here - Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild – Harkers Island, NC

Thanks so much for your participation and interest in our Annual Decoy Auction!
This year’s auction was an overwhelming success, highlighted by several choice
lots.
A special thanks goes to all of those who donated and consigned lots to the auction. Without your support, there’d simply be no way to have an auction!
Another tremendous debt of gratitude goes to Timmy Evans and Tim Evans. The
World’s finest father/son tandem never disappoints auction-goers. A special
thanks to them for their donated services and continued, unwavering support for
the Guild.
Lastly, I owe a tremendous amount of appreciation for the volunteers who help
with cataloging, recording, and processing of literally every thing within the auction. Mr. and Mrs. David Guy, Mr. and Mrs Graham White, Mr. Blair Boyd, Mr.
Lee Scripture, Mr. John Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Holder, and Mrs. Callie Luker were all instrumental in the success of this event.
Inside this catalog are posted hammer prices of PHOTOGRAPHED LOTS ONLY.
A complete list is also available, albeit without photos. Noteworthy items within
the auction include:
Jerry Talton-made Wing Goose—$1000
Eldon Willis Redhead—$300
Saunders Geese—$575 and $450
Casey Arthur-made Brant—$350
Ned Burgess Canvas Wigeon—$700
Looking to next year, please consider an important donation or a great consignment!
Warmest Regards,
Chase Luker, Auction Chair
Date: December 5, 2015
Preview Time: 10:00 am
Auction Time 1:00pm
All bidders must register prior to bidding and have an active bidder card and number prior to bidding on any lot.
There is no buyer’s premium
Payment must be made at the auction checkout table, during checkout. Please allow time for decoy sales to be closed out before attempting to make payments.
Payment may be made in cash, check, or credit/debit card.
Lots cannot be shipped or delivered. Decoys must be picked up prior to NOON on
Sunday, December 6, 2015 from the Auction Chair at the Festival.
There are no guarantees made or implied for any item within the auction. Potential bidders should inspect any decoy in which an interest of ownership is maintained and rely solely on their respective experience or that of another buyer. All
items are sold as-is and the sale is finalized upon the fall of the hammer.
The auctioneer reserves the right to accept or refuse any and all bids. Contested
bid decisions are at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer.
Bidding increments are at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer.
Items not meeting reserve will not be sold.
All donations become property of the Guild, sold or unsold.
Unsold consignments will be returned to the consignor within 60 days.
Forrest Walker Canada goose in original paint and canvas. A difficult to find decoy
in very collectible condition.
Roothead canvas covered Canada Goose decoy.
Working replacement head with powder post beetle
damage. Rare canvas covered Ocracoke decoy in
well-used condition
Callie Oneal canvas covered Canada Goose. Striking size
and form with bill repair and replaced canvas. A very good
Coinjock-area decoy.
Joe Hayman goose with replaced canvas and working
repaint. Nice form and posture by the Churches Island
legend.
Joe Hayman goose with replaced canvas
and working repaint. Nice form and posture by the Churches Island legend..
Early Ned Burgess decoy with flat bottom. Working repaint as a blackhead,
loosely attributed to Joe Knapp Rig.
Phenomenal and rare Harry Holmes canvas covered widgeon. A rare Currituck puddle duck in
original paint and canvas, with rigging still in
tact!
Ned Burgess blackhead decoy, appears to be painted as a
hen. Some period filler and old working repairs, with
working overpaint and touchup throughout. Classic form
from Churches Island.
Early Ned Burgess wigeon with flat bottom. Repainted and well-worn, but nice form and surface.
Ned Burgess redhead in repaint and with minor bill repair. Classic shape from the Churches Island legend.
Unknown Currituck County battery decoy. Working repaint, head appears original to the decoy and similar to
work by Wallace O’Neal Jr.
Currituck Sound canvasback, similar to work of O’Neal Family.
Restored paint, replaced head.
Ancient canvasback similar to those used
at the Princess Anne Club in Back Bay,
Virginia. Replaced head and working
repaint.
Linwood Dudley redhead, repainted as a canvasback. Head
could be original.
Linwood Dudley blackhead in working repaint. Glass eyes added at a later
date.
Well-used and heavily gunned decoy with a replaced head similar to those made by St. Clair
Midgette.
Early Back Bay or Northern Currituck
County battery decoy. Body appears to be
Munden Family. Repainted and reheaded.
Unknown Back Bay redhead with wellcarved replacement head and nice surface.
Fun and folksy contemporary coot by Roy White in original
paint.
Dramatically carved curlew by Jon Paxson, aged to appear old.
Yellowlegs carved by David O’Neal of Ocracoke Island.
Superb contemporary black duck by Gary Doviak, former Core
Sound Decoy Festival Poster artist.
Yellowlegs carved by Bernie Corwin, Carteret County. A GENEROUS DONATION TO THIS EVENT!
Striking redhead by Callie O’Neal of Coinjock. Originally
painted as a hen, this decoy is a particularly special example
by O’Neal.
