Three are J C Higgins Life Like Decoys from Sears Roebuck and Co. and Airduk Pintail Decoys distributed throughout the Midwest. Higgins Sears Roebuck Paper Mache Duck Decoy lot 45 6d 18h 16m 57s 1 bids 18.95 Shipping Location: Hialeah,FL,USA This auction is for a total of 4 duck decoys. Hundreds of thousands of decoys were produced by General Fibre Co. They introduced their first plastic decoy in 1970, the model A-20 and stayed in business until 1975. Louis and changed their name to General Moulding Corporation. Call or email for additional information, photographs or to purchase (302) 384-6861. Their final move was in 1970 when they moved to Cherokee St. This model 43 DL was made for Sears by Marlin from 1937 to 1940. ![]() ![]() Model 300 (Executive series) was added in the late 1950’s which had sculpted side pocket feathers. In 1954 a plastic resin was added to the fiber to enhance it’s waterproofing properties. A number of models were produced including 600 series with a straight neck or feeder version, model 700 series were oversized and model 800 decoys were produced as shells and the heads were detachable. ![]() General Fibre utilized glass eyes initially but eventually used plastic eyes moulded into the head to compete with other fiber moulded decoys. Airduk hen & drake mallard fibermache decoys
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