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This commodity is about the carved wildfowl model. For the big structure for catching wildfowl, see Duck decoy (construction).

Blackness duck by Cigar Daisey

A duck decoy (or decoy duck) is a man-made object resembling a real duck. Duck decoys are sometimes used in waterfowl hunting to attract real ducks.

Duck decoys were historically carved from wood, often Atlantic white cedar forest on the east coast of the US from Maine to South Carolina,^[one] or cork. Modern ones may besides be made of sail and plastic. They are usually painted, often elaborately and very accurately, to resemble diverse kinds of waterfowl.

History [edit]

Always since Joel Barber, the start-known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have get increasingly viewed equally an important form of Northward American folk art. Hairdresser's book Wild Fowl Decoys, was the first book on decoys as collectible objects. It was followed in 1965 by folk art dealer Adele Hostage's The Art of the Decoy and American Bird Decoys by collector William F. Mackey.

Mackey fabricated many trips to Chincoteague Island for the groovy flounder angling as well as hunting for Chincoteague decoys. On his trips to the isle he called Snug Harbor Marina home. He would send out locals to search for smashing finds of Chincoteague history. Cigar Daisey was one of the local Chincoteaguers that would help Mackey detect all the best decoys that made his collection globe-famous.^{[ peacock prose ]} Daisey has told many stories of the many truck loads of decoys he rounded up for his friend.

By that time, Hal & Barbara Sorenson, hobbyists from Burlington, Iowa, had published the Decoy Collectors Guide, a small mag dedicated to the do. The 'Guide' helped foster a sense of customs and provided a forum for collectors to share their research.

By the 1970s decoys were becoming big business, at least by previous standards. The death of Wm. F. Mackey brought his decoys to marketplace in a series of auctions in 1973 and 1974, with the star of his collection, a long-billed curlew by Wm. 'Bill' Bowman selling for a record Us$10,500.

Since the 1960s numerous collectors organizations have been created, specialist books and magazines published, with specialist dealers, and special interest shows around the U.s.a. and Canada. Canadian decoys are nonetheless believed to be the "sleepers" in the world of decoy popularity and are oft undervalued only are starting to gain recognition.

The electric current world record price for an antique duck decoy at sale is a crimson-breasted merganser hen by Lothrop Holmes for $856,000. Guyette & Deeter^[ii] and Christie's New York. Jan 2007.^[three]

The first 1000000 dollar price was achieved when 2 decoys (Canada goose and a preening pintail drake) by A. Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, MA were said to accept sold for The states$1.13 1000000 each in a individual sale, in September 2007. The record-setting decoys were sold in a larger collection of 31 decoys for $7.5 1000000 in total then it remains for a single decoy to clearly break the $1 meg marking.^[4]

Vintage factory decoys [edit]

Bricklayer's Decoy Mill [edit]

The most famous of all manufactory-fabricated decoys are Mason'due south which operated in Detroit, Michigan, from 1896 to 1924. Produced decoys in the same style equally Peterson and Contrivance. Produced five grades of decoys:

• Premier Grade - two-piece, hollow torso, apartment bottoms, glass eyes, swirl pigment on breast, notch carved nib, carved nostrils, carved nail.
• Challenge - both one piece solid and two-slice hollow bodies, apartment bottoms, glass eyes, less elaborate paint on breast, no notch carved bill, lesser carved nostrils, painted black nail.
• Standard #one or "Detroit"(glass centre) - smaller in stature, less carving, more paint particular, drinking glass eyes.
• Standard #2 (tack eye) - smaller in stature, less carving, somewhat less paint detail, tack eyes.
• Standard #3 (painted center) - smaller in stature, less etching, even less paint item, painted eyes.

Other decoys [edit]

