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
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Mason Decoy Factory — Pair of Wood DuckMason Decoy FactoryGreat Lakes · 1896–1924$930typical sale1,022salesRecord $354,000 · Pair of Wood DuckWildfowler Decoy Company — Pair of Green-winged TealWildfowler Decoy CompanyConnecticut · 1939–1986$270typical sale111salesRecord $2,400 · Pair of Green-winged TealDodge Factory — SwanDodge FactoryGreat Lakes$390typical sale58salesRecord $168,000 · SwanEvans Decoy Company — Green-winged TealEvans Decoy CompanyGreat Lakes$390typical sale35salesRecord $19,200 · Green-winged TealHarvey Stevens — MallardHarvey StevensOther · 1847–1894$1,920typical sale33salesRecord $38,400 · MallardHerter's — OwlHerter'sOther—typical sale4salesRecord $390 · OwlStevens Bros — Wigeon DrakeStevens BrosOther—typical sale3salesRecord $1,170 · Wigeon DrakeL.L. Bean — Canada GooseL.L. BeanMaine—typical sale2salesRecord $366 · Canada GoosePeterson Decoy Company — Mallard DrakePeterson Decoy CompanyOther—typical sale2salesRecord $600 · Mallard DrakePratt Decoy Company — Goldeneye PairPratt Decoy CompanyOther—typical sale1salesRecord $210 · Goldeneye PairVerity Family — Black Bellied PloverVerity FamilyOther—typical sale1salesRecord $270 · Black Bellied PloverVictor Animal Trap Company — Black DuckVictor Animal Trap CompanyOther—typical sale1salesRecord $210 · Black Duck

Showing all 12 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.

How these numbers are made