guyette and deeter

Annual Spring Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
April 27 & 28, 2023

The Westin Chicago Lombard
Lombard, Illinois


- Guaranteed Condition Reports
- Approximately 650 Investment quality decoys & related items.
- Quality consignments accepted until February 20 or until full.

Featuring decoys and sporting art from the collections of:

George & Miriam Van Walleghem - The most important fish decoy collection ever to come to auction

Herb Desch - The finest selection of Wisconsin decoys every offered in a single sale

Jonathan & Virginia Chua

D.C. North

Jack Milne

Davis Pearson

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Important oversize black duck by the Caines Brothers

One of the finest Charles Bergman teal to
ever be offered

Outstanding wood duck by Jim Schmiedlin

Black duck by Shang Wheeler

Large and important owl decoy by Charles Perdew

Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers

Sleeping mallard hen by Bert Graves

Extremely rare pair of bluewing teal by Nate Quillin

Wood duck hen by Ferd Homme

18" fish decoy by Hans Janner. One side painted as walleye, other painted as trout

14.5" long bass fish decoy by Hans Janner

11.75" long trout by Hans Janner

12" rock bass fish decoy by Hans Janner

16.5 " long pike fish decoy by Ted Vandenbosche

Feeding yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes

Canada goose by Thomas Chambers

Canada goose by John Reeves

Canada goose by George Warin

Canvasback hen by John Schweikart

Stick-up black duck by John Tax

Pintail by Walter Pelzer

Wood duck hen from Ontario

Fat jaw style goldeneye by the Ward Brothers

Golden plover from Massachusetts

Black duck by Nathan Cobb, Jr.

Brant by Joseph Lincoln

Standing redhead by Ira Hudson

Bluebill by Ferdinand Bach

Canvasback by Ferdinand Bach

Pair of redheads by Nate Quillen

Pair of bluewing teal by Robert Elliston

Yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes

Canvasback by Joseph Sieger

Watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley. 19" x 15"

Gouache, A.B. Frost. 10.25" x 13.25"

