Jake Barrett - Rare Bufflehead Pair
Updated September 3, 2026
| Lot number | 25 |
| Estimate | 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Feature Decoy & Sporting Art Auction 2026 |
| Date | September 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM EDT |
| Auction house | American Sporting Auctions |
| Location | Syracuse, New York |
Jake Barrett (1880-1945) Somers Point, NJ c.1900 11.75" long An excellent and rare matched pair of early and original hollow carved New Jersey buffleheads from the turn of the century. Both have heads carved in a slightly forward swimming posture with painted eyes and deep relief carving where the face meets the bill. Bears original thin lead inlet weight on the bottom.Condition: Original paint with minor wear; moderate wear on lower halves; tiny dents.Provenance: J. Lindsay Fuller John Hillman CollectionLiterature: "New Jersey Decoys," Henry Fleckenstein, Jr., p. 147, exact decoys pictured.
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