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
Wildfowler Decoy CompanyConnecticut · 1939–1986$270typical sale111salesRecord $2,400 · Pair of Green-winged Teal
Shang WheelerConnecticut · 1872–1949$57,000typical sale28salesRecord $144,000 · Sleeping Black Duck
David WardConnecticut · 1947–2020—typical sale26salesRecord $4,800 · Loon
Albert LaingConnecticut · 1811–1886—typical sale8salesRecord $10,800 · Sleeping Bluebill
Louis RathmellConnecticut · 1898–1974—typical sale8salesRecord $39,600 · Mallard
Benjamin HolmesConnecticut · 1843–1912—typical sale7salesRecord $1,110 · GoldeneyeShowing all 7 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.