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9/2/2006 - We hope to see you at the Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show on
Sept. 23 & 24, 2006, 01/22/06 - Market Square Wholesale Show: We hope you will come visit us at the Market Square Wholesale Show at the Fort Washington Expo Center Feb. 4 - 6 and say hello. We will again be located in the Gallery of American Craftsman. Hours: Saturday 4 - 7, Sunday 9 - 6, Monday 9 - 6. 12/23/05 - Merry Christmas and Happy Year to everyone! Thank-you for all your support this year, we look forward to a great 2006!!! 11/21/05 - During the Easton Waterfowl Festival we saw that Attributes Magazine ran an article on Vince in their show issue. We will make a copy available if possible. Sorry for the late announcement. 11/11/05 - Word from the Guyette & Schmidt Auction is that Vince's Pintail pair sold for $850. 11/01/05 - We hope to see you at the Easton Waterfowl Festival again this year. Vince will be in the same location at the Middle School. The show runs from November 11 - 13 in Easton, Maryland. http://www.waterfowlfestival.org 11/01/05 - The Guyette & Schmidt Decoy Auction will be auctioning a pair of Pintail gunning decoys by Vince on the first day of auctions. Vince doesn't recall the pair exactly, but believe them to be from around year 2000. 11/01/05 - We apologize for the delay in posting updated information. Connection to the site has been down for some time.
09/25/05 - Congratulations to David Giannetto on winning the Ocean County Decoy
& Gunning Show Delaware River Gunning Rig Competition with is rig of 12 Greater
Scaup. This marks the first best-of-show ribbon by one of Vince's son.
9/2/2005 - We hope to see you at the Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show on
Sept. 24 & 25, 2005, 9/1/2005 - The September issue of Wildlife Art Magazine, currently available in Borders Books, Barnes & Noble, and bigger book stores, features an article on Vince entitled Decoys Carve Niche in Fine Art. It was delayed from its earlier June release date. http://www.wildlifeartmag.com/ 5/16/2005 - Vincent will be speaking at the New Jersey Bay Day's Festival held in Bi-Valve, NJ on June 4th and 5th. The event will be a one hour interview of Vince by the curators of both the Delaware Bay and Tuckerton Seaport Museums, about the traditions associated with Delaware River decoys and the art of making them. Vince will be introduced by his son David. Tentative speaking times are 1:00 pm both Saturday and Sunday. Vince's work will be available in the main tent both days. The Bay Days festival is an annual event celebrating the rich traditions of the Delaware Bay, with artists, exhibits, and evening fireworks. Bi-Valve (the former oystering capitol of the world) is located on the Bay (Just 20 minutes from Vince's Out Back property in Delmont, NJ) off or Route 47. We hope to see you there. The event is run by http://www.bayshorediscoveryproject.org/ 5/16/05 - Wildlife Art Magazine's article on Vince, entitled Vincent Giannetto III: Master of Two Mediums, will run in the July 2005 issue. It will be released on approximately June 20, 2005, and is available at Borders Book, Barnes & Nobles Bookstores and bigger bookstores in North America. The article will discuss Vince's work from the perspective of its recent reception by collectors as fine art. Information on the magazine is available at http://www.wildlifeartmag.com/. 4/27/05 - We hope to have a picture of Dominic Giannetto Jr. posted on here soon - the newest grandchild to join the Giannetto family - son of Dominic and Vicki. 4/26/05 - Vince will be speaking and showing his work during the Bay Days Festival held on June 4 & 5 in Bi-Valve, New Jersey. Bay Days celebrates and preserves the bay traditions, and is sponsored by the Bay Shore Discovery Project. Vince will participate in an hour long discussion (once each day), with the Curator of the Bay Shore Discover Project, answering her questions, and questions form the audience, on decoy carving, the differences between the Bay and the River styles, the river traditions, and "how it used to be." Exact times will be posted on the New page and Main page of this site. http://www.bayshorediscoveryproject.org/ 4/23/05 - This day marks the first annual Earth Day Festival in Burlington City. The sponsors of the "Carving the Delaware River Tradition" exhibit, the year-long exhibit held at the Upper Bay Museum, were asked to set-up the display for the event. A smaller version of the exhibit, containing 45 decoys from five decades of Vince's work, was on display. The full display will be presented during the Burlington City Wood Street Fair in September, one of New Jersey's top events. More details will be posted here as they are made available.
