Lucrative market - Christie's posted a record-setting auction with an $802,000 preening pintail - with a high demand for reliable references Explores a time-honored craft which finds its roots in American Indian culture and is among the first industries of early European settlers Just as valuable as a good bird dog is to a hunter, Warman's Duck Decoys is an essential tool for folk art collectors and skillful carvers with a passion for wooden ducks. To help collectors accurately identify and assess these wooden treasures, this book: *Features more than 1,000 color photos, collectors and artists alike will appreciate for the devotion to detail *Contains tips for identifying decoys and spotting forgeries, and techniques for restoring and repairing collectible wooden waterfowl *Provides collectors with history and current pricing of prominent duck and goose decoys of the past century