[docholiday]

Our Artisans Gallery, here in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, has been appointed to dispose of a collection of birds and fish carvings. The estate will sell all of the pieces, but no one knows much about them. I'm not a bird carver, so I'm not much help. If anyone knows these carvers and where we might reach them, I'd appreciate it:
15" tall Red Tail Hawk, signed "K" with a star next to it...Ken Star?
21" tall Blue Heron, signed "Rick Heller 1995"
21" tall Crane, signed "Guge" 1/81. I know who Bob Guge is, but I don't know value of this very old piece.
There are several medium sized (12") birds that look like terns or plovers or something with long bills.
One is, I am told, a "pocket decoy" with a hinged, hollow body. Open it up, the head detaches and stores inside the bird. it is unsigned.
There is a second, nearly identical bird, same painting and technique, signed "J.B. Laurenzo '86".
There are two more, unsigned birds of the same type, unsiged and with some coloring or dye in the wood.
One long billed bird is colored, highly polished, quite beautiful and signed "John E. Bundy" and a stamped logo "Bundy & Co."
And there is one, well finished looooong billed bird, unsigned.
The birds are all standing on dowell rods, wood bases, no legs.
There is a large, 23" long brown trout chasing 4 tiny rainbows mounted on driftwood. Overall 27" long and signed "G. Turner".

I want to be sure they are correctly valued for the estate sale, so any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Respond here or email me direct (is that in the rules?) holiday@artelco.com

Doc'

[AlArchie]

You wouldn't be Doug "Doc" Holiday, retired MSP trooper, would you?

either way.....sorry I can't help you out with evaluating those carvings.

Al

[Hugh]

Guyette and Schmidt auctioneers give free apraisals on duck decoys, they might be able to steer you in the right direction. Getting the right price on them can be well worth the work!!