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Post by: Danny Rowan on November 08, 2008, 04:03:00 AM
Used to collect rare sea shells ,specifically cowries. Got a bit expensive so sold them all,LOL.
Have a small zuni fetish collection, specifically Wilfred and Fabian Cheama pieces.
Ranger style belt buckles, especially prison made from Huntsville, Tx.
Wife thinks I am a pack rat,LOL.
Danny
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Post by: PAPALAPIN on November 08, 2008, 09:39:00 AM
When I was a kid, the big deal was duck hunting. My dad had over two hundred various breed decoys. All hand carved wooden blocks. As plastic decoys became more prominant the old woodies went into the top of the shed. One day a collector wanted to see them. Dad pulled them down and showed them all. He offered $200 each for the whole collection. Dad turned him down. Instead of putting them back in the shed, dad put the sacks of decoys behing th shed, out of sight with the intention of picking them up later. He forgot. About three years later I realized it and went through sacks. about 75% were ruined to weather exposure. After my dad died, my sister and I split what was left. I have about 40 old originals...mostly canvasbacks, pintails, mallards and ring necks.
Got no idea of what they are worth today, but they are a connection for me with my dad and the many cold mornings we spent together in the duck blind.
Post by: doug77 on November 08, 2008, 09:56:00 AM
My best he gave me are seven 4 1/2 wolf traps with the teeth
doug77
Post by: TRAP on November 08, 2008, 10:29:00 AM
As I get older, I seem to like old stuff more and more. Hmmmm
Trap
Post by: doug77 on November 08, 2008, 11:08:00 AM
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Post by: deadfallpaul on November 08, 2008, 10:54:00 PM
Also collect early 1800's stoneware and along with my wife, trade blankets( Hudson's Bay,Early Whitney,etc.)
Post by: Frank1107 on November 08, 2008, 11:27:00 PM
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Post by: reddogge on November 09, 2008, 06:10:00 PM
I also collect old working decoys and have a large collection scattered throughout the house much to my wife's chagrin. I have a decent wildlife and waterfowl art collection too.
I like old knives and just about any old thing I guess not unlike many here.
Post by: Takedown on November 10, 2008, 11:31:00 AM
Hell no im not a "collector"!!! I need this stuff, it's a matter of survival!...The bows, the old bamboo flyrods, the old creels, the old double barreled shotguns, the knives, the old trapper nelson backpacks......If I ever get my last two sons out of the house (stated with love and admiration boys!), I might have a "man room" to show off some of this stuff! God no, I cant afford to be a collector, my wife would kill me!
LOL... Harry.
PS( I will say this, I dont have a single thing in my "collection" ...er...er pile of necessaary stuff that I dont use in the field, or on the stream. No wall hangers for me. My brother likes to call it Harry's Potential Museum of Neat Old Stuff!)
Post by: 4406v on November 10, 2008, 01:12:00 PM
I also love old guns especially model 37 Ithaca pump shotguns and any old Remingtons.
Post by: reddogge on November 11, 2008, 09:39:00 AM
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Old working decoys.Oh man. Stories like this are all too common. My hunting partner who is 15 years my senior grew up in Havre de Grace, MD and had a whole rig of Madison Mitchell decoys from the 40s he hunted with. The rigs were huge as they hunted canvasbacks and bluebills in body booting rigs. Every one went into the wood stove.
When I was a kid, the big deal was duck hunting. My dad had over two hundred various breed decoys. All hand carved wooden blocks. As plastic decoys became more prominant the old woodies went into the top of the shed. One day a collector wanted to see them. Dad pulled them down and showed them all. He offered $200 each for the whole collection. Dad turned him down. Instead of putting them back in the shed, dad put the sacks of decoys behing th shed, out of sight with the intention of picking them up later. He forgot. About three years later I realized it and went through sacks. about 75% were ruined to weather exposure. After my dad died, my sister and I split what was left. I have about 40 old originals...mostly canvasbacks, pintails, mallards and ring necks.
Got no idea of what they are worth today, but they are a connection for me with my dad and the many cold mornings we spent together in the duck blind.
Another friend more my age was related to the famous Barnes family from Havre de Grace and had a whole rig of Madison Mitchell cork geese he stored in a shed outside. The mice got to them a basically ruined every one.
It's enough to make a grown man cry.
Post by: TRAP on November 11, 2008, 03:14:00 PM
Post by: PAPALAPIN on November 11, 2008, 03:59:00 PM
This was a common sight from my childhood in South Louisiana.
It's funny how we take these things for granted. That was the norm for us. I though everybody did it. Now, over 50 years later, I look back and think how lucky I was for these experiences with my dad. That's why I can never let 'em go.
One of these days I'll tell about how my old hunting' buddy and I used to shoot ducks on the fly with Flu Flus. What an experience!!! :archer:
Post by: reddogge on November 16, 2008, 12:11:00 PM
I never shot at a duck with a bow but did shoot a chuckar partridge on the wing once with a Ben Pearson longbow. Quite a rush and I don't even have a picture.
I'll have to tell you about my truly bizarre hobby of body booting ducks and geese on the Susquehanna Flats in MD one time. A sport only for the very hardy or very foolish.
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