This bird has never been rigged. Good buy on this one. Inches long each and hen has had original weight. Roothead style bird with alert pose with proper raised wing and split tail carving. Larger size for Goose, Brant and large duck decoys. Color and brush work and nice original varnished finish with some paint loss on fins and belly weights. Circa 1950s and never signed or dated. Grayson Chesser became a Master Carver himself and wrote his first book in 1995 about Carving titled; "Making Decoys the Century Old Way". Signed, not dated but thats common for circa 1960s- late 1970s. Grayson chesser decoys for sale replica. I never heard of Mr Bierbrodt as a carver but his work is very impressive.
A very rare find, especially in this kind of condition. Of Jenkins Bridge, Virginia.... [more like this]. Incredible surface on this beauty. For all future auctions, go to or download our free app!
Not a species that Jester made a lot of. We do not buy or sell any items. Paint, thats very dry & clean, with very nicely done scratch paint patterns, a very sharp & clean little bird. Solid carved body with 2 "lightner" holes drilled in bottom to reduce weight. To find, and this pretty girl will be sure to please.
Eastern Shore wood duck decoy, by Grayson. He is the son of the late Willie Crockett who was well known for his great Chesapeake Bay area watercolor paintings. This one is cool, I bet it did a good job fooling the ducks. Nice Oscar Peterson (1887-1951), Cadillac, Mich., 7 3/8 inch Brown Trout fish. Grayson chesser decoy for sale. AVAILABLE TO OUR MEMBERS. Has flattened bottom for shelf or lamp display. Beautiful colors and blending of paint and feather painting. Most of his decoys have a lead cast weight attached to the bottom of each. I know a lot of hunters and collectors and more of these folks considered this man a true friend then anyone else I have ever met.
Resting content head with nice incised tail tips. Has collector number tag on bottom. Never rigged Black Duck decoy by Charles Buchanan (1911-1990), North Augusta, Ontario, Canada. Clearance goose decoys for sale. Paul was one of the upper Chesapeake Bays finest. Has some signature and $8 price on bottom but not sure if Jesters writing but is very early style. The best bag for your all your decoys and free personalization if requested. Ideal research tools for Collectors, Personal Property Appraisers, Antiques & Collectibles Dealers, Auction Houses, Museums, eBayers or other online sellers (Rubylane, Etsy etc) and curious minds interested in appraising & identifying collectibles. For more pics if interested, very nice bird here & very rare to find at any price.
Hollow carved bodies measures approx 12 3/4 inches long each, with stylish full body carving with bill and tail detail and raised wing tips. Retains original staple line ties in front and back to be used in string line set so it was never weighted. Hooper's Island, Maryland. Pair of green wing teal, Grayson Chesser, Jenkins Bridge, Virginia (b. 1947. This is a very nice primitive classic by Mark. I have seen 2 other birds by the same maker but they were Old Squaw so maybe this was his version of a hen Old Squaw.
Beautiful pair of "Delaware River" style Wood Duck decoys by Frederick "Rick" Brown, Point Pleasant, NJ. This is a very good buy on these scarce species pair that Joiner collectors are always looking for. Measures approx 13 X 22 to fit most duck and brant decoys. Very strong, dry and clean surface on this one.
His decoys were well made and highly sought. Hollow carved body measures approx 14 1/4 inches long, has a great looking. It does have touch ups to top and bottom tips of tail and area along back at line tie but still a great large perch. He became interested in decoys as the next door neighbor of Frank Finney. Joe Lincoln was one of the finest decoy makers who ever lived and examples of his work have exceeded 400k. Solid carved bird measuring. This is a really nice style and a fun piece to add to any collection. Superb and scarce drake Shoveler decoy by John "Mickey" McLoughlin (1911-1985), Bordentown, NJ.
Sanford, VA, c. 1990. Condition is excellent with no hard hunting wear and overall looks like maybe used only a few times. Light back coloration was probably white lead and wore away over time. Honest is desirable & very scarce to find in this small size.
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She bookmarked me, and how. Spitzer issued a general apology Monday at a hastily organized news conference in Manhattan but did not respond in detail to mounting allegations of his involvement in the ring. It held a reputation for being a lawless and somewhat dangerous area, isolated at the time from New York City and its constables. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family. The term hooker did not originate in the Civil War. "Read any good books lately? " "My client has never met the governor, " he said. Given the nature of the transactions, allegedly designed to mask their flow to a company called QAT, authorities originally thought they might have a public corruption case. The complaint says Spitzer allegedly spent about $4, 300 on the services of a prostitute identified only as Kristen. Washington, D. C., Mayor Adrian Fenty has been criticized in recent months for taking secret trips, including one to Dubai and another to China – both with his family, and both largely paid for by the host countries. Some states stipulate that the lieutenant governor can only take action in the case of an emergency, or if the governor is gone more than a certain number of days. "I feel bad for him and his family but until he makes a more complete statement, I have nothing more to say, " he said. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better. Spitzer's apology came after The New York Times reported on its Web site the governor had admitted to senior advisers that he had been linked to the prostitution ring.
"I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong, " he said at an afternoon news conference with his wife, Silda, at his side. Off my jacket, and began to paraphrase my favorite part. New York's newspapers reported on both the crime in the area and the large number of streetwalkers which worked openly in the area every night. The woman who brought down one of the most powerful politicians in the country is now apologizing to his wife, and claiming that her relationship with former New York Gov. Jim Gibbons, has been in hot water over salacious details regarding his ongoing divorce proceedings. When it was uncovered, the crusading "Steamroller" had to resign his office and cede it to current NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer's suspicious money transfers, initially leading agents to believe Spitzer was hiding bribes, according to federal officials. Asked in the early 1980s to define "temporary, " the state's attorney general declined, advising that it was impossible to establish clear criteria. 92 ISO, and priced at $25 each. As the investigation went forward, authorities started electronic surveillance, including wiretaps, and reviewing Spitzer's e-mail and text messages.
