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THBCarved Wooden Bufflehead Drake Duck Decoy
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveNov 3, 2024
Over 1,000 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a great collection of sterling silver, WWII posters, Asian antiquities, a lifetime collection of woodblock prints, oriental rugs, bronze sculptures, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
Carved Wooden Duck Decoy. Signed on underside. '89. Depicts a Bufflehead Drake. Brown head with a white stripe running from the back of the head to the throat, and dark brown eyes. Body is predominantly white with grayish brown wings that have detailed feather patterns, including a distinctive black and white design on the wing edge. Beak is dark gray, and the tail is short and pointed.
Condition: Commensurate with age.
Size: 11 x 5 x 5 1/2 in.
#3560 .
A duck decoy (or decoy duck) is a man-made object resembling a duck. The earliest known use of duck decoys was by ancient Egyptians, who used decoys made of clay on the Nile to hunt ducks and geese around 2500 BC. Decoy ducks have been used in traditional hunting by Indigenous Australian peoples of the Murray River in South Australia for many centuries, and Native American people have been crafting and using duck decoys for thousands of years. More realistic, highly-detailed wooden carved decoys arose in North America in the 19th and 20th centuries. After World War II manufacturers began to make decoys out of papier-mâché and eventually plastic, and battery-powered moving decoys gained popularity in the 1990s. Duck decoys are primarily used in hunting to attract ducks (or other water fowl) to an area of water by giving the impression that other ducks are in the area, creating a false sense of security. Decoys are made in different forms designed to mimic different activities of ducks, including “feeders” and “sleepers.” Decoys are weighted to keep them anchored in place when floating. Duck decoys may be colored to have a natural appearance, or they may be entirely black, as black decoys are more easily visible to passing ducks on overcast days. Some modern decoys use batteries to move, which creates waves in the water, adding a sense of realism that may fool ducks more. One of the most popular forms of motion decoys is one that has spinning wings, creating the illusion of a duck in flight. Ever since Joel Barber, the first known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art. Barber’s book Wild Fowl Decoys was the first book on decoys as collectible objects. It was followed in 1965 by folk art dealer Adele Earnest’s The Art of the Decoy and American Bird Decoys by collector William F. Mackey. Collectors typically focus on particular categories of decoys, such as working, decorative, antique, or contemporary. In addition, collectors may focus on decoys from particular regions such as eastern North America, Louisiana, California, or the Upper Mississippi Flyway, which all have unique decoy-carving traditions. In early 2007 a red-breasted merganser hen decoy created by Lothrop Holmes sold at auction for $856,000. At the time, it was one of the highest prices ever paid for a duck decoy. The first million-dollar price was achieved when two decoys created by the 19th Century Massachusetts master carver A. Elmer Crowell, a Canada goose decoy and a preening Northern pintail drake decoy, were sold for $1.13 million each in a private sale in September of 2007.
Condition
Commensurate with age.
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- Size
11 x 5 x 5 1/2 in.
- Picked up By
Nick (Premier Shipping)
- LiveA Cat Code
26906
- LiveA Material & Tech Code
25902
