Mason Decoy Factory
Detroit, Michigan · 1896–1924 · 1,022 sales at American Sporting Auctions and GC Decoys and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2022, every one reviewed
What Masons 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 (1,022 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 Duck71$720
- Mallard67$450
- Blue-winged Teal54$945
- Pair of Mallard54$720
- Canvasback50$495
- Mallard Hen48$465
- Bluebill42$345
- Redhead37$660
- Pair of Bluebill35$780
- Bluebill Hen30$330
Every bird
All 1,022 Masons 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.
1,022 birds
Mallard$2,100
Blue-winged Teal$1,200
Shorebird$510
Scaup$300
Yellowlegs$900
Black Duck$990
Canvasback$420
Scaup$300
Mallard Hen Duck$630
Redhead Drake Duck$510
Seneca Lake Canvasback Drake Duck$480
Mallard Drake Duck$360
Mallard Drake Duck$330
Bluebill Duck$300
Pintail Drake Duck$300
Canvasback Drake Duck$270
Bluebill Duck$240
Mallard Drake Duck$216
Back Bay Canvasback Drake Duck$180
Duck$180
Redhead Duck$156
Black Duck$132
Oversize Redhead Hen$2,040
Pair of Redhead$1,080
Bluebill$300
Redhead$180
Scaup$97
Wood Duck$144,000
Mallard$51,000
Pair of Pintail$39,000
Pintail$36,000
Redhead$21,600
Merganser Hen$11,400
Green-winged Teal$9,600
Merganser$6,600
Black Duck$6,000
Goldeneye$6,000
Robin Snipe$5,400
Canada Goose$5,100
Pair of Mallard$4,500
Blue-winged Teal$3,900
Goldeneye Hen$3,900
Wigeon$3,600
Green-winged Teal Hen$3,600
Robin Snipe$3,600
Green-winged Teal$3,300
Black Bellied Plover$3,300
Bluebill$3,300
Brant$3,000
Blue-winged Teal Hen$3,000
Mallard Hen$3,000
Blue-winged Teal$3,000
Lesser Yellowlegs$3,000
Willett$3,000
Yellowlegs$2,700
Bufflehead$2,700
Blue-winged Teal$2,100
Pair of Canvasback$2,100
Curlew$2,100
Pair of Mallard$1,800
Pair of Bluebill$1,800
Redhead$1,200
Yellowlegs$1,200
Mallard$1,200
Bluebill$1,080
Pair of Mallard$750
Teal Hen$750
Blue-winged Teal Hen$720
Pair of Bluebill$450
Mallard$450
Blue-winged Teal$450
Blue-winged Teal$390
Bluebill Hen$360
Mallard$360
Canvasback Hen$360
Premier Grade$330
Blue-winged Teal$270
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$270
Pair of Mallard$240
Blue-winged Teal Hen$90
Bluebill$90
Canvasback$300
Mallard Hen$3,960
Pair of Bluebill$3,840
Bluebill$3,360
Pintail Hen$3,120
Yellowlegs$1,800
Challenge Grade$1,680
Pair of Pintail$1,560
Yellowlegs$1,440
Willet$1,440
Brant$1,170
Dove$1,140
Oversize Black Duck$1,140100 of 1,022 shown
About 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: 164 · 2024: 267 · 2025: 310 · 2026: 280. 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.