Lowell, a picker came around about 20 years ago and asked what I wanted for some sea duck decoys in a shed---"coots" (whitewing scoters) bought for $1 each in my rush for a hunt on another shore. "Oh, a dollar and a quarter," I said, just to get rid of them and him. He peeled off $125 for each of two dozen. The decoys were weathered no-name decoys made by a school chum. The world's gone crazy: my $3.50 whistler and bluebill decoys are being bought elsewhere for $1,000 each.

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