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Running curlew with carved eyes from Hog Island, Virginia, ca. 1900. Replaced bill.
Running curlew with carved eyes from Hog Island, Virginia, ca. 1900. Replaced bill. $7500
Big, fat yellowlegs by Charles Clark of Chincoteague, Virginia, ca. 1900. Original bill and mostly original paint. $6950
Rare red knot by Joe Lincoln of Accord, Massachusetts. Cold-stamped on the side in tiny letters: "C.R. Purdey." $6500
Roothead curlew by an unknown maker from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, ca. 1915
Roothead curlew by an unknown maker from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, ca. 1915. $3250
Pair of black-bellied plover rigmates from Massachusetts with wonderful paint patterns, branded "C.L. Smith." Running curlew by an unknown Massachusetts maker, branded "Pack." Barely a trace of paint but exquisite form.
Pair of black-bellied plover rigmates from Massachusetts with wonderful paint patterns, branded "C.L. Smith." $3650 Running curlew by an unknown Massachusetts maker, branded "Pack." Barely a trace of paint but exquisite form. $1250
Yellowlegs by Lew Barkelow converted into decoratives after shorebird shooting was outlawed, ca. 1920 Yellowlegs by Lew Barkelow converted into decorative after shorebird shooting was outlawed, ca. 1920. $1895
Pair of yellowlegs used at the Nags Head lighthouse with John Fulcher bodies and wooden bills Pair of plovers from New Jersey, formerly in the Hillman collection
Pair of yellowlegs used at the Nags Head lighthouse with John Fulcher bodies and wooden bills. $2750 Pair of plovers from New Jersey, formerly in the Hillman collection. $495
Red knot from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia with carved eyes and in OP with a wonderful surface patina. Red knot from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia with carved eyes and in OP with a wonderful surface patina.
Red knot from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia with carved eyes and in OP with a wonderful surface patina. Sale Pending
Large black-bellied plover, attributed to "Beasley" from New Jersey. $850
Large 3-piece curlew by an unidentified New Jersey or Long Island maker, ca. 1900 Large 3-piece curlew by an unidentified New Jersey or Long Island maker, ca. 1900
Large 3-piece curlew by an unidentified New Jersey or Long Island maker, ca. 1900. $695
Pair of 3-piece vertically laminated curlews, one with a replaced bill, by an unknown Long Island maker, ca. 1915. Pair of 3-piece vertically laminated curlews, one with a replaced bill, by an unknown Long Island maker, ca. 1915.
Pair of 3-piece vertically laminated curlews, one with a replaced bill, by an unknown Long Island maker, ca. 1915. $595
Golden plover from Massachusetts in original paint with the original bill. Nice running form. Feeding yellowlegs by John Lee Baldwin of Long Island, His motto: "Never worked and never will."
Golden plover from Massachusetts in original paint with the original bill. Nice running form. $1895 Feeding yellowlegs by John Lee Baldwin of Long Island, His motto: "Never worked and never will." $1595
Red knot by Obediah Verity of Seaford, Long Island, New York. Original paint with shot marks and honest gunning wear. A rare species.
Red knot by Obediah Verity of Seaford, Long Island, New York. Original paint with shot marks and honest gunning wear. A rare species. $5500
Running yellowlegs by William Southard of Seaford, Long Island, New York in nice original paint. His shorebirds were made from the limbs of a tree.
Running yellowlegs by William Southard of Seaford, Long Island, New York in nice original paint. His shorebirds were made from the limbs of a tree. $2250
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Black-bellied plover, possibly from the Canadian Maritimes, ca. 1900. Gunners carry hole drilled through the body. $895
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Ruddy turnstone from the well-known Bennett rig, ca. 1990. Coastal New Jersey was one of the few areas in the country where ruddy turnstone decoys were made and used. Old gunning repaint. Excellent paint pattern. $2850
  
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