Annual Spring Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
April 27 & 28, 2023
The Westin Chicago Lombard
Lombard, Illinois
| - Guaranteed Condition Reports - Approximately 650 Investment quality decoys & related items. - Quality consignments accepted until February 20 or until full. |
Featuring decoys and sporting art from the collections of:
George & Miriam Van Walleghem - The most important fish decoy collection ever to come to auction
Herb Desch - The finest selection of Wisconsin decoys every offered in a single sale
Jonathan & Virginia Chua
D.C. North
Jack Milne
Davis Pearson
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 Important oversize black duck by the Caines Brothers |
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 One of the finest Charles Bergman teal to ever be offered |
 Outstanding wood duck by Jim Schmiedlin |
 Black duck by Shang Wheeler |
 Large and important owl decoy by Charles Perdew |
 Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers |
 Sleeping mallard hen by Bert Graves |
 Extremely rare pair of bluewing teal by Nate Quillin |
 Wood duck hen by Ferd Homme |
 18" fish decoy by Hans Janner. One side painted as walleye, other painted as trout |
 14.5" long bass fish decoy by Hans Janner |
 11.75" long trout by Hans Janner |
 12" rock bass fish decoy by Hans Janner |
 16.5 " long pike fish decoy by Ted Vandenbosche |
 Feeding yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes |
 Canada goose by Thomas Chambers |
 Canada goose by John Reeves |
 Canada goose by George Warin |
 Canvasback hen by John Schweikart |
 Stick-up black duck by John Tax |
 Pintail by Walter Pelzer |
 Wood duck hen from Ontario |
 Fat jaw style goldeneye by the Ward Brothers |
 Golden plover from Massachusetts |
 Black duck by Nathan Cobb, Jr. |
 Brant by Joseph Lincoln |
 Standing redhead by Ira Hudson |
 Bluebill by Ferdinand Bach |
 Canvasback by Ferdinand Bach |
 Pair of redheads by Nate Quillen |
 Pair of bluewing teal by Robert Elliston |
 Yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes |
 Canvasback by Joseph Sieger |
 Watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley. 19" x 15" |
 Gouache, A.B. Frost. 10.25" x 13.25" |
Golden winged warbler by Elmer Crowell |
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Fresh to the market Delaware River mallards |
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Merganser by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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Turned head plover |
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Lowhead black duck by Walter Lowry |
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Pair of canvasbacks by Frank Resop |
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2/3 size pair of pintails by the Ward Brothers |
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Unique frog and dragonfly carving by Frank Finney |
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Pair of band-tailed pigeon by Harold Haertel |
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Pair of pintails by Marty Hanson |
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Greenwing teal by William Schultz |
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Pair of Canada geese by Marty Hanson |
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Scoter by Jim Schmiedlin |
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Scoter by Jim Schmiedlin |
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Crow on pumpkin with mice carving by William Gibian |
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Canvasback hen by Thomas Chambers |
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Fish plaque by John Tax |
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Canvasback by Thomas Chambers |
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Pair of canvasbacks by Ed "One Arm" Kelly |
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Bluebill by George Warin |
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Pair of red breasted mergansers by Cigar Daisey |
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Hudsonian curlew by Jess Hepron |
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Black bellied plover by Elmer Crowell |
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Black duck by Nathan Cobb, Jr. |
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Pair of pintails by Walter Lowery |
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Bluebill by Nathan Cobb, Jr. |
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Pair of mallards by John R. Wells |
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Goldeneye hen by John Schweikart |
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Canvasback hen by John Schweikart |
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Canada goose by Ben Schmidt |
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Oil on canvas, Harry Curieux Adamson. 21.5" x 27.5 |
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15.5" x 21.5" |
Oil on canvas, A.F. Tait. |
17.5" x 28" |
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Watercolor, Churchill Ettinger. 14" x 20.5" |
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Watercolor, Chet Reneson. |
17.5" x 28" |
17.5" x 28" |
Gouache on board, David Maass. 23.5" x 29.5" |
23.5" x 35.5" |
24" x 35.5" |
Watercolor, James Sessions. 21.25" x 31" |
14" x 21" |
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Willet by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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Robin snipe by Daniel Lake Leeds |
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Sanderling by Daniel Lake Leeds |
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Eider with mussel in bill by Gus Wilson |
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9" sucker fish decoy by an unknown carver |
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12.5" perch fish decoy by Horace "Bart" Perkins |
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12.5" long trout fish decoy by Ken Bruning |
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6.5" trout fish decoy by Tom Schroeder |
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Mallard hen by Charles Perdew |
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Pair of standing wood ducks by William Gibian |
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Pintail by Robert Elliston |
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Cocked head black duck by Gus Wilson |
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