A very good collector call." Scarce. All three of the above Glynn Scobey calls are unusual for the reasons given in their descriptions. This one was no doubt dad's call and shows more wear. So stiff in cold weather it go too stiff to shake and make any duck sounds! var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? I bet you would have to look really hard and long to find another one as pristine. At one time I had about 100 of these E E Montgomery flat checkered calls. It is the result of a knot being flipped out while turning the barrel. Trademark #348205. Can you see a 1940s Hollywood movie star? Glynn Scobey Duck Call. He even gave it a unique number in his model categories. All Wood, 1985 or before. $99, P.S. I believe this may have been the first version of this green head Greenhead call. (elx) SOLD, Ken Martin Duck Call. 25. Shows some use and tiny puppy teeth marks but sounds like a champ. Idaho Falls. It almost feels like a cocabolo calls feels. 1988, The book covers over 800 calls and 450 makers, plus the history of duck calls. This is the wide mouth version, which I personally prefer. (If you collect calls and don't have Ray's G. W. give me a call, 740-698-5060) Ray's is not a wax that will make it shiney, did doesn't get hard to buff. Olt D2 Duck Call. Otherwise Mint. Call is unused, Mint. Mint. Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. Nr. He didn't recall how many he made, but said it wasn't very many. $45, Mallardtone Duck Call. Each of his duck calls is a gem, this is his smaller, "timber call" made in the 1950s-1960s. Call is 4 3/4" and Arkansas style. No Chips.Sold by fif-60plus in Barboursville, Vintage Ps Olt Model 200 Duck Call Pekin, Illinois.Sold by blackbear-57 in Linn Grove, Vintage Walnut P.s.olt Call Desk Clock Ducks Unlimited Banquet 1980s. In those days they had rabbits, and game birds in numbers. Search Antique, Vintage, RARE, Collectable, Collectors, Classic, Fine, Unusual, Early, Old, etc; to help you find more (or less!) I am having trouble nailing down accurate dates these were offered, but late 1960s into the '70s is for sure. SOLD (ztt), P. S. Olt 77 Goose Call. I'd say about 1960s. Cocobolo. Near Mint. This is a design I have not seen before. The result is very few of these boxes were made and many of them didn't survive to today, even fewer in this condition. When I called in to order calls for resale I asked Glynn at the end of each order to put in a special call for me. $225, Glynn Scobey MAGNUM Goose Call. +haydels H-81.Sold by yesterdays-stuff in Amawalk, Vintage P S Olt Pekin Illinois D-2 Regular Duck Call Brand NewSold by 2005rosef in Old Bridge, Very Good Condition. Mallardtone Crow Call. Yentzen Double Reed Duck Call. All or none, I am not going to break them up. Tight crack, does not open or move, in barrel. Mr. Harbin's Duck Call Collection has been sold to Bass Pro Shops. Do NOT buy one of these unless you enjoy being disappointed. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. It is possible to show the call so you can seed the familiar Perdew stampings without seeing the H. Near Mint. Note the brown insert. (elx) SOLD, Glynn Scobey Metal Reed Duck Call. His Family Kept His Hunting And Fishing Supplies In Boxes For All These Years. Walnut barrel has moderate burl shimmering stripes everywhere except where he put the painting and his signature, as was his practice. It is not a paste wax that needs to harden and be buffed. The back of the call has righter reds and darker blacks, very pretty. Walnut with cedar insert. And if you want it to hunt geese with, I am sure it can be re-tuned, or perhaps (probably) you are a better caller than I am. (50% off), Sale Price $9.99 Imagine trying to fly with wings like that. The black spots are from sap bleed, common is cedar. Salmon Idaho. Key Hole with plastic barrel. Call has seen use, but not abuse. It is enough so I can tell by feel or glance that they are smaller. Adjustableness still works. (nl) SOLD, P. S. Olt 66 Duck Call. The color spices up any collection. I think these calls are sexy! Live and learn. That's how the company making these for Sears Roebuck and Co made them. He didn't make regular production calls with wood inserts after 1985, according to him. These used to be a dime a