Kroghie Andresen
Kroghie Andresen owns and operates Andresen Advisory, LLC, a decoy appraisal and buying/selling advisory firm based in Charlotte, NC. In conjunction with his life-long interest in waterfowl hunting, Kroghie started collecting old working decoys in 1979. This hobby eventually turned into a passion that led not only to a large collection of over 1,300 decoys from North Carolina and Virginia, but also to the publication of several books to record the history of the decoys and their carvers. His previous books include Gunnin' Birds, ArtDuckO, and Mitchell Fulcher, Master Decoy Carver.
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Philip Harvey
In 1975, Philip Harvey and his wife, Susan, began buying, selling, and collecting antiques. They specialized in Americana and country furniture, showing at many national antique shows. Living in the coastal environment of eastern North Carolina, old waterfowl decoys quickly became a major part of their antique business. They eventually decided to limit their decoy collecting to North Carolina carvers, with an emphasis on decoys that had folk-art appeal. In 1986 Philip and Susan opened The Bird Store, a retail store in Kill Devil Hills, NC, that specializes in wildlife art, old and new decoys, and other coastal collectibles.
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