Recaps / 2023

Weekly Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

7
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
43%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,800
Top lot — Cigar Daisey Ruddy Duck

7 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,590 including premium. 43% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 7 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Reggie Birch2$1k$63050%
Charles Schoenheider, Sr.2$330$1650%
Cigar Daisey1$2k$1,800100%
Ira Hudson1$870$870100%
Duncan Ducharme1$330$3300%

5 of 5 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.

Cigar Daisey – Ruddy duck – 2023Cigar Daisey ruddy duckest. $1,000–$1,500$1,800

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatIra Hudson bluebill brought 1.7× its high estimate ($870 against $500). The Reggie Birch goose was close behind at 1.4×.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.7 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.