Featuring the final sale of decoys from the
William J. Mackey, Jr. family holdings
April 25 & 26, 2019 Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
Pheasant Run | 4051 E. Main Street | St. Charles, Illinois | 630-584-6300
Featuring the decoys and sporting art from the collections of Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Don Kirson,
William J. Mackey, Jr.,
Doug & Ellen Miller, David Meyer, Dick Stephenson, and Ron Swanson
Contact Pheasant Run and mention the Guyette & Deeter block to book a hotel room at a discounted rate
Held in conjunction with the National Antique Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show. Approximately 700 investment quality decoys & related items. Absentee bidding, phone bidding, and online bidding through Invaluable will be available at this sale. Consignments now being accepted for our Summer and Fall auctions.
Guaranteed Condition Reports.
Buyer's Premium 18%.
Consignments accepted until March 6 or until full.
Click here for our terms and conditions, as well has the phone/absentee bid form
Preview Sections
New England | Midwest | Mid Atlantic | Southern | Pac Coast | Factory | Shorebirds | Canada | Mini's & Deco
Paintings | Fish and Calls | Other
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 Very important "look down swan" by John Williams. Mackey collection. Exhibited at the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences in 1966 in Manhattan |
 Rare preening mallard hen by Gus Wilson |
 Rare brant by Charles Birch |
 Important hollow carved herring gull by Harry V. Shourds. Mackey collection. |
 Rare rigmate pair of mergansers by John Dawson. Mackey collection. |
 Very rare hollow wood duck by Tom Chambers |
 Pintail by Ira Hudson |
 Egret from Maryland or North Carolina. Mackey collection |
 Important ruddy turnstone by John Dilley. Mackey collection |
 Exceedingly rare special order willet by the Mason Decoy Factory. 14.25" long |
 Exceptional preening greenwing teal drake by Mitchell LaFrance |
 Pair of mallards by Charles Perdew |
 Preening mallard hen by Bert Graves |
 Sanderling by Elmer Crowell. Mackey collection |
 Very rare ruddy turnstone by William Bowman. Mackey collection |
 Very rare feeding robin snipe by Obediah Verity. Mackey collection |
 Very rare preening brant by Albert Laing. Mackey collection |
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Bluewing teal hen from Toronto Harbor |
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Pintail drake from Long Point, Ontario |
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Original sketchs by Larry Hayden |
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Rare duck call by Kinney & Harlow |
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Brant by Ira Hudson. From the Kruger rig. |
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Part of a selection of decoys by Jim Schmiedlin |
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Full size flying goldeneye by Chauncey Wheeler |
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1925 US Cartridge Shells Calendar. 34.5" x 16". |
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Oil on board by Harry Adamson, 23.5" x 29.5" |
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Oil on board by Francis Jaques. 15.5" x 11.5" |
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Very rare 22" x 15" pheasant plaque by Oscar Peterson |
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Root head yellowlegs from North Carolina. Mackey collection. |
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Early curlew from Cape May, New Jersey. Mackey collection. |
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Yellowlegs in content pose, similar to the work of William Bowman. Mackey collection. |
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Large willet by Charles Thomas |
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Part of a good selection of duck calls |
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Black duck by the Ward Brothers |
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1936 model canvasback hen by Ward Brothers |
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Redhead by Charles Reeves |
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Fish decoys by Oscar Peterson. |
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Part of a good selection of fish decoys |
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Unusual mallard book ends by the Ward Brothers |
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Early pair of teal by Paul Lipke |
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Large willet by Melvin Gardner Lawrence. Mackey collection |
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Root head yellowlegs from Mackey collection |
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Early canvasback by Elmer Crowell. Mackey collection |
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Part of a good selection of Mark McNair duck decoys |
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Pair of miniature mallards by Charles Perdew |
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Rigmate pair of bluewing teal by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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1936 canvasback by the Ward Brothers |
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Pair of mergansers from Massachusetts. Mackey collection |
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Preening shorebird from the Mackey collection |
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Yellowlegs by Ira Hudson. Mackey collection |
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Black bellied plover from Nantucket |
Running sanderling by Obediah Verity |
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Canvasback drake John Schweikart |
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Very rare black bellied plover by Daniel Demott |
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Pair of widgeon by George Kessler |
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Very rare long neck canvasback by Isaiah Brown |
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Hollow pintail hen similar to the work of J.R. Wells |
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Very rare pair of buffleheads by Charles Huff |
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Mallard drake by Charles Walker |
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