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82 Two Carl Christiansen (b. 1958) Brown Trout Decoys Newberry, MI, c. 1980 An eleven-inch and a five-inch decoy each with glass eyes and metal fins. The larger decoy has a metal tail, the smaller has a wood. Both are initialed “CC” on the underside. Original condition. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $200 - $300
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83 Two Fish Decoys And Book Minnesota and Michigan, c. 1930 and 1950 An old four-inch-long fish decoy and a newer, longer Michigan style decoy. A 1986 first edition copy of the book The Fish Decoy signed by all three Kimball authors, numbered 420. The red-headed decoy has in-use wear and missing fins. The other is in original paint. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $100 - $200
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84 Two Veron Baggs, Sr. (1925-1985) Michigan Fish Kalkaska, MI, c. 1970 Both are approximately ten inches long with painted eyes and metal fins and tails. Original paint with light wear from handling. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $100 - $200
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85 Two William Flanigan (1917-1970) Fish Decoys Staples, MN, c. 1960 A seven-inch-long and a five-and-one-half-inch-long decoy with rounded metal fins and tails, displaying wood-burned lines and dots. Original condition. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $100 - $200
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86 Two Ben Chosa (1929-2007) Fish Decoys Lac du Flambeau, WI, c. 1986 and 1998 Two decoys, one measuring seven and one-half inches, the other six and one-half iches. Both have glass eyes, metal fins, curved tails, and are signed and dated on the underside by this Native American Ojibway carver. Original paint with light wear from use. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $200 - $300
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87 Large Alton “Chub” Buchman (1916-1989) Fish Decoy Mt. Clemens, MI, c. 1950 A seventeen-inch-long decoy with a small carved mouth, glass eyes, a wooden tail, and metal fins. Restored and repainted by Frank Finney from Pungo, VA. Minimal wear from handling. provenance:
Malcolm Burnham Rowe Collection By descent in the family to the current owner $200 - $400
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