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crankcall said:
Auction review I look at had a wooden duck decoy that sold for $251,000 . It’s a wooden duck from the 50s .


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Carved by whom? What made that duck so special? 1750's? I have seen a ton for <$20 in estate auctions. Obviously mostly carved by Uncle Steve or whatever. I assume the high priced one had a hoity toity artist name on it even if the end product wasn't vastly different.
 
GreyGhost said:
Carved by whom? What made that duck so special? 1750's? I have seen a ton for <$20 in estate auctions. Obviously mostly carved by Uncle Steve or whatever. I assume the high priced one had a hoity toity artist name on it even if the end product wasn't vastly different.
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Provenance: Jay Leno bought a house and wanted all the furniture and decor. The owner agreed for some extra $$.

Antiques road show reviewed the after effect. Almost all the decor doubled in value because at a sale it had been owned by Jay Leno.

There was a 1950's Chris Craft moored on the Holland River years back. It would have been firewood much earlier but was saved the fate by once being owned by Ed Sullivan. The story was he got the boat free for letting CC use his image in advertising.

The wishful thinking owner of the moment was sanding down a piece of mahogany that needed to be replaced. What it needed was a six figure restoration that would make it into an ongoing vintage money pit. IMO it was ugly coming out the factory doors.
 
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