Recaps / 2024

Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter

6
Lots we tracked
$8k
Brought, including premium
67%
Sold over the high estimate
$2,640
Top lot — Bob White Pair of Pintail

6 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $7,800 including premium. 67% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 6 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Ward Brothers2$3k$1,440100%
Sean Sutton2$2k$1,02050%
Bob White1$3k$2,640100%
Ira Hudson1$240$2400%

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.

Bob White – Pair of pintails – 2024Bob White pair of pintailest. $1,000–$1,500$2,640

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatBob White pair of pintail brought 1.8× its high estimate ($2,640 against $1,500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.6 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.