Before mass-produced plastic ducks became a hunter’s standbys, decoys were carved from wood. But what were originally necessary tools have become more than that as works of art prized by collectors.

Answer: Because I don't want to duck this question, I will immediately tell you that your five decoys are worth about $15,000, according to Russell E. Lewis, a Michigan collector who has written ...

Hand-crafted wooden duck decoys, with their intricate carvings and painted designs, attract more than just unsuspecting ducks that mistake them for the real thing and end up getting bagged by hunters.

Members of the Long Island Decoy Collectors Association who gathered for their monthly meeting at Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library, are in many ways, birds of a feather. Old enough to have hunted ...

Duck-hunting season along coastal Massachusetts closes in a few weeks. Until then, gunners will flock to inlets and marshes wearing waders and wielding decoys. These life-like working replicas are ...

From antique duck decoys and sporting paintings to early American folk sculpture and contemporary carvings by living artists, Guyette and Deeter’s first locally held summer auction was a success. You ...

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The Sheppard’s Dublin and Provincial Sale features water birds in different shapes and sizes Canada goose decoy Pair of wooden duck decoys Wooden duck decoy Chinese Qing dynasty cloisonné enamel duck ...

Ice fishing decoys boast one of the oldest pedigrees of contemporary collectibles. And, compared with its more widely collected cousin, the duck decoy, the fish decoy market still has room to grow, ...

OGUNQUIT — A world famous antique decoy auction firm that will feature the "creme de la creme" of antique decoy ducks and related arts and accessories, will hold an auction July 26-27 at the Cliff ...