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
Wildfowler Decoy CompanyConnecticut · 1939–198619$270$90–$5340%
Keith MuellerConnecticut · b. 195619$750$408–$1,944—
Shang WheelerConnecticut · 1872–194910$57,000$11,640–$100,800—
Louis RathmellConnecticut · 1898–19746———
David WardConnecticut · 1947–20202———
Albert LaingConnecticut · 1811–18862———too few sales
Benjamin HolmesConnecticut · 1843–19122———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