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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 404243, member: 5066&quot;]I never understood how some bird decoys could be so expensive until i read this article in MAD yesterday, most of the better examples are in private collections. Article at the link.</p><p><a href="https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/canada-goose-brings-810000/7089" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/canada-goose-brings-810000/7089" rel="nofollow">https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/canada-goose-brings-810000/7089</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Until 1912 when the sale of migratory birds was outlawed in Massachusetts, market gunners used live decoys, thereby decimating the population. When the Migratory Bird Treaty Act was signed into federal law in 1918, carved decoys became hot properties. Today record-breaking decoys at auction or private sale take flight from one private collection to another, usually at a higher price each time. Each bird is known; as in genealogy, each decoy’s ownership can be traced back over a century or more. All remain under careful stewardship until it’s time to enter the next collection.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]140841[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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