Raine's Tavern Decoys, Folk Art ,Collectibles,Antiques

Welcome to Raine's Tavern and thank you for shopping my Decoys, Folk Art, Antiques and Collectibles.

I am Art Raine and I sell and buy quality decoys from the Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague Virginia , Maryland and Virginia's Eastern Shore. Makers such as: Justis,Chesser,Kralic,McIntyre,Piccirillo,Lawson,Birch,Mitchell,Tyler, Ward, Hancock, Hudson,Skees, McNair, Daisey, Smoker Bros.,Cobb,Joiner,Gibson,Gibian and others.

"Decoys are in all original condition. Any issues will be noted in description write-up."

January 23 , 2012

"I offer lay-away and payment plans". Certifed by PayPal " Money back if not satisfied"
Please contact me. 443-614-6015

These are upcoming decoy events and shows I will be attending. Hope to see you there!

East Carolina Wildfowl Guild

17th Annual East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival

February 11th and 12th, 2012

Washington, NC Waterfront

Great Lakes Decoy Assn 1st annual show will be held at the Holiday Inn in Westlake, Ohio March 22nd-24th, 2012.

East Coast Decoy Collectors Association

April 13th & 14th, 2012

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENT: East Coast Decoy Collectors (ECDC) - Decoy collectors that include members from the Long Island, New Jersey, Potomac, Delaware Valley, Upstate New York and Carolina collectors' associations will meet for a buy-sell-swap weekend, rain or shine, April 13th & 14th, 2012 at the Best Western (410-745-3333) in St. Michael's, MD. Any questions, please contact art_decoy@yahoo.com or potomacduck@cox.net We hope to see you in St Michaels!

Ronald Justis displays his Widgeon pair made for a collector in the mid-west.

Cigar Daisey

Delbert "Cigar" Daisey holding his early 70's Curlew. An outstanding turned head Curlew signed and branded.

My name is Art Raine and I reside on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The actual Raine’s Tavern, better known as McLean house, is in Appomattox, Va. This is where the “war between the states” came to an end. For more history you can visit here.

Timothy O' Sullivan's 1865 series: the McLean House, formerly the "New " Raine Tavern, with Wilmer McLean's two younger children and two servant girls on the porch. (National Archives)

Bill Gibian in his shop carving a Dowitcher.

Oliver lawson reunites with a Snow Goose he made in the early 1980's for a Delaware collector.

Rich Smoker, Somerset County MD. shares his World winning Black Duck that displayed in Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.

Ira Skees displayes his Shore Birds April 2011.

Pray for and give honor to those who perished on this date.

9/11/01

Marty Linton holding his second place Pintail at the 2011 Ward Museum Wildfowl Expo . decoy page.

Visit us at Goose on the Roof Antiques , Route 50, 5 miles West of Salisbury, MD. Go here for directions.

Goose On The Roof

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James Corbett Reed

The Ward World Championship, 1976
Paul Marshall (left) Lem Ward (center) James Corb Reed (right)

Wildfowl Art Magazine Winter 2010, The Ward Museum

First Mate, "Chance" ready for action while gunning Diver ducks on Chesapeake Bay.

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