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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 404515, member: 5066&quot;]Terry, I think you have this wrong from what i have read.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The reason valuable decoys are so valuable is because 90 percent of them were repainted or had their heads broken off, so the ones that are left in good condition are the best ones and go for high prices.” According to Guyette, most of the decoys he sees in appraisals are worth about $100.&quot;</p><p>&quot;From the mid-19th century through the early-20th century, the use of painted, wooden, hollow or solid shorebird, goose, and duck decoys came into fashion among bird hunters. While no longer used today due to advances in decoy materials and technology, these wooden duck <a href="http://www.invaluable.com/decoys/sc-VS79L9AISL/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.invaluable.com/decoys/sc-VS79L9AISL/" rel="nofollow">decoys</a> are now considered highly collectible, with entire auction houses dedicated to the buying and selling of vintage duck decoys, magnificent works of <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/tag/folk-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/tag/folk-art/" rel="nofollow">folk art</a>&quot;</p><p>&quot;He notes that today, while some folk art collectors buy duck decoys, most collectors tend to be <a href="http://www.invaluable.com/sporting-fishing-hunting-collectibles/cc-HHO7L7CYWT/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.invaluable.com/sporting-fishing-hunting-collectibles/cc-HHO7L7CYWT/" rel="nofollow">sport hunters</a> who attend auctions and events for both their united collecting passion and the camaraderie that goes along with it. “Year after year, people come to the auctions to see friends. [The auctions] turn into enjoyable events in addition to a business,” says Guyette. “That’s one of the things that drives the market – decoys tend to be independent of other antiques.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the article in full that i quoted from above, pretty good info on the market today and how it got started in the mid 20th century</p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/inside-the-archives-duck-decoy-prices/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/inside-the-archives-duck-decoy-prices/" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/blog/inside-the-archives-duck-decoy-prices/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, good point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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