Recaps / 2024

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

8
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
38%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,800
Top lot — Sean Sutton Wood Duck

8 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $6,270 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.
Sean Sutton2$2k$1,18550%
Ira Hudson2$2k$750100%
Bob White1$1k$1,0800%
Miles Hancock1$630$6300%
James Currier1$390$3900%
Duncan Ducharme1$300$3000%

6 of 6 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 – Wood Duck – 2024Sean Sutton wood duckest. $500–$700$1,800

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton wood duck brought 2.6× its high estimate ($1,800 against $700). The Ira Hudson bluebill was close behind at 2.1×.

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.