Ward Brothers
Crisfield, Maryland · 1895–1984 · 438 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Wards 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 84 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 (354 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.
- Pintail40$3,000
- Canvasback38$2,670
- Black Duck35$3,240
- Canada Goose28$4,500
- Pair of Canvasback26$3,450
- Bluebill23$2,400
- Mallard21$2,040
- Pair of Mallard16$5,550
- Pair of Pintail13$4,200
- Pair of Bluebill10$4,500
Every bird
All 438 Wards 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.
438 birds
Mallard$2,640
Scaup$2,520
Mallard$540
Pintail$1,110
Miniature Canvasback$840
Black Duck$6,120
Canvasback$630
Pintail$3,467
Decorative Wood Duck$36,000
Pair of Canvasback$11,400
Pair of Bufflehead$10,800
Pintail$10,800
Gull$9,600
Decorative Long Tail Duck$7,200
Wigeon$6,000
Snow Goose$5,700
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$5,100
Pair of Redhead$5,100
Black Duck$5,100
Pair of Bluebill$4,800
Pair of Goldeneye$4,200
Pair of Pintail$3,900
Pair of Canvasback$3,300
Pair of Bluebill$3,300
Pair of Hooded Merganser$2,400
1/3 Size Snow Goose$1,800
Pair of Mallard$1,800
Pair of Red-breasted Merganser$1,200
Pair of Canvasback$1,200
1/3 Size Blue Goose$1,200
Pair of Mallard$1,080
Pair of Wigeon$1,080
Goldeneye$156,000
Canvasback$54,000
Blue-winged Teal$51,000
Early Pintail$48,000
Hooded Merganser$45,000
Canada Goose$39,000
Pintail$36,000
Black Duck$24,000
Pair of Mallard$9,600
Pintail$9,600
Pintail$8,400
Pintail$780
Pair of Miniature Red-breasted Merganser$1,680
Pintail$750
Miniature Canvasback$630
Black Duck$8,760
Goldeneye$5,400
Pair of Bluebill$5,040
Two-piece Decoy$4,080
Bufflehead$3,960
Black Duck$3,720
Pair of Canvasback$3,600
Pair of Redhead$3,480
Black Duck$3,240
Canada Goose$2,760
Black Duck$2,760
Miniature Decoy$2,520
Scoter$2,040
Wigeon$1,920
Pair of Miniature Red-breasted Merganser$1,920
Black Duck$1,800
Wigeon$1,560
Miniature Pintail$1,560
Pair of Canvasback$1,440
Decorative Canada Goose$1,440
Miniature Mallard$1,320
Bluebill$990
Canada Goose$990
Bluebill$870
Goldeneye$660
Pair of Canvasback$2,520
Black Duck$840
Canada Goose$3,120
Pair of Miniature Pintail$1,170
Pintail$1,800
Miniature Goose$1,560
Pair of Bluebill$1,800
Canvasback$6,120
Canada Goose$6,120
Pair of Miniature Mallard$870
Black Duck$630
Pair of Mallard$54,000
Black Duck$16,800
Pair of Decorative Bufflehead$13,200
Bluebill$12,000
Pair of Decorative Canvasback$9,600
Decorative Snow Goose$8,400
Early Black Duck$7,800
Pair of Bufflehead$6,600
Pair of Pintail$6,600
Decorative Green-winged Teal$6,600
Pair of Mallard$5,700
Redhead$4,200
Canvasback$3,600
Black Duck$2,700
Pintail$2,400
Early Black Duck$252,000
Pair of Black Duck$66,000100 of 438 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: 83 · 2024: 120 · 2025: 85 · 2026: 150. 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.