Recaps / 2023

Weekly Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

9
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
22%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,020
Top lot — Sean Sutton Merganser

9 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,500 including premium. 22% 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.
Reggie Birch3$1k$4200%
Sean Sutton2$2k$78050%
Corb Reed1$600$600100%
Lloyd Tyler1$510$5100%
David W. Nichol1$300$3000%
Doug Jester1$240$2400%

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.

Sean Sutton – Merganser – 2023Sean Sutton merganserest. $400–$600$1,020

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton merganser brought 1.7× its high estimate ($1,020 against $600).

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.