Recaps / 2023

Weekly Online Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

10
Lots we tracked
$8k
Brought, including premium
20%
Sold over the high estimate
$2,040
Top lot — Harvey Stevens Goldeneye

10 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $7,950 including premium. 20% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 10 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Reggie Birch3$1k$4800%
Harvey Stevens2$3k$1,680100%
Duncan Ducharme2$930$4650%
Doug Jester1$810$8100%
Ira Hudson1$780$7800%
Dodge Factory1$720$7200%

6 of 6 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.

Harvey Stevens – Goldeneye – 2023Harvey Stevens goldeneyeest. $800–$1,200$2,040

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarvey Stevens goldeneye brought 1.7× its high estimate ($2,040 against $1,200).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.10 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.