George Boyd, Seabrook, New Hampshire     Important Merganser Drake Decoy

 

 

     

Important unused merganser drake by George Boyd, Seabrook, New Hampshire. Very slightly

turned and lifted head. Carved wooden crest. Good feather paint detail with crossed wingtips

and subtle feathering. 17 75" long. Near mint original paint; structurally excellent. From the

estate of my great grandfather, Edward Vilray Papin of Rye Beach, New Hampshire.



To be sold at auction by Guyette & Deeter, Inc, Friday August 21 2020. Lot 139. Estimate

$65000 - 85000. The auctioneer will be Jim Julia.

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For complete information regarding this auction, please see: https://guyetteanddeeter.com/    or     https://issuu.com/mtjstevenson/docs/20a?fr=sY2JmZDQzNjI2OA

 

Edward Vilray Papin with shotguns

 

Edward Vilray Papin, age 25

 

Edward Vilray Papin in his uniform as Chamberlain to the Pope

 

Edward Vilray Papin's Papal Chamberlain sword

 

Edward Vilray Papin's A E Fox D-Greade 12 guage shotgun

 

Edward Vilray Papin with family (Standing, Left)

 

Edward Vilray Papin's mother, Emily Carlin Papin. St. Louis, 1906.

 

 

Edward Vilray Papin's wife, Marie Julia Chouteau Papin

Edward Vilray Papin's daughter, Julia Marie Papin Gooding (my grandmother)

 

 

Edard Vilray Papin holding his great grandson, Morris Longstreth Hallowell IV (me).

 

Edward Vilray Papin with his son-in-law, Frederic Gooding, my grandfather, ca 1950.

 

 

From the cookbook Edward Vilray Paping wrote with his daughter, Julia Marie Papin Gooding. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941, just as esoteric ingredients were becoming unobtainable.


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