dozen, but now are a little hard to find. This craftsman is known by his unique styling and high degree of finishing his calls. They are up on the collar and easy to miss. Well, that does it for the duck calls. Ken only used the labels until his Olive Branch branding iron was made. Mint. Still has great sound, so you can use it and collect it both. They are fresh to the market, none of them has ever been sold retail. No turning rings usually mean even earlier and the signature is with a pen. $85, P. S. Olt A-50 Goose Call. Feeling any guilt? Note the call is walnut and well polished. It is designed to call pintails, widgeon, teal and quail. This one is Mint. The rim of the bell is still perfectly round. (25% off), Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! You can see the letters on the forth line of the lettering is hit or miss, the other three lines are strong. A similar set with standard shaped goose and no hand written signatures recently sold for well over three hundred. Dj has one small edge chip and three areas that have light rubs with white showing through the black, all along the top edge of dj. rosewood wooden parts. MIB with papers. Very limited production! Sale Price CHF3.75 (eezl) SOLD. Mint (ddx) SOLD, KumDuck Duck Call. Scarce with the tube and papers. Special Ducks Unlimited Edition. Community See All. It must have been a ball. Postal date of mailing is Dec 59. Hard rubber insert with plastic barrel, as made. Branded Idaho Falls, Id, so made during the 1980s. It is Osage orange with dark walnut stain. Mint in mudstained but structurely sound box with papers. Canvasback wooden duck decoy by Evans Decoy Factory. Consistently earned 5-star reviews, shipped orders on time, and replied quickly to messages, Looks like you already have an account! Camo pattern with GOLD lettering. It is held on with two brass screws and sports a brass ring for attatching a lanyard. Thank you sir. Mint. For the first year Glynn had made the innards out of a white nylon looking material. Single hand carved and hand painted mallard. Vintage Duck Call H.W. SOLD (zul), Herters 272 Duck Call Box with the patented bactitle insert. (yt) SOLD. I just found a stash of Olt calls I had forgotten about. Mint. I have owned a lot of calls, but I prefer his duck calls above all but a reed and a half McCann for calling ducks. Box is Mint. SOLD (oel), Jim Blakemore Sr. 1950s I believe, maybe earlier. He made 6 of them for me, and from his reaction these are the only ones me made with just a female duck on them. This Duck Call was made by Steve Boyles of Chillicothe, MO. (dxx) SOLD, P. S. Olt S-8 Perfect Squirrel Call. Call is Mint in Good gray box with papers. (dnt) SOLD, Jake Gartner Duck Call. Ken made these calls for Ed Abernathy, from whom I purchased them 11 years ago. I have several. Created by: Fencl Web Design, Doug Rice (1942-2021) Strasburg, MO - Checkered Duck Call, Brian Meyer - Guttenberg, Iowa - Walnut Duck Call, Kevin Poeschel - Elkhorn, WI. Just amazing stuff. VG+ (cl) SOLD, Ken Martin Small Letter Lemont with Box and Papers Goose Call. Shows no sign of ever being used, even the lanyard is in perfect condition. Original Price $19.98 Octagonal barrel! Scarce. (As an aside, I found two early military camo hats Sean had signed with felt marker for me at one of those shows. This call retains the banner on the insert. This is a Very Nice Cocobolo Duck Call made by Tom Cox of Portage, IN. Call and box are Mint. They may be the prettiest pair of Ken Martin calls I have seen, and I was privy to the best collection of Ken's calls that exists, besides being an occasional visitor to his shop. $20, Sta-Dry Duck Call. You get two for one here. Most obvious are the two painted geese, which he did rarely. The Fat Boys are seldom found, because he made relatively few of them. Ralph was a Minnesota call maker of some reknown around 1950. Friday the inaugural Callapalooza cutdown challange will take place by 12 call makers cutting OLT d-2 style toneboards. Johnny Bill scribed his name, "Johnny Bill" into the brass insert and dated it " '89". Tom May started making calls after World War II, mid 1940s. is all that keeps this from Mint. $40, P. S. Olt E-1 Crow Call with World Logo and matching World Logo Box missing plastic lid. This