St. Clair Flats (Canada) Canvasback $75   Western Ontario and the vast marshes and mud flats around Lake St. Clair teemed with waterfowl in the late 1800’s and...

Cape Cod Preening Black Duck $95   Based on another Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) decoy from Doc Starr’s collection, this is a classic decoy, and certainly Crowell...

Michigan Wigeon $85 Ben Schmidt (1884-1968) was probably the most prolific decoy maker in the Detroit- Lake St. Clair region. In his lifetime he made thousands of...

Stratford, CT Bluebill $85 Much like there was a “Blair School” of decoy carving in the Delaware River region, there is a style of decoy that evolved around...

Knott’s Island Ruddy Duck $75   When I set out to do my “Classic Miniature” decoy collection , this Dudley Ruddy Duck was at the top of my list. It was...

Cobb Island Bufflehead $75 In the “Shorebird” section of the Decoy” page of this website I gave a brief history of Cobb Island decoys. The decoy pictured here...

Illinois River Pintail $95   Decoys from the Illinois River region are among the most sought after examples of the decoy makers’ art. Entire books have been dedicated...

Crisfield, Maryland Canvasback $85 Any mention of Crisfield decoys brings several names to mind: Noah Sterling, Lloyd Tyler, Travis Ward and his two sons, Lem (1896-1984)...

Delaware River Pintail $95 The miniature decoy pictured here is a drake Pintail copied from a working decoy by John Blair, Sr. (1842-1928) of Philadelphia, and later...

Chincoteague Woodie $95   This funky looking Wood Duck is a pretty close replica of an Ira Hudson miniature that I once had in my collection and can be seen on...

Large Cobb Style Curlew $650

Crowell Yellowlegs $500

Cobb Robin Snipe $350 A history of the Cobb family usually fills a large chapter in many of the decoy books. For the most insightful and detailed history of the...

Sleeping Sandpiper $250 Over the years I have seen just a handful of sleeping or preening shorebird decoys. Often they were among a rig or group of birds crafted...

“Verity” Style Peep #043 $275 Shorebird decoys rarely turn up in original paint unless they were never used for hunting. Often the working decoys were...

“Burr” Style Piping Clover $300 This diminutive little bird is a reproduction of a decoy that I saw for the first time in an early decoy auction catalog,...

“William Bowman” Black Bellied Plover $650

Ruddy Turnstone $600

Semi-Palmated Plover $300

Wigeon – Straight Head from my personal hunting rig $400 This drake Wigeon is my own design, but is a pretty standard decoy in terms of attitude and head position....