-228 as well as our article on Goertz in the November-December 2008 issue of "Hunting and Fishing Collectibles"
magazine and the "Wildfowl Carving and Collecting" magazine article in the Fall 1987 issue. Very rare
California decoys. Solid redwood construction. The hen is signed by the maker and dated 1929. Price: $1,500 George Goertz Sleeping Canvasback Pair
Stylish pair of sleeping canvasbacks in good all original paint by
George Goertz (Alameda, CA), c. 1940's. See Miller and Hanson's "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast"
pages 225-228 as well as our article on Goertz in the November-December 2008 issue of "Hunting and Fishing Collectibles"
magazine and the "Wildfowl Carving and Collecting" magazine article in the Fall 1987 issue. Very
rare California decoys. Balsa body construction. Signed by the maker and dated 1947. Price: $1,500 Rare Janson High-Necked
Sprig
Very rare high-necked pintail
by Fresh-Air Dick Janson. Please see my biographies page for detailed information on this most influential western decoy
maker. Paint has had professional restoration. Price: $2200 Dick Janson Hen Pintail
Nice pintail hen by Richard
"Fresh Air Dick" Janson. See my biographies page for additional information on the maker. Professional
paint restoration by Larry Rucker. Price: $1100 Early Zalesky Pintail Pair
Excellent all original pair
of pintails by Larry Zalesky (Vallejo, CA). Balsa body construction. A matched rigmate pair circa 1940's. Price:
$1200. Joe Cerruti Pintail 1
Wonderful Joe Cerruti (San Francisco, CA) drake pintail. Good original paint and condition.
Cerruti is discussed in detail on pages 188-189 in Miller and Hanson's, Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast. Constructed on salvaged redwood railroad ties. Circa 1930's. Measures 17.5"
in length. Price: $1100 Joe Cerruti Pintail 2
Another great pintail by Joe
Cerruti circa 1930's. This one is a bit longer than the one above (19" in length). Pain it original with
the exception of the white, which appears to be old in use overpaint by the maker himself. Very rare opportunity on
these stylish California decoys. Price: $2000 Dick Janson Joyce Island Gun Club Canvasback
This one's seen some real action. A solid drake canvasback by Richard "Fresh Air Dick" Janson. Mostly worn original paint. Branded "JIGC" for Joyce Island Gun Club (Suisun Marsh area of the San Francisco Bay area). The bill does appear to be repaired professionally. Price: $2,000
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