one stands out from the crowd. The small spot on the bottom of the call is a reflection. I tried to tell him it was an Olt 77 goose call. Most have by now. (dll) SOLD, P. S. Olt K-11 Diving Duck Call. This call is staying with me for a while. Until I got these, I had only seen one other Johnson call, a duck call I sold a few years ago. J-15. Checking around for comp pricing, the only one I found was for $295 and it was marked sold! You may have to tune it to suit your blowing style. This call is banded and 5 1/4". See details. It has a new reed in it, but don't think it has been corrected for the call. (ut) SOLD, P S Olt 90th Anniversary Call. EXC+ (yt), Todd A Alofs Banded Flute Goose Call. It looks like a walnut call with a cherry stain. Call is made of stuff similare to what Glynn Scobey used for his inserts-nylon, durlon, it seems to have different names. (ll) SOLD, Glynn Scobey Plastic Reed Duck Call. Mr Herters was a marketing genius. Good news! I often purchase calls because I admire the craftsmanship or there is something unique about the call that attracts my attention and I get that "I have to have it" feeling. SOLD (eezl), L L Bean/George Soule Duck Call. This is a very detailed hand carved Chinese wooden box. Allen was among the early comercial calls on the market. I never told him, I liked the one he did for me better. Yes, hawk call. Some roughness along right edge of label, call is Mint. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. Additionally it has the much rarer Gold lettering. Label chipped, but you can make out enough to read parts of the name and a little or the other information on the label. As stated above the colors in photo are not true to the calls in it. These are NOT run of the mill Scobey calls. This call predates his Championships, to about 1945 or before. VG- (ed) SOLD, P S Olt C-3 Perfect Mallard Call. This Cocobolo Duck Call was made by Duane Cobert. Mint, Rare. African Blackwood with nice lighter areas and a radical swirl in the grain behind signature. Tyrone, Penna. Both calls are individually hand signed also. (ddl) SOLD I had to prop it up with a small vitamin bottle. Duck Calls (73) Duck Decoys (14) Fishing Creels (19) Fishing Reels (94) Turkey Calls (21) NEWEST ADDITIONS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ NEWEST ADDITIONS. The blonde wood shows off the flying black duck better than I have seen on other woods. The reverse has a brand that reads "Handcrafted by Larry W. Hickerson". 966.9808 New Arrivals and Price Changes Blue winged teal, drake, Robert Elliston, Peoria, IL c. 1930 Blue-winged Teal by Robert A. Elliston, Peoria, IL, 1849-1915. It works as is, the way it was made.) Mint with original lanyard. Very Good $59, Tom Weigel Goose Call. Early with wooden insert, 1985 or before. Next I added a partial Olt sheet with part of their call line. This is a Duck Call made by Robert Spragg. Seams rubbed. This is an early Magnum when Glynn was still using the regular goose call barrel. : "http://www. Call is lightly handled with one small place where something white got into an indent. Mint in mint box with papers. Anyone who has had anything printed in color knows that each color adds considerably to the cost over just black and white. They are tiger maple calls with cocobolo inserts. MIB SOLD (dtt), Glynn Scobey Duck Call with Abercrombie and Fitch Logo on it. No wear on mouth pieces. $189, Glynn Scobey Duck Call. Number 34 is a 3 duck with brown insert. Mint. - Banded Duck Call, Ken Martin (1922-2001) Illinois - Walnut Goose Call, Albert Thibodeaux - Carencro, LA- Checkered Duck Call, Bill Dowdle (1920-2000) Memphis, TN. He wrapped it in a label that said "Special" in large letters. This is one of them. Box very good, insert indestructible it says on box, soo very good also. I always liked this early version of the C-3, but it must have been a paint to keep in adjustment. I guess you all know these were made to call diving ducks. Scarce. Enjoy. (dot) SOLD, P. S. Olt D-2 Duck Call. If you have ever tried to remove a lanyard from these Scobey calls, you will know what the marks on the signature side of this call looks like. This call is part of my Scobey collection (there is a note in the barrel from Glynn stating it was his personal call