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Our area of emphasis is the Great Lakes area (especially Wisconsin, Michigan, and the St. Clair Flats), but we sell decoys from all areas of North America including Quebec and British Columbia. We sell species of carved waterfowl decoys. The variety that we market on this website is wide: we feature vintage hand-carved decoys along with the famous antique birds made in factories; contemporary and vintage decorative decoys; and vintage and contemporary gunning decoys. Many of the decoys that you see listed are “Under the Radar” creations made by unknown carvers and that have the grace, beauty and charm suitable for any decoy collection.
Some of them even seem like old relicts but with a charm that grows on
you.
The waterfowl species usually include black ducks, bluebills, buffleheads, canvasbacks, golden-eye, mallards, pintails, redheads, and teals. The spear-fishing decoys include species of perch, northern pike, shiners, suckers and others. We have some hunting collectibles such as knives and prints among our listings, along with books for
sale.
We welcome your business either as a buyer or as a consigner. We appraise and identify decoys free-of-charge. If you are trying to locate a decoy by a particular carver, we can try to find it. Finally, if you have an entire collection to have appraised, we can help.
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Auctions
Books
François is the curator of the decoy collection
exhibited at the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Museum. He is the
author of a new comprehensive book covering Quebec
carvers and their decoys, Sculpteurs d’appelants du
Quebec, published in September 2008.
The
book has 320 pages plus more than 400 color images. The
decoys of 135 Quebec carvers are shown. The
text is in French, but even if you can’t quite
read the language, the pictures speak for themselves!
Copies ($57.95) can be ordered directly from François
at www.quebecdecoys.com
or we will forward orders for you.
Announcing
a new decoy book ─
Nichol Decoys: The Smiths Falls School of Carving
By Bernie Gates, Jeff Mewburn and William Reeve, 2008.
This book is a study of the Nichol family and their
decoys. Besides describing the lives, times, and
achievements of the Nichol family, it also features
other Smiths Falls makers influenced by the Nichols.
(240 pp, illustrated in full color with more than 200
decoys represented, hardcover) $39.95 plus
shipping. To order click here mailto:order@nicholdecoys.ca
For more information go to Bernie’s website http://www.nicholdecoys.ca
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