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
R. Madison MitchellChesapeake Bay · 1901–1993$300typical sale372salesRecord $11,400 · Pair of Canvasback
Charlie JoinerChesapeake Bay · 1921–2015$690typical sale221salesRecord $10,200 · Swan
Bob McGawChesapeake Bay · 1879–1958$270typical sale84salesRecord $4,200 · Canvasback
William HeverinChesapeake Bay · 1860–1951$286typical sale55salesRecord $5,100 · Black Duck
John Daddy HollyChesapeake Bay · 1818–1892$840typical sale47salesRecord $12,000 · Redhead Hen
James CurrierChesapeake Bay · 1886–1969$133typical sale42salesRecord $870 · Canvasback
Paul GibsonChesapeake Bay$160typical sale28salesRecord $402 · Coot
Henry LockardChesapeake Bay · 1868–1944—typical sale12salesRecord $3,300 · Redhead
Leonard PryorChesapeake Bay · 1876–1967—typical sale12salesRecord $8,400 · Pintail
Byron BodtChesapeake Bay—typical sale1salesRecord $120 · Red-breasted MerganserShowing all 10 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.