Recaps / 2023

Weekly auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

9
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
44%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,050
Top lot — Ken Anger Mallard

9 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $6,180 including premium. 44% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 9 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Frank Finney2$1k$5400%
Reggie Birch2$990$4950%
Keith Mueller1$1k$1,050100%
Ken Anger1$1k$1,050100%
Corb Reed1$900$900100%
David W. Nichol1$630$630100%
John McLoughlin1$480$4800%

7 of 7 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.

Ken Anger – Mallard – 2023Ken Anger mallardest. $300–$500$1,050

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatKen Anger mallard brought 2.1× its high estimate ($1,050 against $500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.9 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.