Recaps / 2023

Weekly Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

8
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
25%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,680
Top lot — Cigar Daisey Ruddy Duck

8 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,730 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$51050%
Cigar Daisey1$2k$1,6800%
Mark McNair1$1k$1,080100%
Reggie Birch1$600$6000%
Keyes Chadwick1$570$5700%
David Ward1$480$4800%
David W. Nichol1$300$3000%

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.

Cigar Daisey – Ruddy duck – 2023Cigar Daisey ruddy duckest. $1,200–$1,800$1,680

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton canvasback brought 1.2× its high estimate ($720 against $600). The Mark McNair curlew was close behind at 1.1×.

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.