Bill Gibian
Onancock, Virginia · b. 1946 · 168 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Gibians have brought
How these numbers are madeEvery dot is a sale (price includes buyer's premium, log scale). The line is the median of the trailing twelve months, shown only when that window has at least 5 sales. The “Decoys only” view removes 15 miniatures and decoratives from the line. Hover or tap any dot for the bird behind it; click to open the sale.
Full-size decoys and shorebirds only (153 lots). Miniatures and decoratives are excluded from the median but still shown as dots. Hover or tap any dot for the bird behind it; click to open the sale.
By species How these numbers are made
The ten species that come up most often, with how many have sold and the median price.
- Plover11$1,080
- Curlew10$1,200
- Yellowlegs10$780
- Dowitcher10$555
- Black Bellied Plover9$780
- Dove7$660
- Ruddy Turnstone6$840
- Godwit5$1,020
- Pair of Wood Duck4$4,800
- Shorebird4$1,185
Every bird
All 168 Gibians we have, newest first. Narrow by species, condition, paint, house or year, or sort by what they brought; switch to the table for the catalog detail beside each price. Tap a bird for the full record and comparable sales.
168 birds
Yellowlegs$420
Dowitcher$540
Pair of Wood Duck$4,500
Wigeon$3,600
Preening Pintail$3,000
Pair of Labrador Ducks$2,700
Curlew$1,200
Dove$1,170
Plover$1,110
Yellowlegs$990
Plover$870
Long Bill Curlew$750
Plover$750
Plover$660
Black Bellied Plover$540
Ruddy Turnstone$510
Mallard$4,860
Black Bellied Plover$420
Black Bellied Plover$1,080
Curlew$840
Sanderling$1,200
Passenger Pigeon$1,020
Dowitcher$750
Wigeon$750
Curlew$660
Dowitcher$570
Pintail$4,080
Plover$1,800
Curlew$1,500
Hudsonian Godwit$1,500
Yellowlegs$1,080
Plover$1,080
Dowitcher$1,080
Black Tailed Godwit$1,170
Killdeer$1,170
Preening Yellowlegs$1,110
Yellowlegs$1,020
Marbled Godwit$960
Pair of Labrador Ducks$930
Curlew$780
Pair of Mallard$8,400
Pair of Wood Duck$4,800
Preening Curlew$4,500
Pair of Mallard$3,600
Eskimo Curlew$2,100
Plover$540
Plover$510
Shorebird$1,050
Curlew$2,100
Pair of Yellowlegs$1,800
California Towhee On Peach$1,800
Pigeon$1,560
Avocet$1,080
Dove$960
Dove$660
Yellowlegs$390
Wood Duck$2,040
Green-winged Teal$2,040
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$3,600
Preening Yellowlegs$2,100
Curlew$2,100
Curlew$1,200
Black Bellied Plover$810
Plover$1,200
Greater Yellowlegs$1,800
Red Knot$1,560
Pair of Willet$960
Yellowlegs$780
Red Knot$750
Dove$660
Yellowlegs$600
Decorative Yellowlegs$570
Miniature Curlew$540
Godwit$390
Yellowlegs$780
Shorebird$660
Black Bellied Plover$570
Preening Red-breasted Merganser$1,920
Black Bellied Plover$540
Dowitcher$510
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$3,300
Pair of Dove$3,000
Pair of Birds of Paradise$2,100
Pigeon$2,100
Sickle Bill Curlew$1,920
Sickle Bill Curlew$1,080
Oystercatcher$570
Pair of Wigeon$5,040
Preening Red-breasted Merganser$1,920
Shoveler$1,800
Pair of Wood Duck$9,500
Pair of Pintail$3,300
Wood Duck$2,700
Brant$1,200
Preening Bufflehead$840
Dowitcher$540
Preening Decoy$1,320
Yellowlegs$930
Ruddy Turnstone$900
Black Tailed Godwit$8,400
Black Bellied Plover$1,800
Gadwall$1,800
Curlew$1,500
Ruddy Turnstone$1,500
Preening Shoveler Drake$1,200
Dunlin$1,080
Godwit$1,110
Curlew$960
Robin Snipe$900
Black Bellied Plover$780
Dowitcher$720
Miniature Preening Willet$2,700
Miniature Willet$2,700
Pair of Pintail$2,400
Godwit$1,050
Pair of Yellowlegs$4,080
Preening Yellowlegs$2,040
Godwit$1,020
Pair of Shorebird$1,020
Godwit$900
Black Bellied Plover$840
Pair of Shorebird$810
Dowitcher$780
Sanderling$540
Pair of Pintail$6,000
Black Duck$3,300
Blue Goose$1,800
Black Tailed Godwit$1,560
Ruddy Turnstone$1,500
Marbled Godwit$1,110
Preening Wigeon$930
Blue-winged Teal$720
Yellowlegs$600
Ruddy Turnstone$480
Dove$420
Pair of Shorebird$750
Dowitcher$480
Pair of Labrador Ducks$7,800
Canvasback$4,800
Pair of Gadwall$4,500
Plover$1,920
Pair of Redhead$5,520
Plover$1,800
Labrador Duck Drake$1,320
Dowitcher$510
Goshawk$10,800
Crow$6,000
Wigeon$3,600
Pair of Standing Wood Duck$3,600
Pair of Green-winged Teal$3,000
Pair of Canvasback$2,700
Gambel's Quail$840
Dove$600
Labrador Duck Hen$1,200
Bluebill$960
Pair of Dove$810
Passenger Pigeon$540
Pair of Wood Duck$4,800
Preening Godwit$3,300
Shorebird$1,320
Shorebird$1,320
Dove$810About these numbers
Prices are what the buyer paid, including the auction house's premium. The line on the chart is the median of the trailing twelve months, redrawn every night. A window holding fewer than 5 sales gets no point at all, which is why the line breaks rather than bridging a quiet stretch.
Only sold lots are counted. Sales by year: 2023: 41 · 2024: 44 · 2025: 45 · 2026: 38. Coverage is Guyette & Deeter and Copley; private sales, shows and other houses aren't in this data.
The recap after every sale
One email after every major decoy auction: what sold, what it brought, which carvers moved.