What Dilleys 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.
Working decoys only (37 lots). Miniatures, half-size birds and decoratives are left out of 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.
- Shorebird (other)13$16,675
- Plover11$12,000
- Dowitcher9$6,000
- Curlew2$3,750
- Yellowlegs2$1,680
Every bird
All 37 Dilleys 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.
37 birds · Median sale $7,000 · Top sale $96,000 — Ruddy Turnstone, Feb 2014
Golden Plover$14,400
Outstanding Golden Plover$12,000
Exceptional Calling Golden Plover$24,000
Red Knot$2,400
Outstanding Dowitcher In Winter Plumage$15,600
Black Bellied Plover$12,000
Black Bellied Plover$1,200
Rare Eskimo Curlew$5,400
Dowitcher In Winter Plumage$4,200
Early Split-tail Willet$27,600
Yellowlegs$1,800
Yellowlegs$1,560
Dowitcher$6,000
Black Bellied Plover$5,100
Rare Curlew$2,100
Exceptional Calling Golden Plover$21,600
Early Split-tail Willet$19,200
Dowitcher In Winter Plumage$16,800
Dowitcher In Spring Plumage$7,200
Rare Golden Plover$4,800
Robin Snipe$9,000
Golden Plover$5,400
Red Knot$3,600
Dowitcher$3,300
Red Knot$900
Red Knot$2,040
Willet$66,000
Red Knot$27,600
Dowitcher$4,800
Dowitcher$12,000
Ruddy Turnstone$96,000
Willet$17,400
Golden Plover$3,680
Extremely Rare Golden Plover$23,000
Red Knot$16,675
Rare Willet$7,000
Dowitcher In Winter Plumage$4,000About 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: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 2. Coverage is Guyette & Deeter and Copley; private sales, shows and other houses aren't in this data.
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