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
MakerSales, 12mTypicalRangevs last yearTrend
R. Madison MitchellChesapeake Bay · 1901–1993143$300$134–$780-17%
Charlie JoinerChesapeake Bay · 1921–2015109$690$474–$1,680+15%
Paul GibsonChesapeake Bay28$160$87–$300—
Bob McGawChesapeake Bay · 1879–195827$270$114–$2,040-40%
James CurrierChesapeake Bay · 1886–196921$133$60–$468—
William HeverinChesapeake Bay · 1860–195120$286$174–$885-13%
John Daddy HollyChesapeake Bay · 1818–189211$840$480–$10,800—
Henry LockardChesapeake Bay · 1868–19445———
Leonard PryorChesapeake Bay · 1876–19673———
Byron BodtChesapeake Bay1———too few sales

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.

How these numbers are made