Recaps / 2024

Guyette & Deeter, 23 May 2024

8
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
50%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,170
Top lot — Harvey Stevens Scaup

8 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,220 including premium. 50% 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.
Dodge Factory2$660$33050%
Harvey Stevens1$1k$1,170100%
Doug Jester1$1k$1,0200%
Ken Anger1$990$9900%
Harry V. Shourds1$720$720100%
Reggie Birch1$450$450100%
Evans Decoy Company1$210$2100%

7 of 7 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.

Harvey Stevens – Scaup – 2024Harvey Stevens scaupest. $200–$400$1,170

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarvey Stevens scaup brought 2.9× its high estimate ($1,170 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.