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Tobin Meldrum Snakey-head Canvasback

Tobin Meldrum Fair Haven, MI, c. 1880

Tobin Meldrum – Snakey-Head Canvasback – 2025
$1,680
Brought, including buyer's premium
Estimate $500–$700over estimate
Sold Jul 2025at Copley, July 2025

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SpeciesCanvasbackSize16.5"

The catalog record

Tobin Meldrum Fair Haven, MI, c. 1880 16 1/2 in. long

A hollow, wooden decoy bearing a stamped "DWS." twice on the underside. Old paint with heavy gunning wear including some craquelure, old tail chips, and a neck crack.

Provenance: Jeff and Joyce Hay Collection

Literature: Clune Walsh Jr. and Lowell G. Jackson, "Waterfowl Decoys of Michigan and the St. Clair Region," Detroit, MI, 1983, pp. 6-7, pl. 17 and inside cover, related decoy illustrated. Gene and Linda Kangas, "Great Lakes Decoy Interpretations," Concord, OH, 2011, p. 158, related decoys illustrated.

Provenance

Jeff and Joyce Hay Collection

Comparable sales

The 1 most recent Tobin Meldrum Canvasback to cross the block.

SoldConditionPaintBrought
Feb 2021——$660

Same maker and species, most recent first. Prices include the buyer's premium. All Tobin Meldrum sales