Recaps / 2023

Weekly auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

27
Lots we tracked
$38k
Brought, including premium
41%
Sold over the high estimate
$6,720
Top lot — Bert Graves Pintail

27 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $37,740 including premium. 41% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 27 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Reggie Birch7$5k$57029%
Josh Brewer4$8k$1,92075%
Duncan Ducharme2$5k$2,34050%
Ben A. Heinemann2$2k$90050%
Ira Hudson2$930$4650%
Bert Graves1$7k$6,720100%
Corb Reed1$3k$2,520100%
Nathan Cobb, Jr.1$2k$1,9200%

8 of 15 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.

Bert Graves – Pintail – 2023Bert Graves pintailest. $700–$1,000$6,720

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatBert Graves pintail brought 6.7× its high estimate ($6,720 against $1,000).
  • QuietReggie Birch — 7 lots, typical $570, 29% over high estimate.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.27 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.