The Ron Zeitz Duck Decoy Collection Online Only Auction

Timed auction by Neuhart Auctioneering

Starts Apr 27, 2024 12:00 AM EDT. Ends May 6, 2024 7:00 PM EDT

Brad Neuhart Auctioneers are proud to have been selected by the Ron Zeitz family to offer Ron’s amazing collection of duck decoys, calls, carvings, artwork and more at ONLINE ONLY public auction. Ron was well known in the collecting world for his knowledge of birds and enthusiasm for preserving history. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to add some fantastic pieces to your collection. Bidding will open on Friday 4/26/24 and go through Monday 5/6/24 with items beginning to close at 7pm eastern time. We offer in-house shipping through Shipping Saint on most items or you may pickup your items on Wednesday 5/8/24 from 11am-7pm. Items can be viewed in person on Thursday 5/2/24 from 1pm - 7pm at 12544 Carpenter Rd. Milan, MI 48160.

Lots

#1 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - 3/4 Size Drake Canvasback (High bid $525.00)
#2 • Christopher Smith (Founder of Chriscraft Boat Co. Algonac, MI) Red Head Drake (High bid $67.00)
#3 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Drake and Hen Mallards (High bid $2,600.00)
#4 • Ca. 1900 Mason Premier Snakey Head Drake Mallord (High bid $575.00)
#5 • PAIR of Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $775.00)
#6 • Ca. 1900 Mason Premier Snakey Head Hen Mallord - Slope Breast - Orig. & Working Repaint (High bid $285.00)
#7 • PAIR of Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $1,050.00)
#8 • RARE Ernest "Yak" Durell (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake w/ RARE Aluminum Head (High bid $89.00)
#9 • PAIR of 1982 2nd Gen Mason Premeir Pintal Drake & Hen - Mint Condition (High bid $73.00)
#10 • Late 19th Century Robert Elliston (Bureau, IL) - Bluebill Drake (High bid $210.00)
#11 • Pair of 1948 William T. "Bill" Enright (Toledo, OH) - Cork Body Drake and Hen Mallards - Never Used (High bid $210.00)
#12 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Jumbo Drake Canvasback (High bid $430.00)
#13 • Early 1900's Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Jumbo Hen Canvasback (High bid $255.00)
#14 • RARE Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Black Duck (High bid $355.00)
#15 • PAIR of Ca. 1915-1920 Oliver Bouley (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $31.00)
#16 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Jumbo Hen Canvasback (High bid $131.00)
#17 • Early Mason 1895 Premier Hollow Drake Mallard w/ Slope Breast - Combination Orig. & Working Repaint (High bid $400.00)
#18 • Erving I. Miller (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Hen w/ Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) Head (High bid $45.00)
#19 • Early R. Beattie (Detroit, MI) - Golden Eye Duck (High bid $20.00)
#20 • RARE Early Special Order Oversize Mason Premier Canvasback - Restored by Paul Fortin (High bid $275.00)
#21 • Very Rare Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Mallard Hen (High bid $525.00)
#22 • RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Mallard Drake (High bid $1,250.00)
#23 • RARE Pratt Decoy Factory (Chicago, IL) - Blue Wing Teal Hen (High bid $151.00)
#24 • Ben Schmidt (Detroit, MI) - Mallard Drake (High bid $140.00)
#25 • Herters 1893 Green Wing Teal (High bid $45.00)
#26 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Drake and Hen 2/3 Size Bluebills (High bid $1,750.00)
#27 • ORIGINAL Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) Coot (High bid $350.00)
#28 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - High Head Canvasback Drake (High bid $87.00)
#29 • RARE Natural Duck Call Co. (St. Paul, Minn.) Mallard Head Call (High bid $265.00)
#30 • PAIR of VERY Rare 1963 Jim Foote - Small Redhead Drake & Hen (High bid $825.00)
#31 • Early Ben Schmidt (Detroit, MI) - Mallard Drake (High bid $850.00)
#32 • RARE Early 1900's Ernest "Yak" Durell (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake w/ Humpback (High bid $180.00)
#33 • Mason Challenge Grade - Seneca Lake - Drake Canvasback - Head is Slightly Loose (High bid $110.00)
#34 • Early Conrad "Coonie" Clopping (Ohio) - Redhead Drake (High bid $411.00)
#35 • Cedarwood Blue Goose - Possibly Made by Jim Slacke (High bid $240.00)
#36 • Harry Harrison Ackerman (Lincoln Park, MI) - Canadian Goose (High bid $51.00)
#37 • John Sharon (Toledo, OH) - Canadian Goose - Wood head, Cork Body (High bid $120.00)
#38 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $1,250.00)
#39 • PAIR of Charlie Schrieber (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $270.00)
#40 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Bluebill Drake - Has Crack (High bid $240.00)
#41 • Albert "Whitey" Laboe (Monroe, MI) - Canadian Goose - Cork Body w/ Swing Weight (High bid $33.00)
#42 • PAIR of Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen (High bid $365.00)
#43 • PAIR of Mason 2nd Gen Challenge Grade Mallard Drake & Hen (High bid $53.00)
#44 • Early Conrad "Connie" Clopping (Ohio) - Drake Canvasback - Low Neck (High bid $465.00)
#45 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - 3/4 Size Canvasback Drake & Hen - Both Stamped "Hy Dahlka" (High bid $1,250.00)
