WHISPERING WINGS
featuring the Wildlife Art of Jim Alexander
Contemporary Antique Decoys
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Decoys represent a unique form of American folk art with origins that go back some 2000 years. In the last 30
years the collecting of antique decoys has grown in leaps and bounds. As a result of supply and demand gone are
the days of an affordable antique decoy being found. The value of antique decoys has skyrocketed to where prices
can easily range into the six-figures or more with new auction records set every year. This has therefore set the
price range of the antique decoy well beyond the majority of the population interested in collecting decoys.
Thus, the contemporary decoy is introduced. This style of carving gives a collector the ability to own a decoy with
the characteristics of an original carving without the price of the actual antique. For the carver this provides an
opportunity to emulate well known carvers while adding one’s own personal carving methods and style. The
contemporary antique decoy certainly doesn’t replace the original antique but simply compliments any vintage
decoy collection.
years the collecting of antique decoys has grown in leaps and bounds. As a result of supply and demand gone are
the days of an affordable antique decoy being found. The value of antique decoys has skyrocketed to where prices
can easily range into the six-figures or more with new auction records set every year. This has therefore set the
price range of the antique decoy well beyond the majority of the population interested in collecting decoys.
Thus, the contemporary decoy is introduced. This style of carving gives a collector the ability to own a decoy with
the characteristics of an original carving without the price of the actual antique. For the carver this provides an
opportunity to emulate well known carvers while adding one’s own personal carving methods and style. The
contemporary antique decoy certainly doesn’t replace the original antique but simply compliments any vintage
decoy collection.
| RUDDY TURNSTONE Contemporary Antique Decoy Replica Lathrop Holmes (1824-1899) Tupelo Wood Oils (click on image to enlarge) |
| WOOD DUCK Contemporary Antique Decoy Northern Cedar Wood Acrylics (click on image to enlarge) |
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| LONGTAIL DUCK Contemporary Antique Decoy Northern Cedar Wood Acrylics (click on image to enlarge) |
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