• Peterson Decoy Factory – Began in 1873 past George Peterson in Detroit, Michigan. Sold factory to Jasper Dodge in 1883.
• J.North. Dodge – Jasper N. Dodge (1829–1909) began his decoy production c. 1883 after purchasing the George Peterson Decoy Manufactory. Production ceased in 1905 and closed permanently in 1908.
• William East. Pratt Manufacturing Co. – Established in 1893 in Joliet, Illinois, did not begin to produce decoys until 1921. Eventually bought out by the Animal Trap Visitor of America which became Victor.
• J.W. Reynolds Decoy Company – Established in Chicago, Illinois
• Swisher & Soule – Established in Decatur, Illinois.
• Hays – Established in Jefferson City, MO.
• H.A. Stevens – Harvey A. Stevens (d. 1894) began this manufactory in Weedsport, New York from 1880 to 1902. Harvey had several brothers that helped out at the shop, just George was the only one that would carve and paint decoys under his own label. And then, the two brothers fabricated commercial decoys and they made them during two time periods. First, the tackeye decoy made between 1870 and about 1890 and then the improved glasseye decoy made thereafter until George retired in the early on 1900s. The Stevens brothers made two models, the standard decoy and the sleeper "humpback" decoy.
• Evans Factory – Walter Evans (1872–1948) was a large scale producer of fine hollow body duck decoys in Ladysmith, Wisconsin from the 1921 to 1932. Similar in appearance to the Mason Factory decoy.
• G&H Decoys, Inc. – Began in 1934 one twelvemonth after the federal authorities in the United States ended the practice of live birds beingness used equally decoys in the exercise of hunting. Their original 'Henryettan' design is still manufactured today in their facility and home office just northward of Henryetta, Oklahoma.^[5]
• Wildfowler Decoys, Inc – Began in 1939, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. In 1957 the company had a tragic burn down that destroyed the building and most of its contents, the company was sold and moved to Quogue, New York. The company was bought by Charlie Birdsall in 1961, and moved to Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Information technology was after relocated into Babylon, New York in the mid-1970s. Occasionally, Wildfowler were contracted to produce decoys for the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog.^[six]
• Herter's Inc – Popular sporting appurtenances catalog company founded by George Leonard Herter in Waseca, Minnesota from the 1930s through 1970s.
• L.L. Bean – Sporting appurtenances mail society visitor based out of Freeport, Maine produced mill decoys for a few years.
• Peterborough Canoe Company – Famed canoe manufacturer out of Peterborough, Ontario known to brand solid torso decoys during 'lean' canoe production seasons."
• Mintz Decoys—Family unit endemic concern based out of Boise, Idaho and founded by primary carver Don Mintz that pioneered the process of total trunk flocking on decoys, which creates a three-dimensional illusion and virtually eliminates all glare from the lord's day. Said to be far superior to regular, factory-produced decoys.
• Full general Fibre Visitor - Began mass production of the Ariduk brand of fibre duck decoys in 1946. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, the manufacturer produced mallards, pin tails, blueish bills, black ducks, canvass backs, oversized mallards, and oversized black ducks. The visitor as well produced goose decoys and crow shooter's kits.

Museums and collections [edit]

• Det Grønne Museum (The Green Museum, national museum of hunting) - Kingdom of denmark
• American Folk Art Museum - New York, New York^{[ citation needed ]}
• Barnegat Bay Decoy and Bayman'southward Museum - Tuckerton, New Jersey^{[ citation needed ]}
• Birds of Vermont Museum - Huntington, Vermont^{[ commendation needed ]}
• Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Eye - Baton Rouge, Louisiana^[7]
• Centerville Historical Society - Centerville, Massachusetts Elmer Crowell Drove^[8]
• Charles Perdew Museum - Henry, Illinois^[9]
• Cadre Sound Waterfowl Museum - Harkers Isle, North Carolina^[ten]
• The Dorset House, Shelburne Museum - Shelburne, Vermont^[11]
• Havre de Grace Decoy Museum - Havre de Grace, Maryland^[12]
• Noyes Museum - Galloway Township, New Bailiwick of jersey (decoy drove currently held in Hammonton, New Bailiwick of jersey)^[thirteen]
• Milwaukee Public Museum - Milwaukee, Wisconsin^{[ citation needed ]}
• Peoria Riverfront Museum - Peoria, Illinois^[xiv]
• Refuge Waterfowl Museum - Chincoteague, Virginia^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tuckerton Seaport - Tuckerton, New Jersey^{[ citation needed ]}
• Upper Bay Museum - North E, Maryland^[15]
• Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art - Salisbury, Maryland^{[ citation needed ]}
• Wendell Gilley Museum - Southwest Harbor, Maine^[16]

Festivals [edit]

• Core Sound Decoy Festival - Harkers Island, NC^[17]
• Duck Duck Goose Day - Baton Rouge, LA
• Easton Waterfowl Festival - Easton, MD^[18]
• Havre de Grace's Annual Decoy & Wild fauna Art Festival - Havre de Grace, Dr.^[19]
• Sea County Decoy & Gunning Show - Tuckerton, NJ^[xx]
• Thousand Islands Museum: Decoy & Wildlife Art Show - Clayton, NY^[21]
• Upper Bay Museum Decoy Show - N East, MD^[22]
• Ward World Title- Bounding main City, MD^[23]

