The value of a vintage decoy can be a major surprise, says Jon Deeter of the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, which holds its annual show March 19-21 in Westlake.

Wandering the delightful collections — decoys, bird carvings, fish carvings, books, shotgun shell boxes, outdoor stuff — at the Henry Decoy Show and learning things.

The Mason Decoy Factory was making thousands of wooden ducks each year at its Detroit factory in the early 1900s. Waterfowl hunters could buy the company's best decoys for a buck apiece.