Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148379. Lot of five black duck heads. Four are by the same maker and one is attributed to Stephen Verity. All are in overall excellent original paint. Found together with the two pintails and broadbill in lots 235, 236, and 237. 200-400 380. Early red-breasted merganser hen from the Seaford, Long Island area. Inlet head with carved crest and nicely formed bill. Carved eyes. Early, attractive working repaint with a scattering of small surface imperfections, mostly on right side. 400-600 Provenance: Gordon and Virginia Hayes collection. 381. Goldeneye drake from Long Island, NY. Much of body left in natural cork. Tight grain check or crack through head. Purchased in the July, 1973 sale of the Mackey collection. Retains the Mackey stamp on the keel. Keel deeply branded “LAWS??” (Presumably “Lawson” with some letters under the lead weight). 200-300 Provenance: Robinson collection 382. Canvas over wooden frame goose by Oscar Verity of Long Island. Original paint on body with possibly some in use touch up to the white on the head. Very good condition. Bottom branded “McCabe”. Still retains the pencil lines used in construction on the bottom. Old collector tag on bottom indicates that Oscar lived from 1867-1944 and he also made Seaford skiffs. Verity made a rig of twelve of these geese in the 1920’s for a friend. For a nearly identical example see pp22 and 23 in “Canvas Decoys of North America” by Johnson. 250-450 Provenance: Macallister collection 383. Excellent goldeneye hen by Chancy (b1904) Patterson of Wellesley Island, New York. Well carved with excellent original paint. Nicely blended painted feather detail. Bottom is unpainted, typical for Patterson, and once had a recessed, tear drop, weight. Bottom has stamped “1079” and the carved rig mark of “H”. Two thin straight line checks in bottom. 300-500 Provenance: Macallister collection 384. Goldeneye pair by Julius Mittlesteadt of Buffalo, N.Y. Old check in bill with small nail repair. Original pad weight. In original paint with some in use touchup possibly to the white on speculums of the drake and to the black under the tail. Moderate gunning wear on both with more wear to hen. 250-450 379(5) 380 381 382 383 384(PR) detail 94