Recaps / 2024

American Sporting Auctions, 30 Nov 2024

131
Lots we tracked
$20k
Brought, including premium
9%
Sold over the high estimate
$870
Top lot — Will Mason Bluebill Drake

131 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $19,716 including premium. 9% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 131 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Mason Decoy Factory19$5k$24017%
Ken Harris11$1k$909%
Tom Martindale11$546$540%
John Wood6$1k$2100%
Mike & Susan Veasey4$192$510%
Harry V. Shourds III3$318$720%
Gus Wilson2$510$2550%
Tom Ferguson2$480$2400%

8 of 73 makers in this sale. Typical is the median lot; “over high est.” is the share of lots with an estimate that beat the high number.

Will Mason – Bluebill Drake – 2024Will Mason bluebill drakeest. $250–$500 · a record for the maker$870

Worth knowing

  • RecordWill Mason — $870 is the highest price we have for the maker. One of 43 maker records set in this sale.
  • Biggest beatMason Decoy Factory tackeye bufflehead hen brought 1.8× its high estimate ($360 against $200). The Will Mason bluebill drake was close behind at 1.7×.
  • QuietMason Decoy Factory — 19 lots, typical $240, 17% over high estimate.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.131 lots from this sale are in Decoy Database — the makers we track by hand. Recaps count month-dated lots only.

The recap after every sale

One email after every major decoy auction: what sold, what it brought, which carvers moved.