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| | Record Antique Decoy Auction: Maine Antique Digest 07/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | It was a tribute to the collecting acumen of Johnny Hillman and respect for the man. As he lived in New Jersey, his collection was richest in those of coastal New Jersey and the Delaware River Valley, all ducks and geese of which were hollow-carved, so we won't mention it in what follows. |
 | | His son Harry M.'s circa 1920's pair of goldeneyes sold as one lot, over estimate, at $25,850 (an auction record for Harry M.), and Harry V.'s circa 1890 bufflehead and brant sold for $22,000 (former) and $9900 (latter). |
 | | The top two Hillman Masons were a circa 1900 long-billed curlew (two-piece model with glass eyes) that sold over estimate at $15,400, and a pair of hollow-carved Challenge-grade snaky-head pintails (the auction's opening lot) that sold well over estimate at $10,450. |
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