What's coming to the block
Every cataloged decoy sale from the houses collectors actually watch, in date order, with a link straight to the catalog. Checked every week. Results land in Recaps after each sale.
Next up
3–4
Oct · Sat–Sun
Zeb's · Hallwood, VA
Session 1 live Sat 10:10 AM; Session 2 closes online Sun 5 PM ET. Decoys, oyster cans, advertising and framed art. Preview Fri Oct 2, 4–6 PM.
Oct
TBA
mid-month
Grant Cole Decoy Auctions · Online
Date not yet posted. Grant and Megan ran an October Premiere sale last year; this row updates the day it goes up on HiBid. Online, phone and absentee on HiBid.
Oct
30
Fri
American Sporting Auctions · Online
Decoys, calls and sporting art, mostly under $1,000. Good entry-level comps. Timed monthly sale on HiBid.
Nov
14–15
Sat–Sun
Guyette & Deeter · Easton, MD · Major sale
Session III of the Jim and Diane Cook Collection. About 550 cataloged lots during the Easton Waterfowl Festival. Preview Fri Nov 13 evening. Live at the Country School; phone, absentee and online via Invaluable.
Nov
27
Fri
American Sporting Auctions · Online
Last Friday of the month. Date may shift for the holiday. Timed monthly sale on HiBid.
Nov
29–Dec 6
closes Sun
Zeb's · Online
Primarily firearms; usually a handful of decoy lots ride along. Zeb's final sale of 2026. Timed online.
Feb
late
2027
Copley Fine Art Auctions · Pembroke, MA · Major sale
Copley's February sale, usually previewed at SEWE in Charleston the week before. 2026 ran Feb 20–21 with about 640 lots. Two-day live-streamed sale; phone, absentee and online.
Feb
late
2027
Guyette & Deeter · St. Michaels, MD
Mostly shotguns and rifles, with decoys and sporting art mixed in. Live at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Apr
late
2027
Guyette & Deeter · Lombard, IL · Major sale
About 600 lots alongside the North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show; expect Session IV of the Cook Collection. Live at the Westin Chicago Lombard during the NADCA show.
St. Michaels, MD · since 1984
The big one. Four live sales a year (Feb, Apr, Jul, Nov) plus weekly online. Sets most of the records in this database.
guyetteanddeeter.comPembroke, MA · since 2006
Two curated 600-lot sales a year, Winter (Feb) and Sporting (Jul), plus a spring online sale. Strong on New England and Illinois River birds.
copleyart.comSyracuse, NY
Feature sales in spring and fall, a monthly Friday Night Bids, and specialty events like the first calls-only auction.
americansportingauctions.comZeb B. Barfield Inc. · Hallwood, VA
Eastern Shore working birds and oyster cans. A two-day fall sale, a summer mega sale, and timed online auctions every couple of weeks.
zebsauctions.comBeulah, MI · online, phone, absentee
Great Lakes and Upper Midwest carvers, fish decoys and Oscar Peterson. Four or five online sales a year on HiBid.
gcdecoys.comHowell, NJ
Two 400-lot sales a year on LiveAuctioneers, the best source for Barnegat Bay and New Jersey shore birds.
frankandfrankdecoys.com