Wilton Walker Redhead with some traces of original paint.
Peele Ballance Canvasback with bill repair and some in use touch-up.
Riddick Family canvasback, working replaced head and over paint
Very old Charles Ballance body, with O’neal family rehead. Used on
Bells Island.
Wright Family canvasback from Southern Currituck Sound. Mixture
of original and working repaint.
Very iconic coot decoy likely attributed the Gallop Brothers. An exceptionally small coot decoy from these famous makers.
Canvas goose from Currituck with replaced head and canvas. Tears to canvas.
A remarkable, early Currituck canvas goose with what appears to
be original canvas. An old bill insert is present. Attributed to Joe
Hayman.
Ned Burgess Canvas Goose with repaint and possible recanvas. Dainty and excellent form.
Joe Hayman goose in working repaint, possible recanvas
Joe Hayman goose in working repaint, possible recanvas
Joe Hayman goose in working repaint, possible
recanvas
Roswell Bliss Longtailed Duck in original paint and condition.
A fine decoy from the Connecticut master.
Good and all original papier mache pintail decoys from
the late 1940’s. These examples are as good as any
found to date.
Mason Factory Canvasback in nice repainted condition.
Herters Model Perfect Canvasback in exceptional condition
Unknown canvasback decoy, likely from Michigan.
Original and good in all respects.
Decoy from the shop of legendary maker, Captain
Harry Jobes.
Important bufflehead decoy by Eldon Willis made for the Sellars
rig. In-use repaint for the rig. A GENEROUS DONATION TO
THIS EVENT!
Unknown Cork Black Duck attributed t Carteret
County. Well carved bill and head.
A good example by Stacy legend Irving Fulcher with
good surface and form.
Very early Dodge factory canvasback with
traces of original paint. Great tackle eyes and
what appears to be original rigging.
Unusual roothead decoy from Carteret County, rigged in
the exact manner of early Calvin and Howard Gaskill decoys
Redhead by Oscar Carroll of Back Bay area. In use repaint, oiled surface.
Later period redhead by Oscar Carroll of Back Bay area.
Repairs to bill and restored period paint.
Large and bold canvasback attributed to both Robert
Morse and Joe Hayman, and could be a collaboration between the two. Paint is a mixture of working repaint and
original.
Unknown, ancient redhead from the Ragged Island area.
Folksy form and nice dry surface.
Ringneck decoy, made in the style of Corolla
area decoys. Branded Cedar Island, with
aged paint. Bold form and exaggerated
crowning on the head.
Shapely canvasback from Corolla area, with
attributions to Solomon Beasley. Well
shaped with working rehead and over paint.
Bold and folksy canvasback decoy from
the late 1800’s Retains it’s ox shoe
weight. Working replaced head and
paint.
Bulky battery canvasback with what appears to
be an Oneal Family head. “T” rigmarker.
Diminutive blackhead from Back Bay.
Strong Dudley characteristics in the
head carving. Replaced head and
working repaint.
Very nice Henley Family Canvasback from Back Bay area. Worn bill,
with original head. Paint is mix of
original and working repaint.
Very good Linwood Dudley redhead with
slight bill repair and largely original paint.
Very bold lines and form.
Large and robust hen battery decoy. Rare
hen redhead. Body appears to be early
Joe Hayman with a working rehead.
Well-crafted factory mallard from what
appears to be the 1930’s. Paint and head
appear to be original.
A wonderful Jerry Talton carving that demonstrates his talent as a carver and painter. A GENEROUS DONATION TO THIS EVENT!
A well-executed decorative wood duck by
the Core Sound legend himself, the late H.
Curt Salter.
A perfect example by legendary H. Curt
Salter and an instant classic in any collection of old-time Carteret County
decoy makers!
Full rig of gunning beach robin decoys made by
Roy Willis. In use wear with losses to paint and
some bill chips. It is unknown whether these birds
were gunned over, but local legend holds that
beach robin hunting was undertaken late into the
1980’s around Core Sound.
Well-carved brant in the style of Mitchell
Fulcher by local decoy maker Casey Arthur.
True-to-style replica of a Lee Dudley
Ruddy Duck from the Chincoteague Museum. The Shelburne Museum deemed
Dudley’s ruddy ducks to be the greatest
decoys ever carved.
Very rare Hambone Twiford redhead in
Hambone’s very own paint. A legend for
his prowess on Currituck Sound, Hambone
was one of the last Churches Island decoy
makers.
As finished Hambone Twiford decoy. Hambone painted very few of his decoys, turning
them over to local hunters without rigging or
paint.
Highly stylized original watercolor of mallards
flushing. Original and good.
Framed 1983 North Carolina State Duck Stamp and Print
very good and original. A GENEROUS DONATION TO
THIS EVENT!
Framed 7th Annual Core Sound Decoy Festival Poster.
A GENEROUS DONATION TO THIS EVENT.
