David Ward
Essex, Connecticut · 1947–2020 · 26 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter since 2023, every one reviewed
What Wards 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. Hover or tap any dot for the bird behind it; click to open the sale.
Full-size decoys and shorebirds only (26 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.
- Curlew6$660
- Black Duck3$630
- Dove2$375
- Yellowlegs2$330
- Loon1$4,800
- Pintail Drake1$2,280
- Hudsonian Curlew1$1,440
- Ruddy Turnstone1$1,110
- Great Blue Heron1$930
- Pintail1$840
Every bird
All 26 Wards 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.
26 birds
Killdeer$510
Curlew$1,560
Black Duck$240
Ruddy Turnstone$1,110
Curlew$1,080
Semipalmated Plover$720
Phalarope$630
Golden Plover$600
Sandpiper$600
Yellowlegs$240
Great Blue Heron$930
Curlew$480
Dove$330
Scoter$780
Curlew$420
Loon$4,800
Black Duck$960
Curlew$840
Yellowlegs$420
Dove$420
Pintail$840
Curlew$480About 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: 2 · 2024: 14 · 2025: 9 · 2026: 1. 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.