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 BoydOther · 1873–1941$1,800typical sale136salesRecord $90,000 · Red-breasted Merganser
Ben A. HeinemannOther · b. 1954$720typical sale102salesRecord $4,560 · Teal
Jim SchmiedlinOther · 1945–2015$5,400typical sale89salesRecord $48,000 · Wood Duck Drake
Chauncey WheelerOther · 1862–1937$2,400typical sale52salesRecord $30,000 · Mallard
Harvey StevensOther · 1847–1894$1,920typical sale33salesRecord $38,400 · Mallard
John TaxOther · 1894–1967—typical sale25salesRecord $54,000 · Black Duck
L. Torry WardOther · 1926–1990$600typical sale25salesRecord $1,560 · Snow Goose
Richard JansonOther · 1872–1951—typical sale23salesRecord $48,000 · Pair of Green-winged Teal
Duncan DucharmeOther · 1912–1972—typical sale17salesRecord $13,200 · Green-winged Teal
Roe TerryOther$420typical sale16salesRecord $1,080 · Wood Duck
Dan BrownOther$300typical sale14salesRecord $666
Jim PierceOther$216typical sale12salesRecord $377 · Canvasback
Eddie WoznyOther—typical sale9salesRecord $1,920 · Great Blue Heron
Joe GiglOther—typical sale9salesRecord $510 · Canvasback and Bluebill
Steve MoreyOther—typical sale9salesRecord $264 · Plover
Darkfeather FreedmanOther—typical sale8salesRecord $468 · Canada Goose
Lester BeattieOther—typical sale6salesRecord $330 · Bufflehead Duck
Ron KochOther—typical sale6salesRecord $390 · Bluebill Duck
Vernon BryantOther—typical sale6salesRecord $457 · Merganser
John GlennOther—typical sale5salesRecord $3,600 · Canada Goose
Cork McGeeOther—typical sale4salesRecord $516
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
Captain Harry JobesOther—typical sale3salesRecord $144 · Canada Goose
Charles BuchananOther—typical sale3salesRecord $108 · Black Duck
Charles JobesOther—typical sale3salesRecord $204 · Duck
Clovis LeFebvreOther—typical sale3salesRecord $390 · Goldeneye
George MayOther · 1872–1930—typical sale3salesRecord $21,000 · Harlequin Duck
Jim SlackOther—typical sale3salesRecord $168 · Wood Duck
Marshall ChaloupekOther—typical sale3salesRecord $60 · Mallard Drake
Matt DownsOther—typical sale3salesRecord $204 · Blue-winged Teal Drake Duck
Randy TullOther—typical sale3salesRecord $210 · Canvasback
Steven LayOther—typical sale2salesRecord $132 · CanvasbackShowing all 215 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.
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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.