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Capt Rich Geminski

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Picked up 6 Point Pleasant black duck a few weeks back.. The are branded RJOS on the bottoms. Any one have a idea who's rig they mkay have come from?
 
I picked them up at a auction. They are Point Pleasant coastal blackduck and look like the never hit the water. Interested in the history, most have three letters [ RWG, EP ]. Gun club, two guys?
 


Are they the oversize Point Pleasant, Blacks?

Years ago a dealer had an entire rig over 40 PP oversize decoys at the Ohio Show. Owned by one of the beer barons in the midwest. I got a low head Black duck decoy, as there were few of them. Traded it for a Point Pleasant Brant years later.

The balsa is very tough on the PP decoys that I have handled. Some of the Brant decoys have seams spits on the backs, but not so on most of the Blacks.

It appears that there are more PP decoys in very good condition than from the other two factory areas. That's just from what I have seen.

Wildfowlers are mighty fine gunning decoys IMO. The brands are always interesting, and add to the decoys mystery/history.


If I recall some were made in the 70's & 80's at Babylon, NY for DU, and collectors more so than for hunting.


my 2 cents
 
Good morning, Vince~


Here is the book - definitive history with lots of photos and info to ID decoys. I imagine Rich knew both the authors - I got to meet them before they passed.


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All the best,


SJS

 

Steve,

Dick LaFountain and I spent much time together at the Ohio show while he was gathering info for the book. He sent me info, and I in turn did the same. He of course had much more info than I.

The Winter 1981 issue of Gray's Sporting Journal contains a fine article about Ted Mulliken and Wildfowlers. Pocket Knives and Spindle Lathes, by DeCourcy Talyor. Dick was unaware of the article, and I provided him a copy. That sparked the back and forth correspondence between us and the wealth of info that I still have.

I did not purchase the book as I already have most of the info included. The first rig of wooden decoys I gunned over were Wildflowers, and since then developed a keen interest in them. They were used and turn up in every flyway, not just the East Coast. I never cease to be impressed by all the Wildfowlers that I have seen and touched over the years.


Best regards
Vince
 

Just one envelop of Wildfowler info.

Dick was a gentleman, and a wealth of knowledge, always willing to share decoy history.





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