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
Tom Matus — Herring Gull With Crab ClawTom MatusWest Coast · b. 1962$630typical sale67salesRecord $2,640 · Herring Gull With Crab ClawHorace Crandall — MallardHorace CrandallWest Coast · 1892–1969—typical sale12salesRecord $27,000 · MallardRobert Capriola — Pair of MallardRobert CapriolaWest Coast · b. 1959—typical sale11salesRecord $750 · Pair of MallardWilliam Bill R. Goenne — Cinnamon TealWilliam Bill R. GoenneWest Coast—typical sale5salesRecord $330 · Cinnamon TealCaptain Thorvald Kristian — BrantCaptain Thorvald KristianWest Coast—typical sale1salesRecord $4,200 · Brant

Showing all 5 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