April 27 & 28, 2006 St. Charles, Illinois
750+ lots. Featuring decoys from the Collections of Alan and Elaine Haid, Jim Stewart, ted Murphy, Annie Cooper, and Tom Fuller. The action gross was just over $3.5 million. Sixty-eight items sold for over $10,000 each and four items sold for over $100,000. Top lot in the sale was a pair of mergansers, circa 1900, by Clinton Keith of Kingston, Massachusetts, which sold at mid estimate for $335,000
Yellowlegs by Fred Nichols
Redhead drake by Bob Jones
Wood duck drake by Elmer Crowell
Canvasback drake by Tom Chambers
Pair of mergansers from Massachusetts
Pintail drake by John R. Wells
"Carriage House" rig mallard drake
American merganser by Shang Wheeler
Redhead drake by Walker Morely
Pair of mergansers by Elmer Crowelll
White heron by Alphonso Tillet
Gray heron by Alphonso Tillet
Black duck by Ira Hudson
Pair of mergansers by Clinton Keith
Merganser hen by Sam Toothacher
Merganser drake by Gus Wilson
Merganser hen by Gus Wilson
Pair of mallards by Charles Perdew
Widgeon hen by Orel Leboeuf
Sanderling by Obediah Verity
Mallard hen by Robert Elliston
Full size blue jay by Elmer Crowell
Mallard hen by Bert Graves
Curlew by Obediah Verity