Recaps / 2024

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

10
Lots we tracked
$5k
Brought, including premium
30%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,080
Top lot — Harry V. Shourds Coot

10 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,070 including premium. 30% 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$1k$67550%
Reggie Birch2$450$2250%
Harry V. Shourds1$1k$1,080100%
Jamie Hand1$660$6600%
Doug Jester1$480$4800%
John McLoughlin1$480$480100%
Ben A. Heinemann1$360$3600%
Miles Hancock1$210$2100%

8 of 8 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 – Coot – 2024Harry V. Shourds cootest. $200–$400$1,080

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarry V. Shourds coot brought 2.7× its high estimate ($1,080 against $400).

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.