Gus Wilson
South Portland, Maine · 1864–1950 · 80 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter since 2023, every one reviewed
What Wilsons 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 1 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 (79 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.
- Black Duck15$3,000
- Scoter9$1,500
- Mallard Drake5$1,800
- Preening Scoter4$4,050
- Eider4$2,100
- White-winged Scoter4$2,100
- Eider Hen4$1,245
- Eider Drake3$6,000
- Preening Black Duck3$4,800
- Gull3$2,700
Every bird
All 80 Wilsons 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.
80 birds
Black Duck$1,800
Pair of Merganser$3,900
Meadowlark$3,600
Black Duck$3,000
Orchard Oriole$1,800
Robin$1,320
Robin$960
Bluejay$600
White-winged Scoter$930
Scoter$1,800
Black Duck$570
Merganser Hen$720
Eider Hen$690
Scoter$480
Scoter$7,200
Eider$6,000
Preening Scoter$4,800
Goldeneye$2,400
Scoter$1,200
Preening Scoter$3,300
Red-breasted Merganser$2,700
Mallard$2,100
Preening Scoter$22,800
Black Duck$18,000
Preening Eider Hen$4,800
White-winged Scoter$4,200
Merganser Hen$3,600
White-winged Scoter$2,700
Eider Drake$1,800
Preening Black Duck$1,800
White-winged Scoter$1,500
Preening Scoter$1,920
Gull$1,680
Preening Black Duck$4,800
Gull$3,300
Black Duck$3,000
Scoter$2,100
Eider$1,800
Goldeneye$1,440
Great Blue Heron$33,000
Preening Surf Scoter$28,800
Preening Black Duck$19,200
Duck$10,800
Black Duck$10,800
Mallard Drake$6,600
Eider Hen$5,100
Mallard Drake$4,500
Black Duck$4,200
Mallard Drake$600
Black Duck$600
Sleeping Black Duck$1,800
Scoter$1,080
Scoter$780
Black Duck$540
Red-breasted Merganser Drake$24,000
Scoter$1,500
Goldeneye$960
Black Duck$7,800
Gull$2,700
Eider$1,320
Black Duck$3,120
Mallard Drake$1,200
Preening White-winged Scoter$75,000
Pair of Black Duck$51,000
Mallard$7,800
Eider Drake$27,000
Eider Drake$6,000
Scoter$4,500
Black Duck$3,000
Eider$2,400
Eider Hen$1,800
Black Duck$1,800
Black Duck$1,200
Mallard Drake$1,800
Robin$600
Eider Hen$390About 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: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2025: 22 · 2026: 11. 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.