Mason Decoys, A Complete Pictorial Guide

This new edition, the first in 12 years, includes: • Recent auction results. • New chapter on Petersen and Dodge decoys. Easily tell one from the other. • Hardbound with 176 pages and over 550 color photographs. This will be an instant favorite and a most valuable addition for all who collect or simply admire Mason decoys. The extensive, professional quality color photographs of the better available examples of the various species, styles and grades provide a definitive, visually enhanced, reference work. Russ and Alan have been dedicated Mason students and collectors for thirty years and have been dealers with a special interest in Masons for the last two decades. Their vast, nationwide network of contacts among collectors with similar interests has given them the best possible photographic access and knowledge of existing or surviving specimens. Alan's extensive professional travels have afforded him an unique opportunity to visit more collectors and collections than any o

Russ J. Goldberger has been selling quality antique decoys for 35 years. He pioneered the direct marketing of antique decoys, publishing a full-color catalog for over 20 years (now replaced by this website, RJGAntiques.com. He has built an extensive computer database of customers and their collecting and dealing interests, so that he can bring relevant items to their attention. A Rutgers College graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran who then spent 25 years in marketing for several major corporations, Russ is experienced in all facets of consumer and pharmaceutical marketing, and he has brought these skills to the antiques business.

Alan G. Haid has been a well-regarded dealer, author and counselor for over 40 years. He is considered by many collectors to be the dean of decoy dealers.