Hurley Conklin Manahawkin New Jersey 1913-93 Noted decoy maker Conklin is known for both his Ducks,Geese and Brant decoys as well as great renditions of Shorebirds. Here is a Hollow cedar Curlew about 14 inches long with a wonderful attidue. Birds like this are hard to find and especially in good condition. They are the "blue chip stock " of the decoy world, always good and never lose their value.

sold

Two more Hurley Conklin shorebirds and these are a definite rarity, a Black Belied Plover and a  Ruddy TurnstoneYellowlegs are his most common birds and here is a chance to get two of his rarest reasonably along with his signature.

$600.00 for the pair 305# or best offer

• If you don't want to spend 12,000 for a curlew spend $225 from Ken Kirby almost exactly like a real H V Shourds  but $250.00

Russ Allen Oceanville New Jersey A super piece of Jersey Folk art by a very collectible artist. Russ is a noted restorer but his carving work is great and very difficult to get. This is a wonderful folky shorebird peep like in size and a very distressed finish. .

$225.00 307#

I think this a Wildfowler copy of a Mason Curlew perhaps Saybrook. It is devoid of paint but you can see where the old paint had been applied. The patina on it is the nicest I have seen of any old bird. It features an iron bill with glass eyes and just a dynamite finish.The body is 12 inches long and 9 inches high a great piece of folk art. Maybe according to the new Dodge book  its a Dodge.

relisted $850.00

Here is a magnificent pair matched of sanderlings from Mass. coast /Cape Cod  in total original paint. They are in super condition and especially hard to find in matched pairs like this actually super difficult. The bills are original and if you look on page 42 of Mackey's book you will find a Yellowleg by this same maker. I have been informed they may be David Goodspeed from Duxburry Mass and out of the  Wakeman Collection but I am not sure. This is the first time I have tried to sell them and they would be a focal paint of any collection a terrific pair of shorebirds.

$7000.00 for the pair  special new price 310# intro to Bill Masengarbs website

Russ Allen Oceanville New Jersey One of the best folk artists in the state today. A dynamic small shorebird probably a lesser yellowleg with an unbelievable old finish. About 8 inches and just great and also very rare. Russ doesn't get a chance to carve as much as he would like since he is a full time restorer.

$300.00 repriced 312#

Bradford Salmons 1864-1928 Staffordville New Jersey One of Jersey's early carvers. Brad won a medal (from his son's interview in 1968) at a show in New Yorkin 1904. He is famous for his split tail birds Here is a mint Yellowleg by a rare shorebird carver. This is the nicest one I have ever seen and is in total original paint and looks to be the original bill Yellowlegs were hunted in NJ until 1934 legally  a great piece of Jersey Folk Art

4500.00 #707

This is a wonderfull Cape Cod plover. A super carving very diminutive and possesses a great old finish. I don't know the name of the maker but it is very Crowell looking. Judging from the paint it appears to be from the 40's a great piece

repriced at $550.00 319#  or best offer

Here are a trio of yellowlegs  made by an unknown maker from the Longport area of New Jersey. They are all in original paint and in wonderful condition especially for being around 100 years old. The middle bird must have been carved at a later date or for some sort of primitive competion between carvers since it shows a little more sanding and sleekness. This area of the Jersey coast(just south of Atlantic City) has been the home of some of the nicest shorebird carvings to emerge from Jersey. I have seen 3 or 4 more of thse birds by the same carver and they are all the same paint and style.

Enjoy thse birds

$2000.00   323#  for all three and the heavy steel stand made for them