Recaps / 2024

Weekly Online Auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

10
Lots we tracked
$9k
Brought, including premium
50%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,320
Top lot — Harry V. Shourds Black Duck

10 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $8,610 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 10 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Sean Sutton2$2k$1,14050%
Harry V. Shourds2$2k$960100%
Harvey Stevens2$2k$900100%
Miles Hancock1$750$7500%
Ben A. Heinemann1$690$6900%
Mark McNair1$630$6300%
Jamie Hand1$540$5400%

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.

Harry V. Shourds – Black duck – 2024Harry V. Shourds black duckest. $800–$1,200$1,320

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarvey Stevens scaup brought 2.3× its high estimate ($1,170 against $500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.10 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.