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."
June 15 , 2013
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Please contact me. 443-614-6015
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Chance and Art gunning on the Chesapeake.
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Pray for and give honor to those who perished on this date.
9/11/01
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Art and Cigar in front of the Chincoteague Waterfowl Museum before the closure and auction of contents.
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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.
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Ira Skees and his Ruddy Duck.
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Ronald Justis holding his 2011 Ward World Best in Show Curlew. Ronald's World winner spent the last year on display at the Ward Museum in Salisbury, Md.
decoy page.
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Reg Birch painting his "Shell Duck"Nov 2012
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George Strunk and one of his latest carvings.
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Rich Smoker, Somerset County MD. shares his World winning Black Duck that displayed in Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. |
Visit us at Goose on the Roof Antiques , Route 50, 5 miles West of Salisbury, MD. Go here for directions.
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Oliver Lawson holding his Mallard pair he made in 1969.
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The Ward World Championship, 1976
Paul Marshall (left) Lem Ward (center) James Corb Reed (right)
Wildfowl Art Magazine Winter 2010, The Ward Museum |

Delbert "Cigar" Daisey holding his early 70's Black Duck. Carved two-piece from Cottonwood.
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First Mate, "Chance" ready for action while gunning Diver ducks on Chesapeake Bay.
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Art and Cigar with a Yellowlegs Cig made 50 years ago.
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