Recaps / 2023

Guyette & Deeter, 10 Mar 2023

7
Lots we tracked
$4k
Brought, including premium
43%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,800
Top lot — Charles Birch Canada Goose

7 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,320 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$990$495100%
Charles Birch1$2k$1,8000%
Mike Borrett1$630$630100%
Ken Anger1$390$3900%
Horace Crandall1$330$3300%
Jess Heisler1$180$1800%

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.

Charles Birch – Canada goose – 2023Charles Birch canada gooseest. $1,200–$1,800$1,800

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatReggie Birch passenger pigeon brought 1.3× its high estimate ($630 against $500). The Mike Borrett woodcock was close behind at 1.3×.

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.