Recaps / 2025

Weekly Online Sale — Guyette & Deeter

7
Lots we tracked
$4k
Brought, including premium
14%
Sold over the high estimate
$1,320
Top lot — Ward Brothers Pintail

7 lots we track crossed the block, bringing $4,050 including premium. 14% of the lots with an estimate beat the high number. The written recap goes out by email after each sale.

Numbers computed from 7 reviewed lots

By maker in this sale

MakerLotsBroughtTypicalOver high est.
Ward Brothers1$1k$1,3200%
Bert Graves1$1k$1,0800%
David W. Nichol1$510$5100%
Harry V. Shourds1$480$480100%
Reggie Birch1$390$3900%
Miles Hancock1$150$1500%
Dodge Factory1$120$1200%

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.

Ward Brothers – Pintail – 2025Ward Brothers pintailest. $1,200–$1,800$1,320

Worth knowing

  • Biggest beatHarry V. Shourds yellowlegs brought 1.2× its high estimate ($480 against $400).

Top lots

The written recap goes out by email after each sale.7 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.