Recaps / 2023

Weekly Online Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

10
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
40%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,680
Top lot — Sean Sutton Drake and Hen Scoters

10 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,940 including premium. 40% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 10 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$2k$1,05050%
Ira Hudson2$810$4050%
Harry V. Shourds2$750$37550%
Corb Reed1$810$810100%
Duncan Ducharme1$780$7800%
Reggie Birch1$390$3900%
Miles Hancock1$300$300100%

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.

Sean Sutton – Drake and Hen Scoters – 2023Sean Sutton drake and hen scotersest. $700–$1,000$1,680

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton drake and hen scoters brought 1.7× its high estimate ($1,680 against $1,000).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.10 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.