Sale Name: CSWM&HC - 2017 Heritage Auction - Waterfowl Weekend
LOT 18 - Excellent Blackhead (Lesser Scaup) decoy made by a combination of Stacy carvers. Lot includes a pristine boxed Waterfowl Heritage book.
Description
Exceedingly rare and beautiful blackhead wing duck decoy made and used by Eldon Willis, Monnie Willis, Howard Pittman, and Jasper Golden, circa 1940. This bird is published in Neal Conoley`s Waterfowl Heritage, North Carolina Decoys and Gunning Lore, page 263. A new, boxed, limited Edition copy of this book numbered 82 of 200 is included with the decoy. This book has become highly collectible. Decoy donation by Jackie Booth, hunter and collector with family roots Down East and book contribution from author, Neal Conoley, both of them generous supporters of the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center.
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