Recaps / 2025

Guyette & Deeter, 5 Jun 2025

27
Lots we tracked
$28k
Brought, including premium
26%
Sold over the high estimate
$2,640
Top lot — Leonard Pryor Canvasback

27 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $28,380 including premium. 26% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 27 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
John McLoughlin8$5k$4650%
Bert Graves3$6k$2,16067%
Cigar Daisey2$2k$1,1250%
Corb Reed2$1k$6000%
James Currier2$1k$5100%
Reggie Birch2$780$3900%
Leonard Pryor1$3k$2,6400%
John Blair, Sr.1$2k$2,280100%

8 of 14 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.

Leonard Pryor – Canvasback – 2025Leonard Pryor canvasbackest. $3,000–$5,000$2,640

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatDuncan Ducharme canvasback brought 3.6× its high estimate ($2,160 against $600).
  • QuietJohn McLoughlin — 8 lots, typical $465, 0% over high estimate.

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.27 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.