About Vintage and Antique Duck Decoys

Antique decoys, especially antique duck decoys, are a classic example of American folk art at its best. Though originally created for hunting, they frequently feature superb, lifelike craftsmanship and are often admired as striking works of art.

The most collectible antique duck decoys are those created (and used) from the early 1800s through the early 1900s, but the art form has its roots even deeper in American culture - Native Americans created decoys using reeds or duck skins. The most sought after decoys are those originally created for hunting (but never used) by notable carvers like A. Elmer Crowell and Charles Perdue.


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Marty Hanson Redhead Duck Decoy Pair...mint$750.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 37 watchers
Vintage Antique Old Wood Teal Working Duck Decoy Houma$561.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 32 watchers
Brook Trout Carving Fish Taxidermy Decoy Fly Rod Reel Buy it Now$399.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 10 watchers
Foxpro Fx5 Complete Pkg With Decoy, Bag, And Caller Wow$398.13 Ends Wednesday 19 bids 59 watchers
Old Antique Hunting Duck Decoy Original Paint $395.00 Ends in 20 hours 10 bids 54 watchers
Manitoba Canada Duck And Goose Hunt Duck Decoy Call$372.00 Ends in 10 hours 16 bids 9 watchers
Chesapeake Bay Maryland Sea Duck Hunt Duck Decoy Call $371.00 Ends in 10 hours 10 bids 2 watchers
Evans, Mammoth Grade, Pintail Antique Duck Decoy$355.00 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 37 watchers
Blackduck Duck Decoy Delaware River Original Paint 1930$302.00 Ends Wednesday 13 bids 45 watchers
Antique Long Island Duck Decoy Plaque Bufflehead Hodge$255.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 17 watchers
Antique Long Island Duck Decoy Plaque Canvasback Hodge$255.00 Ends Wednesday 7 bids 18 watchers
Original Wards Brothers Decoy Signed And Dated 1973$255.00 Ends Tuesday 19 bids 25 watchers
Canvasback Duck Decoy Mason Factory Premier C1905$203.00 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 43 watchers
Mason, Premier Grade , Antique Canvasback Duck Decoy$202.50 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 20 watchers
Frank Schmidt Black Duck Decoy-mint- Possibly Unused$202.50 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 27 watchers
Full Body Goose Decoy Mold With 2 Head Molds$170.00 Ends in 22 hours 8 bids 24 watchers
Blackduck Duck Decoy Delaware River Original Paint 1930$167.50 Ends Wednesday 14 bids 25 watchers
1950 Russ Hurlburt Folk Art Fish Spearing Decoy~michign$158.50 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 17 watchers
John Fairfield Fish Decoy, Fish Spear $155.27 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 24 watchers
2 Oversize Mallard Duck Decoy Mold Sets $152.50 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 22 watchers
Ghg Avery Snow Goose Decoy Decoys Full Bodies$152.50 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 7 watchers
Great Frank Finney Double Split Tail Tern Decoy$152.50 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 18 watchers
Canvasback Duck Decoy Wildfowler Factory Pt Pleasant Nj$152.50 Ends Wednesday 9 bids 22 watchers
Madison Mitchell Canvasback Decoy$127.50 Ends in 20 hours 6 bids 48 watchers
Canvasback Pair Duck Decoy By Ll Bean$124.50 Ends Sunday 7 bids 14 watchers
Rare Floater Bass Fish Spearing Decoy / Bud Stewart !$120.38 Ends in 18 hours 4 bids 22 watchers
Ken Harris Black Duck Decoy$119.01 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 23 watchers
Pintail Duck Decoy By Mason Decoy Company$115.63 Ends Sunday 13 bids 11 watchers
Red Head Pr Duck Decoy Ontario Canada Ralph Malpage$108.05 Ends Sunday 3 bids 25 watchers
Nice Old Folk Art Antique Wood Fish Fishing Decoy$103.50 Ends in 21 hours 13 bids 38 watchers
Vintage Hand Carved Miniature Duck Decoy Signed Hg 1957$103.49 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 24 watchers
Vintage Hand Carved Miniature Wood ~swan~ Duck Decoy $103.49 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 28 watchers
Mason, Glass Eye, Redhead Drake Antique Duck Decoy$102.50 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 7 watchers
Goldeneye Duck Decoy Delaware River Rick Brown Nj$102.50 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 24 watchers
Ron Koch Gw Teal Pair Of Duck Decoys/decoy-hollow-mint$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 14 watchers
Phil Babe Wood Mallard Duck Decoy/decoys--hollow--mint$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 25 watchers
Old Folky Flats Redhead Duck Decoy/decoys---hollow$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 24 watchers
Bill Gibian Curlew Shorebird Duck Decoy/decoys$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 23 watchers
Old Pintail Drake Working Decoy Fraser River Delta B.c.$99.95 Ends in 17 hours 1 bid 23 watchers
Vintage Wood Wooden Victor Trap Co Loon Duck Decoy Old$91.00 Ends in 20 hours 3 bids 7 watchers
Rare Illinois River Decoy By George Reisinger$89.88 Ends Saturday 3 bids 23 watchers
Early Everett Baldridge Duck Call Goose Decoy Row Hunt$89.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 10 watchers
E Allen Common Eider Duck Decoy Goose Decoy$85.00 Ends in 12 hours 5 bids 5 watchers
Antique Ice Fishing Decoy, Circa Early 1900's$85.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 13 watchers
Hooded Merganser Duck Decoy Pair- Dan Burns Duck Decoys$84.00 Ends in 20 hours 7 bids 10 watchers
Ducks Unlimited Hooded Merganser Decoy$81.00 Ends in 15 hours 8 bids 17 watchers
Large Hollow Primitive Crow Hunting Decoy By Ken Kirby$79.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 6 watchers
Over Sized Widgeon William Geonne Decoy$76.99 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 6 watchers
Super Antique Canvas Goose Decoy Bendable Neck & Head$76.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 23 watchers
New Final Approach Pro Landr Goose Decoy Layout Blind$76.00 Ends Thursday 9 bids 14 watchers
Mason, Glass Eye, Green Wing Teal Antique Duck Decoy$76.00 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 32 watchers
Buffle Head Duck Decoy Pairby Bob Litzenberg$76.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 13 watchers
Vintage Duck Decoy O.b. Wallace$75.00 Ends in 21 hours 1 bid 16 watchers
1930s Minnesota Sunfish~folk Art Fish Spearing Decoy~$71.00 Ends Tuesday 11 bids 17 watchers
Original Antique Bluegill Sunfish Fish Spearing Decoy$70.99 Ends Wednesday 13 bids 22 watchers
Rare Petersen Factory Painted Eye Mallard Hen Decoy$66.00 Ends in 20 hours 2 bids 3 watchers
Taylor Old Squaw Duck Decoy Duck Call Goose Decoy Call$65.00 Ends in 10 hours 12 bids 14 watchers
Mason Duck Decoy-canvasback Drake$59.95 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Antique Wood Duck Decoy$58.00 Ends Wednesday 10 bids 24 watchers
Dove Decoy Duck Decoy Decoys$57.78 Ends Thursday 9 bids 11 watchers

