Recaps / 2025

Guyette & Deeter, 17 Apr 2025

9
Lots we tracked
$4k
Brought, including premium
44%
Sold over the high estimate
$990
Top lot — Harry V. Shourds Bufflehead

9 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,230 including premium. 44% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 9 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Harry V. Shourds3$2k$54067%
David W. Nichol1$750$750100%
Ben A. Heinemann1$510$510100%
Steve Brettell1$450$4500%
John McLoughlin1$360$3600%
Jamie Hand1$270$2700%
Reggie Birch1$210$2100%

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 – Bufflehead – 2025Harry V. Shourds buffleheadest. $300–$500$990

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarry V. Shourds bufflehead brought 2.0× its high estimate ($990 against $500).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.9 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.