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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Ward Brothers — PintailWard BrothersEastern Shore · 1895–1984$3,300typical sale438salesRecord $264,000 · PintailMark McNair — Harlequin Duck DrakeMark McNairEastern Shore · b. 1950$1,440typical sale363salesRecord $18,300 · Harlequin Duck DrakeFrank Finney — Carved Wooden FlowersFrank FinneyEastern Shore · b. 1947$1,530typical sale276salesRecord $72,000 · Carved Wooden FlowersReggie Birch — MallardReggie BirchEastern Shore · b. 1953$330typical sale228salesRecord $1,800 · MallardIra Hudson — Red-breasted MerganserIra HudsonEastern Shore · 1876–1949$1,200typical sale216salesRecord $102,000 · Red-breasted MerganserBill Gibian — GoshawkBill GibianEastern Shore · b. 1946$1,080typical sale168salesRecord $10,800 · GoshawkOliver Lawson — Pair of Ruddy DuckOliver LawsonEastern Shore · b. 1938$1,440typical sale166salesRecord $39,000 · Pair of Ruddy DuckCigar Daisey — RedheadCigar DaiseyEastern Shore · 1928–2017$870typical sale145salesRecord $5,400 · RedheadPete Peterson — Pair of MallardPete PetersonEastern Shore · b. 1944$765typical sale139salesRecord $6,120 · Pair of MallardMiles Hancock — SwanMiles HancockEastern Shore · 1887–1974$444typical sale121salesRecord $6,900 · SwanGrayson Chesser — Pair of Flying PintailGrayson ChesserEastern Shore · b. 1947$780typical sale116salesRecord $7,800 · Pair of Flying PintailDoug Jester — PintailDoug JesterEastern Shore · 1876–1961$675typical sale100salesRecord $8,400 · PintailCameron McIntyre — Whistling SwanCameron McIntyreEastern Shore · b. 1968$3,750typical sale95salesRecord $31,000 · Whistling SwanLloyd Tyler — WigeonLloyd TylerEastern Shore · 1898–1971$420typical sale49salesRecord $11,400 · WigeonCorb Reed — Black DuckCorb ReedEastern Shore · 1897–1987$615typical sale46salesRecord $2,700 · Black DuckCharles Birch — SwanCharles BirchEastern Shore · 1867–1956—typical sale30salesRecord $108,000 · SwanNathan Cobb, Jr. — BuffleheadNathan Cobb, Jr.Eastern Shore · 1825–1905—typical sale28salesRecord $204,000 · BuffleheadDave Umbrella Watson — the maker’s highest saleDave Umbrella WatsonEastern Shore · 1851–1938—typical sale26salesRecord $36,000Eli Doughty — the maker’s highest saleEli DoughtyEastern Shore · 1884–1923—typical sale9salesRecord $44,400Herb Daisey — Wood DuckHerb DaiseyEastern Shore—typical sale8salesRecord $270 · Wood DuckMark Daisey — Black DuckMark DaiseyEastern Shore—typical sale6salesRecord $780 · Black DuckCaptain Jimmy Wright — Flying Dove DecoyCaptain Jimmy WrightEastern Shore—typical sale1salesRecord $66 · Flying Dove Decoy

Showing all 22 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