Antique Folk Art Carved Bird Decoys Bird Calls - Identification / Book + Value

Description

Illustrated  with color and mostly black-and-white photographs with identifying captions, this early out-of-print book which pictures, describes, and values antique folk art carved bird decoys.
COLLECTING ANTIQUE BIRD DECOYS AND DUCK CALLS – AN IDENTIFICATION AND VALUE GUIDE
- Second Edition
by Carl Luckey, Books Americana, AL, 1983.
In addition to information on the history of the American bird decoy and fakes and forgeries, this comprehensive pictorial guide reviews in-depth the following schools of carvers:  Nova Scotia, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York State, Long Island, Barnegat (New Jersey), Delaware River, Susquehanna Flats, Maryland Eastern Shore, Crisfield (Maryland), Virginia Eastern shore, Cobb Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Illinois River, Michigan, St. Clair Flats, Wisconsin, and the Pacific Coast.  Factory decoys include the makers:  J.N. Dodge, Evans Duck Decoy Company, Herters, Inc., Mason’s Decoy Factory, William E. Pratt manufacturing Co., H.A. Stevens, Victor Animal Trap Company, and Wildfowler Decoys, Inc..  Whether a novice or advanced collector, dealer, or historian of folk art carved bird decoys, one will find this pictorial guide an invaluable reference.
8.5” x 11” softback in very good condition.  232 pages.
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