Recaps / 2024

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

5
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
60%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,560
Top lot — Sean Sutton Bluebill

5 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,890 including premium. 60% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 5 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$2k$1,215100%
Thomas Chambers1$1k$1,2000%
Ira Hudson1$750$750100%
Bob White1$510$5100%

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 – Bluebill – 2024Sean Sutton bluebillest. $300–$500$1,560

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatSean Sutton bluebill brought 3.1× its high estimate ($1,560 against $500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.5 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.