#46 • Lowell Strayer Coot Decoy (High bid $37.00)
#47 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Greater Scaupe Bluebill Hen - Stamped "Hy Dahlka" (High bid $240.00)
#48 • Mason Detroit - Standard Grade Glass Eye - Mallard Drake (High bid $180.00)
#49 • PAIR of Conrad "Connie" Clopping (Ohio) - High Neck Canvas Back Drake & Hen (High bid $1,250.00)
#50 • Christopher Smith (Founder of Chriscraft Boat Co. Algonac, MI) - Redhead Drake (High bid $130.00)
#51 • PAIR of RARE William T. "Bill" Enright (Toledo, OH) - Jumbo Cork Canvasback Drake & Hen w/ Book (High bid $255.00)
#52 • Ariduck General Fiber Co. (St. Louis, MO) - Straight Neck Composite #600 Goose (High bid $9.00)
#53 • Ca. 1900 Mason Premeir Snaky Head Mallard Hen (High bid $500.00)
#54 • PAIR of William T. "Bill" Enright (Toledo, OH) - Cork Mallard Drake & Hen (High bid $210.00)
#55 • Ca. 1960 Albert "Whitey" Laboe (Monroe, MI) - Fiber Coot (High bid $5.00)
#56 • Mason 2nd Gen Challenge Grade - Buffel Head Drake (High bid $51.00)
#57 • Ernest "Yak" Durell (Monroe, MI) - 2/3 Size Bluebill Drake (High bid $220.00)
#58 • Ca. 1920 Erving I. Miller (Monroe, MI) - Black Duck - Used at Monroe Marshes (High bid $355.00)
#59 • Herters 1893 Buffelhead (High bid $69.00)
#60 • Ca. 1940 Frank Schmidt (Detroit, MI) - Mallard Hen (High bid $390.00)
#61 • 1914 Ralph Reghi (Detroit, MI) - Bull Neck Canvasback Drake (High bid $130.00)
#62 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Hen (High bid $525.00)
#63 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Hen (High bid $300.00)
#64 • Albert "Whitey" Laboe (Monroe, MI) - Oversize Redhead Drake - Cork Body w/ Bass Wood Head (High bid $51.00)
#65 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake (High bid $59.00)
#66 • Possible Robert Elliston (Bureau, IL) - Redhead Drake - Restored by Paul Fortin in Ellistob Style (High bid $89.00)
#67 • Jim Slacke? - Cedar Wood Canadian Goose (High bid $325.00)
#68 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Wood Canadian Goose w/ Swing Weight (High bid $120.00)
#69 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - 2/3 Size Bluebill Drake & Hen (High bid $290.00)
#70 • ALL ORIGINAL Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Canvasback Drake (High bid $650.00)
#71 • PAIR of RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Bluebill Drake & Hen - Part of "Hy Dahlka's" Rig (High bid $950.00)
#72 • Christopher Smith (Founder of Chriscraft Boat Co. Algonac, MI) - Bluebill Drake (High bid $170.00)
#73 • Jim Foote (Gibralter, MI) - Blue Wing Teal Hen (High bid $825.00)
#74 • ORIGINAL Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Canvasback Drake (High bid $470.00)
#75 • Herters 1893 Ancient Wood Decorative Canadian Goose (High bid $67.00)
#76 • Ben Schmidt (Detroit, MI) - Mallard Hen (High bid $410.00)
#77 • PAIR of Mason 2nd Gen Premier Grade Green Wing Teal Drake & Hen (High bid $210.00)
#78 • ORIGINAL Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Mallard Drake (High bid $575.00)
#79 • Ca. 1963 Hollow Ruddy Duck CARVED BY RON ZEITZ (Monroe, MI) (High bid $83.00)
#80 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Hen (High bid $95.00)
#81 • RARE Early Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Blackduck - Has Neck Crack Repair (High bid $625.00)
#82 • PAIR of Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Bluebill Drake & Hen (High bid $460.00)
#83 • Ben Schmidt (Centerline, MI) - Mallard Hen (High bid $335.00)
#84 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Redhead Drake - Used at Erie, MI Shooting And Fishing Club (High bid $170.00)
#85 • Mason Challenge Grade 2nd Gen Coot (High bid $22.00)
#86 • EARLY Jasper N. Dodge Decoy Co. (Detroit, MI) - Mallard Drake - Used at Pt. Mouillee Shooting Club (High bid $180.00)
#87 • Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI)??? - Redhead Drake - Working Repaint (High bid $200.00)
#88 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Redhead Hen (High bid $59.00)
#89 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Redhead Drake - High Neck (High bid $71.00)
#90 • William Frederic Boss (Monroe, MI) - Drake Decoy (High bid $43.00)
#91 • Early Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Bluebill Turtleback Drake (High bid $405.00)
#92 • Bill Dahlka Body - Danny Scrivens Head - Canvasback Drake (High bid $67.00)
#93 • RARE Ed "One Arm" Kellie (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake (High bid $2,050.00)
#94 • Early Mason (Detroit, MI) Decoy - Used at Pt. Mouillee Shooting Club (High bid $700.00)
#95 • Ca. 2012 John F. Zachmann (Detroit, MI) - Redhead Drake (High bid $210.00)
#96 • Mike "Mirko" Pavlovich (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Hen (High bid $77.00)
#97 • PAIR of Ron Bainbridge - Redhead Drake & Hen (High bid $49.00)
#98 • Lot of (6) Ca. 1960 Albert "Whitey" Laboe (Monroe, MI) - Cork Coot Decoys (High bid $49.00)
#99 • Ca. 1940 Frank Schmidt (Detroit, MI) - Black Duck (High bid $280.00)
#100 • PAIR of Albert "Whitey" Laboe (Monroe, MI) - Canvasback Drake & Hen - Cork Body w/ Bass Wood Head, Glass Eyes & Bottom Boards (High bid $99.00)

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