Decoy Magazine

We'll be packing the truck today and heading to Shore Way Acres Motel in Falmouth, Massachusetts in the morning to exhibit at the inaugural Decoy & Carving Show sponsored by the New England Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association this weekend. We'll be signing up new subscribers, selling books and back issues of interest to decoy collectors and bringing a nice selection of New England decoys. Here are a few we're bringing along.

The truck is packed and we'll be heading in the morning to the Annapolis Elks Lodge in Edgewood, Maryland to participate in the Annapolis Decoy Show sponsored by the Potomac Decoy Collectors Association. We'll be signing up new members, selling books and back issues for decoy collectors and offering a nice selection of collectible decoys. Here's a few we're bringing along.

The May/June issue of Decoy Magazine is now in the mail. Our cover features the two million-dollar decoys that was sold in the recent decoy auction from the collection of Jim and Diane Cook. It includes part two of the article on Ed Phillips, who the author refers to as the Da Vinci of Dorchester County, Maryland decoys. There's an interesting historical piece on the Meloche family of Riviere-aux-Canards, who made spearfishing decoys for generations. There's a profile on Ronnie and Ben Flynn, prolific hunters and talented decoy makers from Louisiana. And there are all the latest decoy show and auction reports. If you're not yet a subscriber, get in touch and we'll get your first issue in the mail.

We're packing up the truck today and heading to Havre de Grace tomorrow to set up for their annual Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival on Saturday and Sunday. We'll be signing up new subscribers, selling books and back issues for decoy collectors and bringing a nice selection of collectible decoys. Here are a few we're bringing along.

The truck is packed and we'll be heading towards Lombard, Illinois in the morning to set up at the North American Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show. We'll arrive on Wednesday morning and will set up in the ballroom for the Friday and Saturday show. Although we won't be set up in our room, if you see something you like, let us know and we can make arrangements for you to see it before then. Here are a few of the birds we're bringing along.

We'll be packing the truck today and heading to Ocracoke, North Carolina tomorrow to set up for the Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival on Friday and Saturday. We'll be signing up new subscribers, selling books and back issues for decoy collectors and offering a selection of collectible decoys. Here are a few we're bringing along.

Both of these decoys sold at auction in 1986. The Joe Lincoln wood duck brought $205,000, and the Elmer Crowell preening wigeon sold for a "bargain" $88,000. In a week from Thursday, we'll see what they bring 40 years later.

We're packing the truck today and heading to one of our favorite shows tomorrow, the East Coast Decoy Collectors Buy, Sell and Swap Meet at the St. Michaels Inn in St. Michaels, Maryland. We'll be signing up new subscribers, selling books and back issues for decoy collectors and bringing a nice selection of collectible decoys. Here are a few we're bringing along. Come see us in room 113.

Bob White holding a godwit he made 60 years ago.

All set up at the New Jersey show at Stockton University.