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wooden decoy duck | Folk Art446 of 975 |  |  |
Posted 1 year ago
moths
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Hi,
Any help would be appreciated in learning more about this duck. It was found in my uncle's basement while we were cleaning up the estate in Wisconsin. It looks like the letters RZ or R2 on the bottom, and has glass eyes.
Thank you.
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RZ - Raymond (Ray) S. Zelinski - Yorktown Heights, New York S
http://www.fishdecoys.net/pages/carversbios/SignaturetoName1.htm#R
Thank you TeresaD. Does anyone know how much I should sell this for?
I wonder if that was a grand-father Joachin Lariviere one?