about 1981) I show it so you can compare the painting style with the next call. (tlz) SOLD, Glynn Scobey Goose Call. See more of Illinois Vintage Duck Call Collector and Trader on Facebook. A wonderful book by a great guy. On the bottom of the duck call box Ken put a note, "your walnut". Style is 1980's from memory. May have been going to be a Magnum when that endevor was scrapped and it just passed thru as a plain 66. Either way an early signature. Scarce offering. Slight scratch on lable, esle Mint. World Logo again, so 1956-59. $59, P. S. Olt A-50 Canadian Honker Call. I have several, but call early. $99, P. S. Olt Model A-50 "Honker" Goose Call. If you don't see what you're looking for, contact us, we have several items in our inventory that are not listed here. It is the newer call and goes in the orange box standing on the right of photo above. Nice deep brand of the duck. Captcha failed to load. $59, Thomas Multi Reed Duck Call. Later he designed a unique barrel for his Magnum calls. Photo does not show it off very well, but you can sure tell it is not a run of the mill call. 1960s-70s Bill, head, neck and bottom line of body are scribed with paint applied above and inside those lines. This call has initials on the reverse side from the painting. This one is Mint. If you can and want to tune it yourself for yourself I will sell it like it is. The address on this box is the same as on the gray box, Route 3. The photo does not do justice to the reds in this call, which in the hand is much more virbrant than photo. (dtx) SOLD, L L Bean/George Soule Coastal Duck Call. This is a Walnut Duck Call by Duane Cobert of "Dead Ringer Custom Calls". I just noticed you can't see that due to the Wide mouth of the squirrel call. Glynn was carful not to sing over the prettiest part of the wood. (tl) SOLD, P S Olt Model DR 115 Duck Call. You will not hurt my feelings if you do not buy this call. Some of the colors are really difficult to find, and none are easy to locate! Nice all hard rubber call except Joe scratched his name on the side of the barrel. Special bright orange made on special order. Wood insert dates it to pre 1985. Made of Nylon or similar. NOT FOR SALE, P.S. Mint as made. Olt made the three piece version of the C-3 from 1929 to 1946. Pretty call. + View/Buy Mint and scarce. I have another call dated 1981 that has always lived in a gray box, so I know Glynn still had some on hand then. You will be the original "owner". I still use an wingbone turkey call he made for me. The Osage call is Mint. Public collections can be seen by the public, including other shoppers, and may show up in recommendations and other places. This call is from my personal collection. I believe I could list the catalong alone with my books and get $15 for it alone. I think these Gold labels are from the 60s, I am certain they predate the black ones. Exc (ztl) SOLD, Yentzen Duck Call. Glynn lowved wood and would not paint or sign his name ofver the pretiest part of the wood in any call. (zxx) Sold, Yentzen Double Reed Duck Call. It almost makes them sound like they know something. I love it when the seller calls thesefill in the blank: goose, crow, etc and then assures me it sounds "real good". Ken seldom used Osage Orange making this call distinct and very collectible. Label is worn, call is Mint. DR stands for double reed, which it is. 1988, Special Ducks Unlimited Edition. No zipcode, so before 1960. Early call with Kansas City address on insert. Olt papers inside box. Three tiny dents on one side are the only detriments. Glynn told me he used these brown inserts for three years approximately 1966-1968. (dyl) SOLD, Glynn Scobey MAGNUM Goose Call. One tiny paper loss on back of box, o/w everything is Mint. It has two pins in each band. Good sound. No signs call was ever in the field. 1950s-1960s perhaps. Copper band has Royal engraved on it. 6.Rarity. I can recall the box change and recall it was about 1978-1981. Hard rubber. First the minuses: It may have been kept in someone's tackle box, as it has what appear to be "worm burns" on the barrel. MIB (ddx) SOLD, Glynn Scobey Duck Call. Johnny Bill loved different woods, this one made from an exotic called Bocote. As you may be aware of, trying to find information about a certain call or maker can be a bit of a challenge. Banded dark green polycarbonate. 