3/03/05 - The Frank and Frank Decoy auction was held Sunday March 13
and handled a pair of bufflehead decoys from 1999 that were in Vince's
hunting rig for the several years went for $750. Vince believes this hen placed 2nd
best-of-show at the Tuckerton decoy show but isn't sure if this is the exact one
because he does a lot of buffleheads for his rig. He does recall that he
likes this hen and feels it was one of his better ones. This pair is also
unique because it has the keels carved directly into the body of the decoy
(sometimes called body keels).
He sometimes does this with smaller species. Click for larger image.
www.frankandfrankdecoys.com 1/03/05 - The upcoming edition of Real Hunter's Journal, due out January 2005, will feature an article by a writer that went hunting with Vince and his three sons last season. It provides a insightful look at hunting with "old-timers" during on the last year's coldest weather. Check out their new web site and join their hunting community. www.realhuntersjournal.com
12/01/04 - The pair of Shoveller decoys shown below recently sold at the
Guyette & Schmidt Decoy Auction (lot 101) in Easton Maryland for $825. Click
for larger image. 10/22/04 - Check out the latest edition of the Nor'easter Magazine in both New Jersey and Maryland for a story on the Ocean Country Decoy Show, and a photograph of Vince's best-of-show Mallard rig.
10/20/04 - Congratulations to Vince on winning Best-of-Show Delaware River
gunning rig at the Ocean Country Decoy Show. Click the thumbnail to view
one of the pairs in the rig. 09/10/04 - Please check out this month's edition of Hunting and Fishing Collectables Magazine and the 5 page article featuring Vince and his work. This is a special honor to have such a magazine feature his work. The pictures are great so pick up a copy today! 09/01/04 - We look forward to seeing everyone this year at the Ocean Country Decoy Show September 25 & 26. We will again be located under the tent, but this time across the isle with two tables near the lake. Stop by and say hello. 03/26/04 - please bear with us while the web site is transitioned to the new format. 11/01/03 - UPPER BAY MUSEUM YEAR LONG EXHIBIT OPENS: The Upper-Bay Museum, North East, Maryland, will be running a yearlong exhibit on the artwork and life of Mr. Vincent Giannetto III. Entitled "Carving the Delaware River Tradition", the exhibit features Giannetto as one of the last true "hunter-carvers" of the Delaware River. The exhibit features 75 pieces of his work spanning over four decades, and includes photographs and storyboards illustrating the story of his life, the Delaware region and associated traditions. The exhibit will be presented to the public during the annual decoy show and competition being held October 4 - 5, 2003. The Upper Bay Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and displaying historical works related to the rich history of the Upper Bay Watermen through the century old commercial fish house formerly owned by the H.L. Harvey Company. This not-for-profit organization seeks to promote activities to conserve and propagate Chesapeake Bay waters, marine life, waterfowl, and upland game. It is a region full of families that survived by their skills, handcrafted tools and unique equipment, and has captured the interest of many national figures throughout the years. Babe Ruth, Presidents Glover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, J.P. Morgan and Walter Chrysler all visited the area, and the museum features some artifacts from their involvement. It is open year-round, Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4:00 PM, and is a not-for-profit organization. Contact the museum by calling 410-287-2675 or visit them in North East, Maryland (Exit 100 off of Route 95 in Maryland, approximately 25 minutes from the Delaware Boarder.) An E-tour of the exhibit will be posted to this site in the new year. Download the poster in legal size PDF format here. 11/15/03 - CHIP CHAT'S MAGAZINE: Thank-you to Chip Chat's Magazine for their article on Vince in the November 12, 2003 issue. The article is not posted on their website, but a simple version can be found on the article's page. The full-length article will be posted next week.. Please visit their site: http://www.chipchats.org/ 10/01/03 - COVERAGE OF THE MUSEUM EXHIBIT OPENING: Check out the latest issues of Decoy Magazine and Wildfowl Carving Magazines for news releases on the upcoming Museum Exhibit at the Upper Bay Museum. 08/31/03 - TUCKERTON DECOY SHOW MAGAZINE: Check out the article section for a new article released about Vince that is included in the Tuckerton Decoy Show Magazine. 02/25/03 - WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL: Thank-you to everyone at the Woodworker's Journal for their recent article on Vince. 01/05/03 - MARKET SQUARE WHOLESALE SHOW: We hope you will come visit us at the Heritage Square Wholesale Show at the Fort Washington Expo Center Feb. 6 - 8 and say hello.
