Recaps / 2023

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

6
Lots we tracked
$3k
Brought, including premium
17%
Sold over the high estimate
$990
Top lot — Sean Sutton Miniature Great Blue Heron

6 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $3,030 including premium. 17% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 6 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$2k$84050%
Harry V. Shourds2$420$2100%
Mark McNair1$750$7500%
Reggie Birch1$180$1800%

4 of 4 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 – Miniature Great Blue Heron – 2023Sean Sutton miniature great blue heronest. $300–$500$990

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton miniature great blue heron brought 2.0× its high estimate ($990 against $500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.6 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.