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The spoof forum trolls' error - hard shit assholes, you picked on the wrong person
The Spoof (satire), March 21st

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York Daily Record, March 19th

By TIM HAHN Erie Times-News MEADVILLE, Pa.—Jason Minnich was duck hunting on Presque Isle Bay in early November when it occurred to him that he needed more...Read more

Bourjaily: "Bo Whoop" Sells
Field and Stream (blog), March 16th

Both amounts are chump change compared to the world record auction price for an antique duck decoy: $856000 in 2007 for a Red Breasted Merganser by Lothrop...Read more

Cape Fear Wildlife Expo is paradise for outdoorsy types
StarNewsOnline.com, March 16th

New to the Expo this year is a Duck, Goose and Swan Calling Contest for juniors and adults, duck decoy carving demonstrations and the Sportsman Channel...Read more

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Antiques and the Arts Online, March 12th

Whitney Duck Decoy; Drake Duck Decoy by Winfield; Old Squaw Maryland Duck Decoy; Blue Bill Duck Decoy by Benson Mass; B. Mitchel Carved Duck Decoy;...Read more

Swinging Bridge Auction Co
Antiques and Arts Weekly, March 5th

BY BROOK SIGNED JOHN STORMS 1924, WICKER CRADLE (ATTRIBUTED TO WAKEFIELD) DUCK DECOY WITH CHICAGO ILLINOIS ON BOTTOM, MITCHELS NEW GENERAL ATLAS 1868...Read more

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Natchez Democrat, February 28th

Following Cathedral's state title, Chief Knockahoma went into retirement, and was replaced with a hunter's duck decoy called the Yard Bird...Read more

Real Duck Decoy
Wildfowl Magazine, February 24th

The motion of a Real Duck decoy is generated by a rotating duo-colored bar stretched across the decoy's back. The flashing color and motion is present,...Read more

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