Recaps / 2024

Guyette & Deeter, 2 Feb 2024

8
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
38%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,320
Top lot — Harry V. Shourds Hooded Merganser

8 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,010 including premium. 38% 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.
Harry V. Shourds2$2k$1,095100%
Reggie Birch2$720$3600%
Miles Hancock2$660$3300%
Ben A. Heinemann1$870$870100%
L. Torry Ward1$570$5700%

5 of 5 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 – Hooded merganser – 2024Harry V. Shourds hooded merganserest. $200–$400$1,320

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarry V. Shourds hooded merganser brought 3.3× its high estimate ($1,320 against $400).

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.