01/01/03 - HAPPY NEW YEAR:
Happy New Year, and thank-you
to everyone that supported us this year in our many endeavors. 12/24/02 - MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Thank-you to everyone at wildlife Carving Magazine for their recent article on Vince. 12/18/02 - NEWS ARTICLE: Thank-you to everyone at The Beacon for their recent article on Vince. 12/05/02 - NEW ARTICLE ADDED: Check out the Articles section for a recent news story on Vince. 11/25/02 - NEW ARTICLE ADDED: Check out the Articles section for a recent news story on Vince.
09/29/02 BEST IN SHOW DECOY OCEAN COUNTY
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08/05/02 - DECEMBER INVITATION TO THE
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I am happy to share wha 08/02/02 - 20th Annual Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show: Vincent has again been selected to create miniature decoys that will be awarded to winners in the decoy competition at this year's show. This year's theme is the Blue Wing Teal. 08/01/02 - NEW ARTICLES ADDED: Please check the articles page for two short news paper articles. One on Steve Bird, and the other on Bob Moffit, both students of mine. Congratulations to them both! 05/04/02 - MARKET SQUARE SHOW: We will be attending the MARKET SQUARE SHOW on June 7th - June 9th, however this year we will be at a new location. We will now be showing at the Fort Washington Expo Center (Fort Washington, PA) instead of the Hilton Hotel. We will post our booth location as soon as it is available. Hope to see you there!! 04/05/02 - A long over due note to say hello. We have been working at keeping the site up to date, but haven't done such a good job keeping up with the news. (Perhaps that's because it was duck season at the Outback!!) Some new products have been posted to the site, and we promise to put a new pattern or two on soon also, since we have had so many requests for them. There is also a great new rig of "contemporary" style decoys that are available and will be posted on the site soon. 04/01/02 - I promised Rich and Michelle I'd get a new picture of Kelly put up so you can see how fast she is growing... 12/27/01 - My 2001 hunting rig of decoys will soon be made available for purchase. We will be listing some of the decoys on the web site as soon as we can. You can find out what species are available by dropping me an email or giving me a phone call. All of them have been hunted over throughout this winter season down on the Outback. 2/26/01 - Happy holidays and New Year to everyone. The web site was awarded the International Artist and Crafter's 2001 Web Excellence Award for site design and content, so a special thanks to our web design team. 11/18/01 - Thank-you to everyone that visited us at the Easton Maryland show this weekend. 09/11/2001 -
08/18/01 - We'd like to introduce you to our new grand-daughter Kelly Anne Giannetto. She was born on July 18th, weighting 9 pounds 3 ounces and 21 1/2 inches tall, to my son and daughter Rich and Michelle. Drop them a note to congratulate them at MBranin@Home.com. 07/21/01 - We have some great news to share about the 19th Annual Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show to be held in Tuckerton NJ on September 29th and 30th. (Click Here for more info) 07/08/01 - Server Problems - Thanks to everyone who has been patient with us during our recent server problems. We are back up and running and have some exciting content, products and pictures to share with you soon. 03/18/01 - Vincent Giannetto IV's Art Exhibit: My son, Vincent IV, is graduating from Marywood University this spring with a Bachelor's of Arts in Art Education and recently had his Senior Art Show. The whole family went up to view the show, and I wanted to share some of his work with you. 01/18/01 - Come Visit Us at the Heritage Market
Show: We will be attending the Heritage
Market Show at the King of Prussia Hilton Hotel on February 9th, 10th, and 11th and would like to invite you to stop by and visit us
at booth 141. We will have our line of hand carved Santas, puppies, rockers, characters, 11/26/00 - Happy Holidays: I'd like to say thanks to all the customers and friends who made this year successful. And a special thanks to everybody who helped set up this website. I know it took a lot of patience to teach me how to turn on the computer. And I am determined that next year my VCR will stop blinking 12:00! I'm glad I got to talk to a lot of you at the Waterfowl Festival in Easton MD. My next two shows are wholesale shows with Heritage Market at the Sheraton Hotel in Valley Forge PA, in February and June. Now that the Easton show is over and my Christmas orders are under control its time to spend more hunting time down on the Delaware bay. My 60 acres on the Bay are called "The Outback" because I've spent most of my life playing "out back". The ducks are flying and the snow geese are eating up the meadow. I can't wait. The Giannetto family wishes all of you a Happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year. - Vince 10/15/2000 - No saw dust today: Today was spent working diligently, but not a single woodchip was carved. Hopefully you'll see we're still under constructions but at least we're getting there. Come back soon and let us know what you think. Vince 9/26/2000 - Welcome note: I'd like to welcome everyone to Ducks and Such.com. Today marks our first day on-line. Please bear with us while we get our site up and running. In the meantime feel free to drop me a note and say hello. Vince |
