Guyette & Deeter and Christie's New York. The current world record price for an antique duck decoy at auction is a red-breasted merganser hen by Lothrop Holmes for $856,000. Canadian decoys are still believed to be the "sleepers" in the world of decoy popularity and are often undervalued but are starting to gain recognition. Since the 1960s numerous collectors organizations have been created, specialist books and magazines published, with specialist dealers, and special interest have been shown around the US and Canada. 'Bill' Bowman selling for a record US$10,500.
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Mackey brought his decoys to market in a series of auctions in 19, with the star of his collection, a long-billed curlew by Wm. The 'Guide' helped foster a sense of community and provided a forum for collectors to share their research.īy the 1970s decoys were becoming big business, at least by previous standards. Daisey has told many stories of the many truck loads of decoys he rounded up for his friend.īy that time, Hal & Barbara Sorenson, hobbyists from Burlington, Iowa, had published the Decoy Collectors Guide, a small magazine dedicated to the practice. Cigar Daisey was one of the local Chincoteaguers that would help Mackey find all the best decoys that made his collection world-famous. He would send out locals to search for great finds of Chincoteague history. On his trips to the island he called Snug Harbor Marina home. Mackey made many trips to Chincoteague Island for the great flounder fishing as well as hunting for Chincoteague decoys. It was followed in 1965 by folk art dealer Adele Earnest's The Art of the Decoy and American Bird Decoys by collector William F. Barber's book Wild Fowl Decoys, was the first book on decoys as collectible objects. ( January 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įver since Joel Barber, the first-known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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