Recaps / 2024
Weekly online auction: Decoys for Sale — Guyette & Deeter
11
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
18%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,200
Top lot — Sean Sutton Hollow Carved Pair of Pintails, Slightly Turned Heads
11 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $6,420 including premium. 18% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.
Numbers computed from 11 reviewed lots
By maker in this sale
| Maker | Lots | Brought | Typical | Over high est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sutton | 2 | $2k | $1,050 | 50% |
| Mark McNair | 2 | $1k | $615 | 0% |
| Bob White | 1 | $750 | $750 | 100% |
| Ben A. Heinemann | 1 | $480 | $480 | 0% |
| Jamie Hand | 1 | $420 | $420 | 0% |
| Ken Anger | 1 | $420 | $420 | 0% |
| Frank Finney | 1 | $390 | $390 | 0% |
| Reggie Birch | 1 | $330 | $330 | 0% |
8 of 9 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.
Sean Sutton hollow carved pair of pintails, slightly turned headsest. $800–$1,200$1,200Worth knowing
- Biggest beatSean Sutton hollow carved black duck in a swimming pose brought 1.3× its high estimate ($900 against $700). The Bob White sleeping black bellied plover was close behind at 1.3×.
Top lots
- 1Sean Sutton Hollow Carved Pair of Pintails, Slightly Turned Headsest. $800–$1,200$1,200
- 2Sean Sutton Hollow Carved Black Duck In A Swimming Poseest. $500–$700$900over estimate
- 3Bob White Sleeping Black Bellied Ploverest. $400–$600$750over estimate
- 4Mark McNair Lesser Yellowlegsest. $600–$900$660
- 5Mark McNair Sanderlingest. $600–$900$570under estimate
- 6Ben A. Heinemann Black Duckest. $600–$900$480under estimate
- 7Jamie Hand Green-winged Tealest. $400–$600$420
- 8Ken Anger Scaupest. $500–$700$420under estimate
Makers in this sale
The written recap goes out by email after each sale.11 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.