Recaps / 2024

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

7
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
43%
Sold over the high estimate
$2,160
Top lot — Bob White Dove

7 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $6,090 including premium. 43% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 7 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$2k$88550%
Ira Hudson2$840$4200%
Bob White1$2k$2,160100%
Mark McNair1$690$6900%
Frank Finney1$630$630100%

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.

Bob White – Mourning dove – 2024Bob White doveest. $600–$900$2,160

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatBob White dove brought 2.4× its high estimate ($2,160 against $900).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.7 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.