327 Pheasant Flusher. $85, This is my Glynn Scobey Collection: (If you are looking to buy individual Scobey calls, I have some for sale on the above the collection. "M. B. Foiles" scribed on the barrel. This Nice Carved Duck Call was made by John Coats of Longwood, FL. Sanded to 600 grit I would guess. Metal reed. Tiny edge of decal raised, but all there. The band is real silver. And it is LOUD when you put a little air into it. The switch took place while he was still in Lemont. That is a tiny number. About See All (816) 942-5533. $53.55, $63.00 Harlan, Howard and Andrews, Crew. Mint (dyt) SOLD, Yentzen Caller Duck Call. Very very light scratches on barrel, so I will call it Nr Mint in box with papers. Exc. Very early calls. Mint in box with papers. Turning off personalized advertising opts you out of these sales. Learn more in our Privacy Policy., Help Center, and Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. Many vintage Gucci bags are lined with the brand's signature print, which adds to their collectability . Known as the Junior crow call, it was made for the kid who was lucky enough to get taken along on the crow hunt. This is the marblized red version, the one everyone wants. Mint. $75, P S Olt Model DR 115 Duck Call. White lettering and world logo are perfect. Guys who have them, keep them. $45, P. S. Olt Model 400 Crow Call. Mint in box with red lettering and with papers. Insert slides in and out to call Bluebills, Redheads or Canvasbacks. Very faint handling marks. This is the call on left lying on the box. Signed. It is not. Speaking of color, it is a warmer, more orange color than the yellow color the photo shows. Exc to mint. White colored call for the Tri County Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Either I have become a better caller (not likely) or this is a particularly good sounding Quam call. Exc+ (eol) SOLD, Mike McLemore Duck Call. This is an early call, Mike made this style from 1970-1977. It is very loud and easy to blow. Ever wonder who/how the 5 North America Turkey Subspecies obtained their names? Exc. The duck call, in Ken's handwritting says "Crafted for Ed Abernathy" and dated 6-2-93. Although called a fox call, it will also call bobcats, coyotes, wild dogs and maybe birds of prey. Toys & Games. Lettering worn and there is a tight crack iin the top of barrel. 4 Panel Checkered Reelfoot Duck Call $ Benjon Reelfoot Style Duck Call $ Beuchamp, Art Arkansas Style Duck Call $ 75.00; Bn-Scott Arkansas Style Walnut Duck Call $ 92.50; Caraway, William Maple Duck Call $ 340.00; Carlson Walnut Burl Duck Call $ 110.00 Original Price $39.99 2/4 . Not so, but seemed like it and I was slow with it. Big Reelfoot style metal reed call made for L L Bean by George Soule, the same man who made cork Coastal decoys for L L Bean. Pages brittle but all there. See remarks with the duck call above to learn why I feel confident calling this a 1960s Scobey call. Toneboard is aluminum, not plastic, as in the reissues years later. Olt DR-115 Duck Call. Remember this is the best wood Herter's offered, not the plain standard wood most of his calls have. This is the older, wider toneboard. See above with matching duck call for price. Numbers 25-29 are plastic reed calls; all calls before this have been metal reed calls. The band has done its job of stabilizing the crack shown at the top of the collar. I am not sure when the JC Higgins brade began to be used by Sears, but it was done by the early, early 1960s. Dj is wavy and has a tiny hole at spine edge. Olt Co 66 Duck Call Single Reed Waterfowl Pekin Il Usa Hunting Vtg. The call is an unusual plastic reed model he made for a short time in the early 1990s as per the note I have stuck in the barrel, so it must be info Glynn told me at a show or the like. Signed J. T Bucher and dated 1987. If you find this site helpful, please sign the guestbook and leave a comment. Cal is in original box with Bean lanyard inside. Are you trying to figure out who made your call? I think it adds some charm. SOLD (cl), Mike KcLemore. Looks like it had a plastic band around collar, no longer here, else Exc. This call has the circular cut out in the tone board. I wrote it down and put it