Makers
Every carver and factory we track, with the bird that set their record and what a typical one brings. Tap a maker for every sale.
AllAntiqueContemporaryFactoryCape CodChesapeake BayConnecticutEastern ShoreGreat LakesIllinois RiverMaineNew JerseyOntarioOtherPacific NorthwestWest Coast
George StrunkNew Jersey · b. 1958$570typical sale355salesRecord $4,680 · Grouse
Frank FinneyEastern Shore · b. 1947$1,530typical sale276salesRecord $72,000 · Carved Wooden Flowers
Reggie BirchEastern Shore · b. 1953$330typical sale228salesRecord $1,800 · Mallard
Sean SuttonNew Jersey · b. 1967$720typical sale180salesRecord $4,200 · Pair of Wood Duck
Bill GibianEastern Shore · b. 1946$1,080typical sale168salesRecord $10,800 · Goshawk
Pete PetersonEastern Shore · b. 1944$765typical sale139salesRecord $6,120 · Pair of Mallard
Grayson ChesserEastern Shore · b. 1947$780typical sale116salesRecord $7,800 · Pair of Flying Pintail
Ben A. HeinemannOther · b. 1954$720typical sale102salesRecord $4,560 · Teal
Cameron McIntyreEastern Shore · b. 1968$3,750typical sale95salesRecord $31,000 · Whistling Swan
Jim SchmiedlinOther · 1945–2015$5,400typical sale89salesRecord $48,000 · Wood Duck Drake
Tom MatusWest Coast · b. 1962$630typical sale67salesRecord $2,640 · Herring Gull With Crab Claw
Marty HansonGreat Lakes · b. 1965$1,500typical sale62salesRecord $5,700 · Canada Goose
Jamie HandNew Jersey · b. 1953$270typical sale59salesRecord $1,440 · Wood Duck
Rick BrownNew Jersey—typical sale58salesRecord $840 · Pair of Wood Duck
Mike BorrettGreat Lakes · b. 1960$1,530typical sale51salesRecord $3,300 · Pintail
Josh BrewerMaine · b. 1983—typical sale42salesRecord $16,800 · Swordfish
Marty CollinsCape Cod · b. 1960—typical sale29salesRecord $3,600 · Loon
David WardConnecticut · 1947–2020—typical sale26salesRecord $4,800 · Loon
L. Torry WardOther · 1926–1990$600typical sale25salesRecord $1,560 · Snow Goose
Roe TerryOther$420typical sale16salesRecord $1,080 · Wood Duck
Dan BrownOther$300typical sale14salesRecord $666
Jim PierceOther$216typical sale12salesRecord $377 · Canvasback
Robert CapriolaWest Coast · b. 1959—typical sale11salesRecord $750 · Pair of Mallard
Eddie WoznyOther—typical sale9salesRecord $1,920 · Great Blue Heron
Steve MoreyOther—typical sale9salesRecord $264 · Plover
Darkfeather FreedmanOther—typical sale8salesRecord $468 · Canada Goose
Herb DaiseyEastern Shore—typical sale8salesRecord $270 · Wood Duck
Lester BeattieOther—typical sale6salesRecord $330 · Bufflehead Duck
Mark DaiseyEastern Shore—typical sale6salesRecord $780 · Black Duck
Michael BraunNew Jersey—typical sale6salesRecord $1,140 · Canvasback
Ron KochOther—typical sale6salesRecord $390 · Bluebill Duck
Steve BrettellMaine—typical sale6salesRecord $840 · Eider
Vernon BryantOther—typical sale6salesRecord $457 · Merganser
John GlennOther—typical sale5salesRecord $3,600 · Canada Goose
William Bill R. GoenneWest Coast—typical sale5salesRecord $330 · Cinnamon Teal
Cork McGeeOther—typical sale4salesRecord $516
Marv MeyerGreat Lakes—typical sale4salesRecord $330 · Green-winged Teal
Robert GohlOther—typical sale4salesRecord $600 · Pintail
Artie BennettOther—typical sale3salesRecord $840 · Mallard Duck
Bob Mad Dog BillingsOther—typical sale3salesRecord $330 · Canvasback Drake
Bob SwannOther—typical sale3salesRecord $360 · Canvasback Duck
Charles JobesOther—typical sale3salesRecord $204 · Duck
Herb MillerNew Jersey—typical sale3salesRecord $510 · Black Duck
Jim SlackOther—typical sale3salesRecord $168 · Wood Duck
Lloyd HavensGreat Lakes—typical sale3salesRecord $120 · Canada Goose
Matt DownsOther—typical sale3salesRecord $204 · Blue-winged Teal Drake Duck
Randy TullOther—typical sale3salesRecord $210 · Canvasback
Steven LayOther—typical sale2salesRecord $132 · Canvasback
Byron BodtChesapeake Bay—typical sale1salesRecord $120 · Red-breasted MerganserShowing all 168 makers. Typical sale is the median over the last twelve months; a dash means fewer than 10 sales in that window. The photo is the maker's highest sale in our records.
About this page
9,140 sales across 318 makers, every one reviewed by hand. A typical sale is the middle price of the last twelve months, including the buyer's premium — half the birds brought more, half brought less.
A change against last year is published only when both ends of the comparison hold at least 15 sales; below that it's a dash. A move that large usually means different birds came up, not that the same birds got dearer.