Over 460 lots
Auction will include 460 decoys and decoratives with several important examples by Elmer Crowell. Other makers include Charles Walker, Nichols, Avanns, Dodge, Hays, Evans, Wildfowler, Harris, Wragg and Burrell, Buchanan, Wilkins, Lincoln, Whitney, Collins, Nickerson, Morton, F. Adams, Ward Bros., Jester, Daisey, Schultz, Carney, Hudson, James Holly, McKinney, Currier, Mitchell, Dye, Chester, Urie, Jobes, Hayward, Borrett, McNair, Sparre, Melbye, Burr, Lapham, Mirando, Gibbs, Chadwick, Stuart, Wilson, Horner, Shourds, Libensperger, Carman, Bennett, Garton, Foote, Clark, Lawrence, Haertel, Miller, Glassford, Hawthorne, Scheeler, Zachman, Koelpin, Barton, McLoughlin, West, Havel, Ducharme, Clark, Graves, Elliston, Perdew, other Illinois River makers, Lipke, Coombs, Lashbrook, Schmidt, Wakefield, Walton, Resop, Strey, One-arm Kellie, Louisiana decoys and factory decoys.
Life size grouse by Arnold Melbye.
Life size cedar waxwing by Crowell. West Collection.
Humpback whale by Gus Mirando.