July 29 & 30, 2006 - Boston, Massachusetts
450+ lots. Featuring decoys from the collections of Peter & Janet Van Trigt and Tom Fuller. The action gross was $2,650,000. 66 lots sold for over $10,000 each, 33 lots sold for over $20,000 and 1 lot sold for over $200,000 for an average of over $5000 per selling lot. This auction featured decoys from the collection of Pete & Janet Van Trigt. Top lot in the sale was a pair of mallards by Bert Graves of Peoria, Illinois, which sold over estimate for $214,000.
Yellowlegs by Elmer Crowell
Pair of flying mallards by Chauncey Wheeler
Set of 12 miniatures by Elmer Crowell
Wood duck from Maine
Wood duck by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of mallards by Charles Schoenheider, Sr.
Pair of pintails by Mitchell LaFrance
Canvasback drake by Ferdinand Bach
Canada goose by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Canvasback drake by Mark Whipple
Bluebill by the Ward Brothers
Preening scoter by Gus Wilson
Pintail hen by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pintail drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Swan by the Mason Decoy Factory
Canada goose by Charles Birch
Canada goose by Clark Madara
Canada goose by Albert Terry
Merganser by Gus Wilson
Pair of oversized mallards by Bert Graves
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Canvasback drake by Enoch Reindahl
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Pair of mergansers by Willie Ross
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Pair of mallards by Hiram Hotze
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Bluegill fish plaque by Oscar Peterson
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Merganser drake by William Backmann
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Mallard drake by Harvey Stevens
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Pair of canvasbacks by John Schweikart
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Eskimo curlew from the Fox rig
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Pair of wood ducks by Albert White
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