Guyette & Deeter: Presenting the collection of George & Miriam Van Walleghem
April 27 & 28 | Decoy and Sporting Art Auction
Lombard, Illinois
www.guyetteanddeeter.com
jdeeter@guyetteanddeeter.com
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410-745-0485

Featuring the finest and most important collection of fish decoys to ever come to auction. Guaranteed condition reports, bid with confidence. 300+ page full color catalog available. $45/$70(out of country)
A thousand years before the first
American quilt was created as
protection against the chill night; before
the first American whirligig played against the New England wind or the first American weathervane showed its direction – before any
of these things, fish decoys were being actively used for ice spearfishing by Native Americans. From Alaska throughout the Midwest, the Middle Atlantic region, New England, and Canada, men have spearfished for bass, sturgeon, muskellunge, carp, trout, pike and numerous other species.
It is just in recent years that fish decoys have come to be recognized and appreciated as fine examples of American folk sculpture.
– “Beneath the Ice: The Art of the Spearfishing Decoy,” Apfelbaum, Gottlieb, and Michaan.
Hans Janner, 2nd quarter 20th century. 17.5” long
Ted Vandenbossche, circa 1900. 16” long
Hans Janner, 2nd quarter 20th century. 15” long
Hans Janner, 2nd quarter 20th