Collectors associations [edit]

• Canadian Decoy & Outdoor Collectables Association.^[24]
• E Coast Decoy Collectors Association (Maryland and Virginia area)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Long Island Decoy Collectors Association^[25]
• Midwest Decoy Collectors Association^[26]
• Minnesota Decoy Collectors Association^[27]
• New Jersey Decoy Collectors Clan^[28]
• Northwest Decoy Collectors Association^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association^[29]
• Potomac Decoy Collectors Association^{[ commendation needed ]}
• K Island Decoy Collectors Association^[30]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Ward, Daniel (1989). "Commercial Utilization of Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides, Cuppressaceae)". Economic Botany. 43 (3): 386–415. doi:10.1007/bf02858736. JSTOR 4255181.
2. ^ "Guyette and Deeter".
3. ^ "Bids for the birds - San Diego Union Tribune". Retrieved 2007-08-11 .
4. ^ "To tune of $1.13m, decoys are the real thing". The Boston Globe. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2007-09-21 .
5. ^ "The Original 'Henryettan'--Octogenarian "Duck Thou." is synonymous with 80-year-onetime G&H Decoy". Kelly Bostian, Tulsa World, Nov 2, 2014. Retrieved Dec 28, 2020.
6. ^ Cowan, Richard; LaFountain, Richard. from "Wildfowler Decoys". Decoy Magazine. January./Feb. 2001
7. ^ Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center Retrieved December five, 2016
8. ^ Centerville Historical Society. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
9. ^ Charles Perdew Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
10. ^ Cadre Sound Waterfowl Museum. Retrieved July ix, 2012.
11. ^ "Decoys". Shelburne Museum. Retrieved xv October 2012.
12. ^ Havre de Grace Decoy Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
13. ^ D'Amico, Diane (January 16, 2017). "Noyes collection moves to Hammonton, for now". The Printing of Atlantic City . Retrieved January xv, 2018.
14. ^ Peoria Riverfront Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
15. ^ "Upper Bay Museum". Upper Bay Museum. Retrieved 2012-07-ten .
16. ^ Wendell Gilley Museum. Retrieved July ix, 2012.
17. ^ Core Audio Decoy Festival. Retrieved July ix, 2012.
18. ^ Easton Waterfowl Festival. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
19. ^ "Calendar of Events" Archived 2009-07-fourteen at the Wayback Machine. Havre de Grace Decoy Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
20. ^ Tuckerton Seaport. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
21. ^ Thousand Islands Museum Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Automobile. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
22. ^ Annual Upper Bay Museum Decoy Show. Retrieved July nine, 2012.
23. ^ Ward Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012. Archived Feb xiii, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
24. ^ "Canadian Decoy & Outdoor Collectables Clan". Canadiandecoy.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
25. ^ "LIDCA". Lidecoycollectors.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
26. ^ "MDCA". Midwestdecoy.org. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
27. ^ "MnDCA". Mndecoycollectors.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
28. ^ "NJDCA". Njdecoys.com. 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
29. ^ "ODCCA". ODCCA. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
30. ^ Barry Hart. "TIDCA". Decoycollectors.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .

References [edit]

• Earnest, Adele The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings. Bramhall House, New York, NY
• Waterfowl Decoys of Southwestern Ontario and the Men Who Made Them (Brisco, Paul 1986)
• Decoying St. Clair to St. Lawrence (Crandell, Barney 1986)
• Fleckenstein, Henry A. Jr (1979) Decoys of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Schiffer, Exton, PA ISBN 0-916838-24-2
• Fleckenstein, Henry A. Jr (1983) New Jersey Decoys. Schiffer, Exton, PA ISBN 0-916838-75-7
• Starr, George Ross, Jr. (1974) Decoys of The Atlantic Flyway. Winchester, New York, NY ISBN 0-87691-141-vi
• Goldberger, Russ J. and Haid, Alan G. (2003) Mason Decoys-A Consummate Pictorial Guide: Expanded Edition. Decoy Magazine, Lewes, DE ISBN 0-9724423-0-8
• "Frank & Frank Sporting Collectibles Oct 26, 2008 Catalogt" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-10 .
• Country Domicile (June 1992 p. 86)

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