Golden winged warbler by Elmer Crowell

Least tern by Elmer Crowell

Mallard by Charles Pice

Fresh to the market Delaware River mallards

Pintail by the Ward Brothers

Bufflehead by the Mason Decoy Factory

Merganser by the Mason Decoy Factory

Hooded merganser from eastern Ontario

Goldeneye by Harry M. Shourds

Turned head plover

Greenwing teal by Charles Reeves

Bluewing teal by Frank Strey

Lowhead black duck by Walter Lowry

Pair of bluewing teal by Otto Weinart

Pair of bluewing teal by the Evans Decoy Factory

Pair of canvasbacks by Frank Resop

Sleeping canvasback by Tom Schroeder

Decorative mallard by the Ward Brothers

2/3 size pair of pintails by the Ward Brothers

Leaping black duck by Corbin Reed

Pair of pintails by Charles Perdew

Unique frog and dragonfly carving by Frank Finney

Large grasshopper carving by Frank Finney

Pair of passenger pigeon by Harold Haertel

Pair of band-tailed pigeon by Harold Haertel

Full body prancing horse weathervane, circa 1900

Full body squirrel weathervane, circa 1900

Pair of pintails by Marty Hanson

Gadwall by Cameron McIntyre

Pair of pintails by Marty Hanson

Greenwing teal by William Schultz

Pair of gadwall by Marty Hanson

Early bufflehead by Madison Mitchell

Pair of Canada geese by Marty Hanson

Pair of scoters by Jim Schmiedlin

Bluewing teal by Jim Schmiedlin

Scoter by Jim Schmiedlin

Bluebill by Jim Schmiedlin

Bluewing teal by Jim Schmiedlin

Scoter by Jim Schmiedlin

Pair of canvasbacks by Jim Schmiedlin

Pair of mergansers by Jim Schmiedlin

Crow on pumpkin with mice carving by William Gibian

Pair of mallards by Judge Glenn Cameron

Ruffed grouse by A.J. Dando

Canvasback hen by Thomas Chambers

Pintail by Charles Reeves

Plover by George Boyd

Fish plaque by John Tax

Eskimo curlew by Alonzo Foster

Dowitcher from the Theodore Rogers rig

Canvasback by Thomas Chambers

Long tail duck by Ben Schmidt

Canvasback by Tom Schroeder

Pair of canvasbacks by Ed "One Arm" Kelly

Greenwing teal by the Wilber brothers

Gadwall by Hector Whittington

Bluebill by George Warin

Pair of gadwall by Grayson Chesser

Pair of gadwall by Harold Haertel

Pair of red breasted mergansers by Cigar Daisey

Pair of bluebills by the Ward Brothers

Pair of canvasbacks by Scott Peters

Hudsonian curlew by Jess Hepron

Pair of redheads by Thomas Chambers

Merganser hen by Oscar Bibber

Black bellied plover by Elmer Crowell

Pair of bluewing teal by Frank Resop

Snow goose by Ben Schmidt

Black duck by Nathan Cobb, Jr.

Pair of decorative bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers

Pair of pintails by Warren Dettman

Pair of pintails by Walter Lowery

Pair of canvasbacks by Gus Moak

Pair of bluewing teal by Walter Pelzer

Bluebill by Nathan Cobb, Jr.

Canvasback by Ferd Homme

Bluewing teal by William Finch

Pair of mallards by John R. Wells

Canvasback by John R. Wells

Pair of pintails by Charles Schoenheider

Goldeneye hen by John Schweikart

Canvasback by John Schweikart



Sleeping scoter by Albert Laing

Canvasback hen by John Schweikart

Hollow plover from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Decorative redtail hawk by Floyd Scholz

Canada goose by Ben Schmidt

Redhead by John R. Wells

Duck call by James Beckhart

Oil on canvas, Harry Curieux Adamson. 21.5" x 27.5

Oil on canvas, W.L. Schultz. 23.5" x 35.5"

Oil on canvas, Knight.
15.5" x 21.5"

Oil on canvas, A.F. Tait.
13.25" x 19.5"

Watercolor, Chet Reneson.
17.5" x 28"

Watercolor, Churchill Ettinger. 14" x 20.25"

Watercolor, Churchill Ettinger. 14" x 20.5"

Watercolor, David Hagerbaumer. 12" x 9"

Gouache, Richard Amundsen. 25.5" x 20"

Watercolor, Chet Reneson.
17.5" x 28"

Watercolor, Chet Reneson.
17.5" x 28"

Watercolor, Chet Reneson.
17.5" x 28"

Gouache on board, David Maass. 23.5" x 29.5"

Oil on canvas, Les Kouba.
23.5" x 35.5"

Oil on canvas, Les Kouba.
24" x 35.5"

Watercolor, James Sessions. 21.25" x 31"

Watercolor, Brett Smith.
14" x 21"

Heron by Chief Eugene Cuffee

Willet by the Mason Decoy Factory

Black bellied plover by Harry V. Shourds

Robin snipe by the Mason Decoy Factory

Robin snipe by Daniel Lake Leeds

Black bellied plover with turned head by Shang Wheeler

Sanderling by Harry V. Shourds

Sanderling by Daniel Lake Leeds

Dowitcher by the Mason Decoy Factory

Yellowlegs by the Mason Decoy Factory

Eider with mussel in bill by Gus Wilson

Mallard by Charles Walker



Pair of mallards by Bert Graves

9" sucker fish decoy by an unknown carver

10.25" herring fish decoy by Isaac Goulette

10" trout fish decoy by Horace "Bart" Perkins

12.5" perch fish decoy by Horace "Bart" Perkins

Red belly dace fish decoy by Isaac Goulette

Trout fish decoy by Harry Seymour

12.5" long trout fish decoy by Ken Bruning

16.5" trout fish decoy by Ken Bruning

Trout fish decoy by Ken Bruning

6.5" trout fish decoy by Tom Schroeder

Bass fish decoy by Any Trombley

Walleye fish decoy by Andy Trombley

Mallard hen by Charles Perdew

Pair of widgeon by Walter Lowrey

Tern plaque by Ben Schmidt

Pair of standing wood ducks by William Gibian

Sleeping mallard drake by Bert Graves

Bluebill by Albert Laing

Pintail by Robert Elliston

Pintail by Dave "Umbrella" Watson

Pintail hen by Dave "Umbrella" Watson

Cocked head black duck by Gus Wilson

Rocking head black duck by Gus Wilson

Pintail by the Ward Brothers