? about ll bean decoy value
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I think it is very dependent on where you sell them. For certain they will sell quickly at $30 a piece. At $100 each time on the market will run quite a bit longer. Are you looking to unload or just curious about their value?
In good condition here in the northeast $75-80 each
Less than that in Maine where supply is higher. I typically see people asking around $50-70, and presumably selling them for less. Most of the ones I have bought have been in used condition, often in groups of 4+, and purchased for $30-50. Supply is drying up, though, for the decent ones. The days of seeing them for $25 at yard sales are long gone!
Vince Pagliaroli
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Your LL Bean Decoys are in damn near Mint Condition by what you have stated. That puts them in another class of decoy.
The 1980's decoys differed from the LL Bean decoys prior due to the style of the heads. I have a basket or two of them in the attic in my repaint cuz of hard use. "They can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'," More of the older ones (the best heads) are coming on the market or on the curb cuz the hunters have passed and family does not want them. Almost all are in repaint and have hard use yet they still Work with some TLC.
my 2 cents
Tom Johnson
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Sold 3 dozen 1970 Soule bluebills for $30...no offers from New England. 4 Offers from North Carolina, go figure. After George Soule, some "white cork" birds were offered, and as said above, with the "new head" patterns. Check out dalesdecoyden.com Knows a bit about George Soule/LLBean production.