Recaps / 2025

Guyette & Deeter, 10 Apr 2025

10
Lots we tracked
$6k
Brought, including premium
40%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,020
Top lot — Dave Umbrella Watson Redhead

10 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $5,910 including premium. 40% 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.
Nate Quillen2$2k$76550%
Dave Umbrella Watson1$1k$1,020100%
Keyes Chadwick1$810$810100%
Tom Schroeder1$780$780100%
Evans Decoy Company1$510$5100%
Ben A. Heinemann1$390$3900%
James Currier1$360$3600%
Dodge Factory1$300$3000%

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.

Dave "Umbrella" Watson – Redhead – 2025Dave Umbrella Watson redheadest. $600–$900$1,020

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatTom Schroeder pintail brought 1.9× its high estimate ($780 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.