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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 888.1 | I'd go for it | CSC32::WATERS | The Agony of Delete | Mon Jan 07 1991 14:30 | 17 |
| My Aunt handmade duck and goose decoys. I would die to have one
she did. She bought the unfinished decoys from some supply
house and the did customizing to make them look more than a decoy.
(joined the neck together, puttyed around the eye for full details,
sanded the bodies so they are not just rounded, and wood burned
feathers...)
My uncle supplied the ducks for her to use or she used books to
get the colors exact. They looked 100% real when she finished them.
I know she sold them at a craft store. I don't know what they went
for, but I'm sure it was a pretty penny. If I had to guess I'd say
they went for $300+ each.
She has since passed away.
Mark
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| 888.2 | LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP | PARITY::HOWELL | | Mon Jan 07 1991 15:12 | 12 |
| These decoys were very "in" a few years back. I believe they
are not as popular as they were. If you are serious I would
look for some Trade Shows in your area. Look to see how many
exhibitors, patrons, browsers and buyers there are. Also check
the prices. With the economy in shambles you may want to think
twice about expending dollars for advertising, marketing, etc.
if the market is shrinking. There are a number of artists who
already have there own following. Breaking into this field
now might present difficulties.
Barbara
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| 888.3 | | HAZEL::LEFEBVRE | Say goodbye to the brilliant blues | Mon Jan 07 1991 16:40 | 14 |
| I've been going to the DU fund raising banquets for several years now,
and typically come home with one of the limited addition decoys they
auction off. I've got a handsome goldeneye, a lesser scaup and a drake
black.
Typically, the auctioned price of a decoy ranges from $150 to $250,
depending on the artist and the quantity of dekes in the issue. Given
that DU tries to make a profit from the sale of these decoys, I'd
hazard a guess that the artist is commissioned (ie, paid a fee for x
number of copies) that bring the cost per decoy way down.
I wish I had more information.
Mark.
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| 888.4 | | SALEM::PAPPALARDO | | Mon Jan 07 1991 16:59 | 14 |
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The other night I believe 1/4/91 on channel 5 out of Boston,Mass they do
a weekly show called "Chronicle". In this episode the visted the State
of Maine and went L.L. Beans workshop where they made wooden decoys and
from there to an auction house that handled the auctions of decoys.
Based on the age and quality of each decoy the price could range from
$30 to $70,000. In the last year this one auction house handled some-
where in the range of 3.5 million dollars in sales from decoys. It was
a real interesting show and they told a story of a guy who came in with
a decoy out of his attic that had been there for 20+ years. He didn't
know what it was worth and left it with the auctioner. It was sold for
$30,000 which came in quite handy for him as he was retiring.
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| 888.5 | decoy | GNOCLU::PORELL_S | I'm the NRA | Tue Jan 15 1991 13:33 | 12 |
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Rick,
I don't know what area your in but if your in the northern part
of Mass or the southern part of New Hampshire there is a gentleman
in southern NH that could assist you in either carving 'working
decoys' or show .....depending on what your desires are. He was
one of a very few people who studied under the late Charles Murphy.
Charles was a well known carver and fowl hunter in Maine. If you
would like more information please write directly to me.
Sid
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