Steven appeared this month with CHEX TV to talk about Duck decoys!

CHEX TV Interview, March 2010 can be viewed here:

http://www.decoyinfo.com/interview2010

Last years interview can be view here:

http://www.decoyinfo.com/interview

Ducks for dollars

Article from SUMMER 2009 - Country Roads - Discovering Hastings County
COVERING THE ARTS, OUTDOORS, HISTORY, PEOPLE AND PLACES

http://countryroadshastings.ca/
http://countryroadshastings.ca/pastIssues/CR09-02.pdf

Before you throw out those old wooden ducks that have been collecting dust in your basement for years, or sell them for a couple of bucks in a garage sale, do yourself a favour and call Steven Lloyd. What he has to say may shock you.
The 54-year-old resident of Oak Lake, just south of Stirling, is one of the foremost experts in the world when it comes to appraising wooden decoys.

June 8th, 2009

By Maribeth Keane and Jessica Lewis (Copyright 2009)

Steven Lloyd talks about antique duck decoys, discussing their history, how they were made, how they went from ubiquitous to rare, and the differences between factory-made decoys and those made by local woodworkers. He can be contacted via his website, decoyinfo.com.

Thirty-five years ago, after I graduated college, I needed some decoys for hunting. I had used my father’s wooden decoys ever since I could remember. My mother used to go hunting with them before I was born. I answered some ads in the paper—turns out there were literally thousands of wooden decoys for sale because everybody was changing to plastic. Many of the wooden decoys were just tossed in the garbage or given away, and a lot of them were burnt in fires.