into the barrel of the call we were discussing at that time, so I am sure of those dates. It does not move and the call functions perfectly. (I have never seen one of these call before that didn't have the metal reed all bent and/or kinked. Call is 4 1/2" and LA style. DJ has one 3" horizontal scratch on the back, else it is Exc. (edx) SOLD, Ken Martin Fancy Walnut, Hand Signed Goose and Duck Set. Not a production item, these with Gold lettering were made in very small numbers. Great! Wings are hard to envision and paint. Plastic. Unique. (I messed up boxes in photo. He or she will love it too and think highly of you. Calls with original knotless lanyards, paperwork and boxes are all Mint. This is the mate to the duck call above and has the same info on it. Other than the carved lettering, I am going to quote from Harlan, p. 204: "All plastic call from Kansas City, has unique mouthpiece filled with activated alumina granules, which absorps (sic) all moisture from the breath, keeping the reed and sounding board dry. Mud probably will clean off if tackled properly. Take a minute and look at this wood. I would like to keep them together. Exc+ $79, Green Head Adjustable Duck Call. (dttz) SOLD, Yentzen Duck Call. Mark from a lanyard spring. Exc. Summer priced at SOLD (LL), Ken Martin Small Letter Lemont in Box. Photo in the instructions shows only calls without turning rings. It has been used for its intended purpose and shows wear to finish and lanyard marks around lanyard grove in two places. The barrel is a nice thick chunk of walnut that gives the call a heftiness not normal in many other Dennisons. The identification of the older highly collectables calls to the lesser valuable modern makers is the best I could dig up!! I have not mentioned the calls that have boxes and or paperwork, as you can seem them yourself in the photo. He made some scribed mallards and added some colors to a few of them, but I have not seen an earlier all painted mallard on any of Glynn's calls. Ken Martin Small Letter Lemont Duck Call. (tt) SOLD, Glynn Scobey 2 Duck Duck Call. Duck Call made by David Leigh of Henderson, KY. Modified? These Are Both In Great Hunted Condition. Another of his first year Magnum calls, with hand made guts and 2 painted geese. Greenhead's John Mckean liked doing different things in the early 1980s. Great! Walnut is perfect. Gray box points toward the 1970s. SOLD (zyl). Antique Call making takes on many forms through the years of a call makers life. It is a plain box, no Ken Martin info at all, which also points to an earlier date than '64. If you do not get a reply within two days, then it went to your spam or junk, look there. There are many, many more lonely barrels out there than inserts. There are just over 100 calls. VG. Item(s) Exactly As Shown In The Pictures.Sold by wynners in Lynden, P.s.olt No. This is the earliest pen signature I have seen, before he dressed it up with swirls off the end of the y in Scobey. Yes, I know E-1 Olt crow calls are a dime a dozen, but ones with World Logo (1950s) are not, especially when coupled with correct World Logo box with papers. Mint in Mint presentation case. There is one tiny rub on the label visible below "Ill". Also laid in is a 1992 PRICE GUIDE! Sold thru Old Guide. (ct) (SOLD), Ken Martin Duck Call. SOLD (dlx), Harlan, Howard and Andrews, Crew. All that stamped into the barrel, I didn't make any of it up. ( nl) SOLD, P. S. Olt 77 Goose Call in Box. SOLD (cl), Sears Duck Call. "A lot of collectors are not duck call collectors. (15% off), Sale Price CHF33.37 They don't come any better. Call is Mint as made. For a while I am sure he had both the sirst brown boes and left over grays and used them indiscriminately until the grays were used up. I will put a new reed in it from my tiny hoard of Ken's reeds. Exc- call in Exc- box. Hand painted mallard and hand signed with a pen or very fine felt tipped pen. Nr Mint. Double reed call. Number 32 has a brown insert and 5 painted ducks. 30. CCC is a place to get historical information regarding a particular maker and to see examples of their work. These plain, no turning rings, calls are earlier than those with turning rings according to a family member. Some of the most sought-after vintage calls sell for well over .