Annual 2010 Summer Auction

 July 26-27   Monday and Tuesday

Preview July 25  Sunday

Dealer "BUY, SELL & SWAP" Sunday July 25 Noon to 8pm and Monday 8am to 4pm

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Please Use theodores.harmon@comcast.net Email For Photos and Correspondence   Phone-508-362-2766 

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Newly listed ADDENDA lots (click here) for printable addenda

Catalog $37.00. Add $14.00 for express delivery

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Plan to attend our exciting Annual Summer Auction while taking advantage of all that beautiful Cape Cod has to offer! Your family can enjoy activities such as  hiking, bird watching, photography, fishing, shopping, summer theatre, fine dining and much, much more. Take the Hyline or Steamship Authority ferry service to visit Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, antique along Cape Cod’s historic King’s Highway (Rt. 6A) on the North shore or meander along Rt. 28 on the South shore.  · CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: www.capecodchamber.org  The Cape Codder Hotel and Conference Center in Hyannis once again hosts this year’s auction and traditional Cape Cod Clambake for collectors and dealers.  www.capecodderresort.com There is a special room rate and a block of rooms set aside for those participating in the 3-day event.   Call toll free (888) 297-2200 to make your reservations now and mention Decoys Unlimited Inc.                                                         Important Decoys Sold by Our Firm at Auction Joseph B. French We are honored to announce that we will be offering the miniature collections of the revered collector and our late dear friend, Joseph Bard French of Marathon, Florida. Along with Joe's miniatures will be shorebirds and duck decoys by Harry Shourds, Elmer Crowell, and George Boyd, Robert Morse, Thomas Wilson, and Harold Gibbs.  These choice pieces, many of which have been pictured in Decoy Magazine by Joe Engers and Hunting and Fishing Collectibles by Stan Van Etten as well as a small selection of decoys by other makers. This collection of choice American bird decoys and miniatures will be dispersed in it's entirety in our Annual Summer Auctions, starting in 2010. Preview Click Below                                Winthrop and Margaret Scott Carter We are pleased to announce that our firm was chosen to disperse the fine decoy collection of  the late Win & Margaret “Scotty” Carter, of Portsmouth, NH, and Chatham, MA in our Annual July 2010 Summer Auction.  Win and "Scotty" were two of our first "customers" and became two of our dearest friends.  We first met in the early 1970’s when we were collecting and dealing part time in bird decoys.  It was always a treat to stop in to see them in Hollis NH and later in their home and shop on Market Street in Portsmouth, NH.  Win and Scotty were well known and respected in the antique world and fixtures in the original New Hampshire Antigue Dealer’s Show in Manchester, NH.  After collecting and dealing in decoys for many years they began to focus on the works of Seabrook, NH, decoy maker George Boyd.  In fact, Win Carter collaborated with his good friend Ray Egan, on a marvelous little booklet that featured the work of George Boyd.    Preview  Click Below For a full color catalog send a check or money order for $37.00 (add $14 for Next Day Priority Mail) to: Decoys Unlimited Inc., PO Box 206, West Barnstable, MA 02668 or call (508) 362-2766 or e-mail theodores.harmon@comcast.net Important NOTICE TO ALL  The following persons are authorized to accept consignments for Decoys Unlimited Inc.  William Lapointe, James King, Steven Weaver and Raymond Lynch. If there are any questions or concerns please contact Ted Harmon. Thank You        Note: Our firm has maintained appraisals on these decoys and many others of this quality over the last 40 years. If you require appraisal services for insurance or estate reasons we would be happy to discuss it with you.                   NEWS "The A E Crowell Foundation is now a 501(c)3 status retroactive to 2005" A. E. CROWELL AMERICAN BIRD DECOY FOUNDATION 501 c 3                     THE WORKSHOP WHEN CROWELL WAS ACTIVE                      THE WORKSHOP IN SPRINGTIME A. E. Crowell American Bird Decoy Foundation Inc. is now a registered non profit corporation in MA. Click to see the progress made in dismantling the original Crowell workshop. The foundation recently received the barn as a gift with the plan that it be rebuilt as part of a museum for decoys in Massachusetts.