It's a tale told through posters designed and exclusively distributed by Heldfond Gallery Ltd in San Francisco, based upon vintage pulp fiction book covers. While it is a myth that the term hooker came from the tolerance of US Civil War General Joseph Hooker, his army and all Civil War armies allowed and even encouraged traveling brothels which followed the Army's movements. Proprietor Eric Heldfond has been peddling them for a few years now, leaning against a lamppost on a dark street corner to tempt unwary passersby. A spokeswoman for the National Governors Association says the organization doesn't track the issue of how states handle transfer of power issues when governors are either indisposed, or, in highly unusual circumstances, AWOL like Sanford. It became clear this was a prostitution ring that was allegedly laundering money to cover its activity. Corlears Hook is today part of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Two federal sources tell ABC News a federal wiretap recorded Spitzer arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute in Washington, D. C. Critics of the governor called for a quick resignation. She felt worst, however, when watching the press conference in which Silda Spitzer stood by her man as he apologized for having an affair with a prostitute. There were over 450 known brothels in Washington DC. ABC has confirmed that Spitzer stayed at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on the night of Feb. 13 and testified before Congress the following morning on the state of the bond industry. March 11, 2008 -- The future of New York Gov. "Obviously, precisely what the lieutenant governor is permitted to do varies state to state, " Howard says.
"As the governor said, his actions are a clear violation of his own sense of right and wrong. For more on political sex scandals over the last decade, visit Political Junkie. Prostitution is discussed in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments. Prostitutes are called by a wide variety of names, including whores, hookers, call girls, streetwalkers, harlots, and more recently the ambiguous sex workers. When South Carolina Gov. I was wrapped up in my family, my music.
The state constitution does address the potential absence or disability — physical, psychological or otherwise — of the chief executive, and it permits the lieutenant governor to exercise emergency powers when the governor is temporarily absent. "This is a great shock and a great upset for his family, " Sheinkopf said. Attorney's office in Manhattan. I've succumbed to his evil pitch, bought a few, have given them as gifts, and suspect you may wish to do same for friends of dubious character, i. e. book lovin' broads, momzers, and biblio-debauchees - in short, fellow travelers in the shadowland of the sordid habit we call reading. "The governor of New York should immediately resign from office and allow the people of New York to pursue honest leadership, " said Nick Ayers, executive director of the Republican Governor's Association. Originally appeared on Jume 14, 2010. Custom sizes up to 13 x 19 inches are available. "But I don't think he violated any technical provisions, " he says. "The problem is the provisions have a lot of high-sounding words that don't have much of a definition to them, " Underwood says. He apologized to his wife, his family and his friends for creating "a fiction" about his whereabouts, and for letting down people across the state. "But there's been a tradition that the governors will notify their lieutenant governors when they are out of state, typically, " Simpkins says, "and when they are out of the country, certainly. The Mayan and Aztec cultures of Mesoamerica practiced homosexual prostitution and pedophilia, drawing the wrath of the Catholic conquistadores, who punished them with the tried and true method of burning its practitioners at the stake. She conducted her business under the pseudonym "Kristen" and Spitzer was Client 9.
Client 9 also is alleged to have paid for the woman's train tickets, cab fare, mini bar and room service, travel time and hotel. According to a federal complaint, more than $1 million was laundered through the ring in four years. "I apologize first and most importantly to my family. According to one source familiar with the probe, "the governor became collateral damage in an investigation that he prompted. Nashville Tennessee boasted over 1500 prostitutes, so angering the Union military governor that he rounded them up and shipped them to Louisville, and later Cincinnati. And fellow Nevada Republican, Gov. California and Arkansas are two states, he says, where state high courts have affirmed the constitutionality of temporarily transferring power to the lieutenant governor when the governor is out of state. Spitzer also appears to have violated District of Columbia law, making it unlawful for any person to engage in prostitution or to solicit for prostitution. The IRS reportedly linked the transactions to Spitzer. As recently as this past Valentine's Day, Feb. 13, Spitzer, who officials say is identified in a federal complaint as "Client 9, " arranged for a prostitute "Kristen" to meet him in Washington, D. C. The woman met Client 9 at the Mayflower Hotel, room 871, "for her tryst, " according to the complaint. "He perhaps acted imprudently, " Underwood said, just moments before a teary Sanford, father of four, confessed during a news conference that he'd made himself unreachable in South America to spend time with his paramour. ABC will air a lengthy interview with Dupre this Friday, conducted by Diane Sawyer on "20/20. Spitzer has a reputation as a loving father and is often seen in New York City and Albany with his three daughters. In an interview with People magazine, Dupre revealed that she had no idea who her client was when she bonked him at Washington, DC's Mayflower Hotel.
Many insiders were shocked. Administration officials would not say whether this was the ring with which the governor allegedly became involved. Sailors on ships arriving in New York and Brooklyn often resorted to the area of Corlears Hook. So what happens when a chief executive goes off the grid? Spitzer, who made his name by bringing high-profile cases against many of New York's financial giants, is likely to be prosecuted under a relatively obscure statute called "structuring, " according to a Justice Department official. Eliot Spitzer was "strictly business, " which was kind of the problem. Additional reporting by Jennifer Parker. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace last year in a prostitution scandal, and New Jersey's Jim McGreevey resigned as governor following his declaration that he is a "gay American. " Sanford announced Wednesday that he would resign as chairman of the national Republican Governors Association. I knew the name, but the face... Hooker was ambivalent regarding them, which stood out in comparison to other Union commanders.