Oliver Lawson
Crisfield, Maryland · b. 1938 · 166 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Lawsons 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 47 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 (119 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.
- Wigeon10$1,245
- Black Duck10$1,050
- Pair of Canvasback10$825
- Pair of Wigeon7$930
- Canada Goose5$2,520
- Pair of Pintail5$2,280
- Pair of Black Duck5$1,920
- Pair of Mallard5$840
- Mallard5$720
- Pintail4$2,640
Every bird
All 166 Lawsons 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.
166 birds
Canvasback$3,420
Bufflehead$900
Canada Goose$2,760
Merganser$2,700
Black Duck$2,460
Pintail$5,100
Pair of Mallard$3,900
Wigeon$3,600
Pair of Shoveler$3,000
Black Duck$2,700
Pair of Canvasback$2,700
Pair of Canvasback$660
Pair of Shoveler$2,280
Wigeon$2,040
Ruddy Duck$1,800
Bufflehead$1,440
Canvasback$1,320
Miniature Duck$1,050
Black Duck$1,050
Bluebill$1,020
Pair of Redhead$900
Black Duck$810
Pair of Wigeon$780
Pair of Pintail$780
Redhead$750
Pair of Black Duck$720
Gull$630
Pair of Canvasback$630
Pintail$4,620
Ringneck$3,780
Gadwall$2,490
Wigeon$1,740
Blue Goose$1,500
Bufflehead$1,500
Mallard$1,380
Wigeon$1,170
Swan$1,074
Redhead$666
Mallard$600
Canada Goose$426
Miniature Canada Goose Drake$1,200
Pair of Green-winged Teal$930
Pair of Ruddy Duck$39,000
Decorative Blue Bunting and Ladybug$14,400
Goose$3,600
Pintail$660
Pair of Redhead$2,040
Teal Drake$720
Wigeon$750
Gadwall$5,040
Harlequin Duck$5,040
Canada Goose$2,520
Red-breasted Merganser$2,160
Shoveler$1,680
Gadwall$1,440
Wigeon$1,440
Wigeon$1,080
Mallard$720
Pair of Merganser$1,200
Bluebill Drake$480
Black Duck$990
Whistling Swan$13,200
Decorative Common Yellowthroat and Lady’s Slipper$12,000
Pair of Quail$5,700
Preening Pintail$27,000
Pair of Canvasback$630
Green-winged Teal$6,600
Blue Jay$2,400
Pair of Pintail$2,280
Curlew$2,040
Pair of Wigeon$1,320
Pair of Canvasback$990
Pair of Teal$630
Miniature Blue-winged Teal$510
Miniature Mallard$420
Miniature Merganser Hen$870
Pair of Canvasback$540
Miniature Wood Duck$360
Two Miniatures$1,800
Canada Goose$7,200
Pair of Black Duck$2,700
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$2,520
Pair of Hooded Merganser$2,400
Pair of Bufflehead$1,920
Pair of Canvasback$1,440
Miniature Merganser$1,050
Pair of Wigeon$930
Green-winged Teal$3,000
Pair of Shoveler$1,800
Pair of Wood Duck$1,800
Pair of Redhead$1,560
Wigeon$1,110
Pair of Teal$960
Pair of Mallard$840
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$840
Miniature Wood Duck Hen$690
Pair of Wigeon$15,600
Pair of Pintail$14,400
Pair of Quail$5,400
Black Duck$3,120
Pair of Pintail$1,050
Pair of Wood Duck$990
Pair of Wigeon$840
Three Miniatures$510
Hooded Merganser$750
Pair of Green-winged Teal$3,720
Pair of Canvasback$1,920
Pair of Wigeon$1,560
Pair of Teal$1,800
Pair of Canvasback$1,560
Pair of Geese$1,440
Pair of Teal$1,320
Pair of Bluebill$1,110
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$780
Mallard$270
Pair of Mallard$690
Pair of Black Duck$18,000
Mute Swan$6,000
Pair of Goldeneye$2,400
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$1,800
Pair of Wigeon$660
Pair of Green-winged Teal$1,560
Pair of Gadwall$1,440
Mallard$1,320
Black Duck$1,200
Goldeneye$540
Canada Goose$180
Pair of Merganser$930
Pair of Canvasback$540
Pair of Mallard$510
Two Miniatures$450
Four Miniatures$2,520
Three Miniatures$1,560
Redhead$390
Loon$2,520
Pair of Pintail$2,400
Snow Goose$2,160
Pair of Labrador Ducks$2,040
Pair of Gadwall$1,800
Four Miniatures$1,560
Wigeon$1,320
Pair of Ruddy Duck$1,320
Black Duck$1,050
Merganser$660
Pair of Bluebill$2,640
Pair of Black Duck$1,680
Pair of Bufflehead$1,440
Pair of Hooded Merganser$1,320
Black Duck$750
Pintail$660
Scoter$510
Pair of Labrador Ducks$3,000
Pair of Harlequin Duck$2,880
Pair of Labrador Ducks$1,680
Pair of Mallard$990
Whistling Swan$25,200
Pair of Black Duck$1,920
Black Duck$750
Wigeon$600About 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: 44 · 2024: 40 · 2025: 19 · 2026: 63. 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.