Recaps / 2023

Weekly Online Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

42
Lots we tracked
$58k
Brought, including premium
33%
Sold over the high estimate
$4,560
Top lot — Harry V. Shourds Brant

42 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $58,230 including premium. 33% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 42 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Cigar Daisey8$16k$2,04075%
Ward Brothers5$8k$1,68020%
George Boyd4$6k$1,56025%
Sean Sutton3$3k$99033%
John McLoughlin3$2k$6300%
Miles Hancock3$2k$63033%
Harry V. Shourds2$5k$2,640100%
Josh Brewer2$5k$2,28050%

8 of 19 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.

Harry V. Shourds – Brant – 2023Harry V. Shourds brantest. $1,200–$1,800$4,560

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatCigar Daisey yellowlegs brought 2.6× its high estimate ($1,800 against $700). The Harry V. Shourds brant was close behind at 2.5×.
  • QuietCigar Daisey — 8 lots, typical $2,040, 75% over high estimate.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.42 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.