Recaps / 2023

Weekly Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

8
Lots we tracked
$4k
Brought, including premium
25%
Sold over the high estimate
$720
Top lot — Sean Sutton Long Tail Duck

8 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $3,840 including premium. 25% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 8 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$1k$6450%
Reggie Birch2$870$43550%
Ira Hudson2$780$39050%
Ward Brothers1$510$5100%
Miles Hancock1$390$3900%

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.

Sean Sutton – Long Tail Duck – 2023Sean Sutton long tail duckest. $600–$800$720

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatReggie Birch duck brought 1.6× its high estimate ($630 against $400). The Ira Hudson bluebill was close behind at 1.4×.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.8 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.