Pete Peterson
Capeville, Virginia · b. 1944 · 139 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Petersons 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 (139 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.
- Ruddy Duck11$450
- Pair of Green-winged Teal9$1,140
- Curlew9$660
- Black Duck8$960
- Pair of Bufflehead8$885
- Bufflehead6$480
- Wigeon5$960
- Canvasback4$1,290
- Ruddy Turnstone4$1,005
- Pair of Merganser4$975
Every bird
All 139 Petersons 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.
139 birds
Bufflehead$510
Bufflehead$432
Bufflehead$396
Shorebird$360
Scaup$168
Ruddy Duck$270
Pair of Green-winged Teal$1,440
Pair of Hooded Merganser$1,200
Pair of Bufflehead$900
Pair of Black Bellied Plover$870
Canvasback$780
Hooded Merganser$750
Standing Wood Duck$1,680
Pair of Crow$780
Bufflehead Hen$450
Pair of Green-winged Teal$1,680
Pair of Bufflehead$1,200
Herring Gull$900
Pair of Green-winged Teal$960
Pair of Canvasback$1,920
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$1,200
Pair of Pintail$1,560
Pair of Pintail$2,040
Black Bellied Plover$1,110
Bufflehead$480
Pair of Wigeon$1,140
Species unrecorded$300
Pair of Wood Duck$2,760
Curlew$690
Redhead$630
Curlew$480
Wigeon$960
Mockingbird$900
Pair of Green-winged Teal$660
Ruddy Duck$360
Bufflehead Hen$300
Goldeneye$810
Black Bellied Plover$450
Sanderling$390
Pair of Wigeon$1,110
Pair of Merganser$1,080
Pair of Red Knot$990
Curlew$990
Pair of Green-winged Teal$930
Ruddy Turnstone$840
Wigeon$780
Sapsucker$750
Pair of Sapsucker$690
Pair of Bufflehead$420
Coot$360
Canvasback$1,800
Pair of Canvasback$1,320
Preening Pintail Hen$810
Pair of Bufflehead$660
Pair of Bluebill$510
Ruddy Duck$390
Merganser$600
Pair of Long Tail Duck$3,720
Black Duck$1,680
Pair of Merganser$990
Ruddy Duck$540
Curlew$510
Ruddy Duck$450
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$1,920
Pair of Hooded Merganser$1,200
Coot$990
Hooded Merganser$930
Tern$840
Ruddy Duck$750
Canvasback$2,640
Crow$1,800
Pair of Bluebill$1,440
Pair of Sanderling$1,170
Black Duck$1,140
Pair of Plover$750
Pair of Mallard$6,120
Pair of Ruddy Duck$3,360
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$2,640
Pair of Green-winged Teal$2,040
Ruddy Turnstone$1,920
Wigeon$1,680
Pair of Plover$1,560
Dove$1,110
Pair of Green-winged Teal$900
Pair of Plover$840
Black Duck$600
Ruddy Duck$510
Redhead$1,020
Red-breasted Merganser$900
Ruddy Duck$750
Black Duck$630
Black Duck$4,320
Pair of Ruddy Duck$1,800
Sap Sucker$1,560
Hooded Merganser$1,110
Curlew$930
Curlew$870
Ruddy Duck$840
Coot$750
Bufflehead$630
Pair of Wigeon$3,120
Pair of Blue-winged Teal$1,560
Pair of Green-winged Teal$1,140
Pair of Merganser$960
Pair of Shorebird$840
Bufflehead$480
Pair of Crow$450
Pair of Hooded Merganser$1,440
Pair of Dowitcher$1,170
Pair of Bufflehead$870
Pair of Merganser$840
Sapsucker$720
Pair of Bufflehead$840
Wigeon$870
Black Duck$780
Wigeon$990
Pair of Bufflehead$930
Yellowlegs$630
Curlew$630
Ruddy Duck$420
Pair of Sanderling$2,280
Pair of Black Bellied Plover$2,160
Ruddy Turnstone$1,170
Pair of Green-winged Teal$1,140
Pair of Bufflehead$1,050
Ruddy Turnstone$720
Hooded Merganser$600
Canvasback$510
Curlew$450
Bluebill$360About 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: 30 · 2024: 72 · 2025: 20 · 2026: 17. 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.