Cigar Daisey
Chincoteague, VA · 1928–2017 · 145 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Daiseys 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 2 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 (143 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.
- Ruddy Duck17$870
- Bufflehead14$1,035
- Dowitcher13$1,170
- Brant9$1,320
- Yellowlegs9$1,200
- Black Duck9$720
- Mallard8$975
- Merganser7$1,920
- Scaup7$1,050
- Green-winged Teal5$2,280
Every bird
All 145 Daiseys 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.
145 birds
Scaup$660
Redhead$720
Golden Plover$870
Black Duck$733
Ruddy Duck$588
Duck$450
Hooded Merganser$444
Red-breasted Merganser$408
Bufflehead$1,200
Black Duck$810
Teal$990
Bufflehead$810
Plover$810
Black Duck$690
Mallard$600
Pintail$2,400
Ruddy Duck$750
Redhead$4,381
Yellowlegs$2,400
Scaup$1,560
Dowitcher$900
Black Bellied Plover$504
Dowitcher$420
Dowitcher$348
Bufflehead$420
Ringneck$1,560
Canvasback$1,440
Bufflehead$1,320
Bufflehead$840
Yellowlegs$900
Mallard$840
Dowitcher$1,170
Species unrecorded$750
Brant$2,160
Mallard$1,680
Red-breasted Merganser$1,680
Black Duck$1,500
Dowitcher$1,020
Brant$690
Ruddy Duck$660
Plover$186
Canvasback$180
Bufflehead$1,680
Plover$810
Brant$960
Dowitcher$540
Redhead$5,400
Ruddy Duck$4,800
Golden Plover$1,200
Yellowlegs$1,200
Curlew$1,080
Canada Goose$960
Grebe$960
Brant$630
Curlew$1,440
Black Duck$270
Ruddy Duck$870
Ruddy Duck$750
Bufflehead$1,170
Coot$1,080
Green-winged Teal$2,280
Canvasback$1,800
Dove$1,680
Dowitcher$1,440
Mallard$750
Ringneck$3,960
Merganser$2,760
Black Bellied Plover$1,170
Curlew$1,170
Ruddy Duck$2,040
Mallard$1,110
Bufflehead$750
Red-breasted Merganser$2,700
Ruddy Duck$1,500
Mallard$840
Green-winged Teal$720
Green-winged Teal$750
Dowitcher$1,800
Golden Plover$1,440
Merganser$750
Yellowlegs$810
Merganser$2,280
Green-winged Teal$3,600
Yellowlegs$1,500
Dowitcher$1,440
Dowitcher$1,320
Bufflehead$630
Bufflehead$1,800
Merganser$720
Brant$2,160
Merganser$1,920
Yellowlegs$1,800
Dowitcher$1,800
Golden Plover$960
Wigeon$2,880
Pintail$2,640
Canvasback$2,640
Ruddy Duck$2,280
Yellowlegs$1,800
Curlew$1,680
Coot$1,560
Yellowlegs$810
Ruddy Duck$630
Ruddy Duck$1,680
Gull$810
Scaup$780
Scaup$780
Scaup$1,050
Merganser$660
Black Duck$720
Ruddy Duck$780
Brant$1,080
Ruddy Duck$600
Green-winged Teal$4,500
Mallard$2,700
Red-breasted Merganser$1,680
Bufflehead$1,560
Dowitcher$1,560
Red-breasted Merganser$1,500
Dove$1,320
Yellowlegs$1,080
Bufflehead$900
Golden Plover$840
Black Bellied Plover$750
Black Duck$720
Brant$2,400
Merganser$2,400
Bufflehead$2,280
Dove$1,170
Ruddy Duck$1,050
Black Duck$990
Dowitcher$930
Scaup$1,680
Coot$1,110
Black Duck$630
Ruddy Duck$690
Mallard$2,280
Scaup$1,440
Common Merganser$1,320
Bufflehead$840
Brant$1,680
Ruddy Duck$1,800
Brant$1,320
Ruddy Duck$1,100About 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: 55 · 2024: 25 · 2025: 21 · 2026: 44. 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.