Collectibles & Art
Fred Reitmeyer Redhead Working Decoy
- Item Number
- 222
- Estimated Value
- 150 USD
- Sold
- 111 USD to Jinny
- Number of Bids
- 30 - Bid History
Item Description
This redhead working decoy received 3rd Place in the 2011 Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show and First Place at the Toms River Art & Decoy Festival. This decoy is signed by Fred Reitmeyer and comes accompanied by its ribbons.
Warerfowler Fred Reitmeyer Jr. of Pomona, NJ carves his decoys using tools and techniques he learned from his grandfather, the legendary boat builder Carl Adams. he begun carving at the age of 12, making his first decoys, a rig of black ducks, from cork. Fred Reitmeyer carves the classis Barnegat Bay Decoy, but instead of gouging out his hollow decoys, he uses a resource efficient three piece technique developed by his grandfather. Carl Adams utilized scrap, plank ends, hollowed out the middle piece with a saber saw and saved the refuse for a duck head or a sand piper.
A regular demonstrator at the Tuckerton Seaport, Fred Reitmeyer teaches yputh carving classes and he is an instructor in the Jersey Shore Folklife Center's Jersey Traditions curriculum. Fred Reitmeyer represented the New Jersey decoy carvers traditions at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2004 and he was one of six carvers in the state invited to participate in the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Decoy Competition. Fred is a NJ Master Decoy Carver, teaching in New Jersey State Council on the Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Item Special Note
Winning Bidder assumes responsibility for shipping and handling cost if unable to pick-up this item at Tuckerton Seaport. A handling fee of $2 will be added to standard shipping rates.
Donated By:
Seaport Supporter Fred Reitmeyer
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