Contemporary New Jersey Black Duck. A GENEROUD DONATION TO THIS EVENT!
Harry Jobes Pintail in very good condition
Nick Sapone Bufflehead in very good condition.
A very rare and extraordinary Charles Edwards Sr. Black Duck in canvas over wire construction.
Original in all respects and from a known rig. Collected only twice, first by none other than
Julian Hamilton Sr.
Legendary teal decoy by Ben Ansell from Ogden Reid’s Flyway Club. History tells collectors
that virtually all of these decoys were lost in a fire, though some did survive . This teal is in
original paint, with slight in-use wear. Portions of paint were slightly affected by the fire, though
this iconic bird’s form sets it apart from other period decoys from the region.
Very folksy canvas goose decoy from Back Bay. Unusual in it’s construction, this decoy has
decades worth of gunning use, paint, and surface. It’s evocative forms lends it to attributions
that include Linwood Dudley, though the maker is unknown at this time.
Spectacular canvas covered Canada Goose by Blanton Saunders. Appears to be original in every
singular respect. Nice dry surface, with familiar, well carved head. This decoy is a perfect complement to any collection of Currituck County decoys.
Scarce, fine example of a Jon Lupton canvas redhead hen. A canvas decoy in condition as
preserved as this is monumental enough, though it’s species and assignment as a hen make
this decoy even more incredible. This decoy was collected first by Julian Hamilton Sr. and is
an important part of Carteret County’s canvas tradition.
Extra-graceful Ned Burgess canvas-covered goose decoy. Despite decades of paint and wear,
even Burgess’ sturdiest decoys have stood time’s test. This example has particularly stylish
lines and well-carved features.
Ultra-rare and iconic George Scarborough goose in ancient, well-worn condition with great surface and exceptional form. In a market flush with good canvas geese, Scarborough’s geese are
some of the most difficult to collect!
While Lister Cartwright is known for his canvas-covered geese, it’s his coots that draw the
most discerning eyes. Dainty and cute, this wonderful example by Cartwright is the definition of classic. Appropriate coats of working repaint have created an appealing surface, indicative of this decoy’s age.
Fitzhugh Munden’s coots are some of the most favored decoys to come from the Back Bay and
Currituck areas. Very folksy, but well-constructed, these decoys appear in only the strongest collections of Southern Decoys and Folk Art.
William Bowden’s “gorilla” head decoys are some f the most fascinating and recognizable North
Carolina decoys, but few have as bold of an appearance as this decoy. Alert, well carved head
and sleek lines, this decoy appears to maintain it’s original head and working paint. Some lifting
has occurred to the iron components, creating some separation to wood grain and occasional
paint loss throughout.
Bogue Sound’s very own Dewey Salter may be Carteret County’s most memorable decoy
maker. He made hundreds of decoys, and many are still used in hunting rigs today. This redhead features atypically splendid form with original paint and is attributed to his personal
stand.
There may be no better example extant of a Marvin Midgette canvas-covered wigeon in a collection today. Beautiful surface on what appears to be the original canvas and paint. Well-crafted
head and terrific Dare County form!
Canvas-covered goose by Blanton Saunders—a very early canvas goose with nice canvas and
working touch-up paint. Subtly carved head in dramatic form in a touch to find condition!
One of the finest Linwood Dudley decoys to ever come to the market—outstanding shape and
form, only two coats of old paint and formerly in the collection of legendary decoy collector/
investor Ed Johnson.
While it’s the canvas geese and battery style decoys that made Burgess a household name,
it’s perfectly executed canvas ducks that truly signify Burgess’ place near the top of America’s greatest decoy makers. Nary a flaw in form and shape, the well-worn surface and
crackled paint represent hundreds of hunts on Currituck Sound in waterfowling’s Golden
Era.
Eldon Willis Redhead from the late 1930’s in working repaint. Nice upright form and classic
shape from one of Carteret County’s most iconic makers.
Very folksy and solid pair of goldeneye decoys, a hen and drake. Bakelite eyes and folksy paint
patterns.
Very fine Burgess-like canvas-covered Canada Goose. The bill insert may be a working replacement and the canvas could also be replaced. Nevertheless, the surface and form are certainly
striking and noteworthy.
Core Sound style redhead by Walter “Brother” Gaskill. Tough to collect, Gaskill’s decoys are
recognized as some of the best ever made, and his Core Sound style decoys are unique and original.
Romie Waterfield Canvasback
Vintage print of Portsmouth Island Clubhouse, in very early frame, believed to have been collected from Portsmouth. Fine Greek Revival remarks appoint the frame and maintains a nice
patinated and painted surface
Interesting porcelain advertising featuring a barnyard goose. Excellent surface with a few paint
chips as expected. This lot also includes a signed and numbered print of a wood duck not pictured).
Vintage original painting, appears to be completed in oil, depicting a Sea Gull.
Contemporary Canvasback
Wayne Davis Canvasback