April 28 & 29, 2011 - St. Charles, Illinois
On April 28 & 29, 2011, Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. conducted their annual spring auction at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois.
The sale was well within estimate and our strongest sale, prices realized to auction estimate, since November 2007. A very large number of phone and absentee bidders, as well as an enthusiastic (and large) crowd, drove prices over estimate many times. The Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. April auction grossed $2,010,475 with 2 items bringing over $100,000 and 41 items selling over $10,000.
Merganser by the Mason Decoy Factory.
Pair of mallards by the Mason Decoy Factory.
Pair of canvasbacks by the Mason Decoy Factory.
Surf scoter by Shang Wheeler.
Canvasback drake by Ferdinand Bach.
World Record for maker
Pair of canvasbacks by Ferdinand Bach.
Brant by Bert Graves.
12 inch long "Ghost Fish" bass decoy by Hans Janner.
World Record for a fish decoy
Trout plaque by the Hardy Brothers.
Canvasback drake by Charles Perdew.
Preening mallard by Robert Elliston.
Pair of bluewing teal by Robert Elliston.
World Auction Record for maker
Pair of mallards by Charles Perdew.
Mallard drake by Elmer Crowell.
Canada goose by John Reeves.
Canada goose by George Warin.
Pair of mallard by Ivar Fernlund.
Willet by John Dilley.
Self bailing brant by Joseph Lincoln.
Blackduck by Ben Pease.
Pair of blackducks by the Stevens Brothers.
Brant by Chauncey Wheeler.
Duck call by Kinney & Harlow.
Pair of mallards by Charles Perdew.
Mallard drake by Ferd Homme.
Canvasback drake by Ferd or Mandt Homme.
Merganser hen by the Mason Decoy Factory.
Swan by the Mason Decoy Factory.
Watercolor by Edmund Osthaus.
Pair of mallards by Charles Perdew.
Ruddy turnstone by John Dilley.
Blackduck by Nathan Cobb.
World Auction Record for a Cobb blackduck
Swan by Charles Birch.
World Record for maker
Blackduck by Captain Ike Phillips.
Ruddy duck by Alvirah Wright.
Pair of mergansers by Thomas Gelston.
Greenwing teal by Domingo Campo.
World Auction Record for maker
Gadwall from Louisiana.
Blackduck by the Ward Brothers.
Pair of shovelers by the Ward Brothers.
Pair of blackducks by the Ward Brothers.
Pair of lesser scaup from Dorchester County, Maryland.
Pair of miniature greenwing teal by Charles Perdew.
Wood duck drake by the Dodge Decoy Factory.
Merganser drake from Martha's Vineyard.
Dowitcher by Valentine Watts.
Wood duck hen by Cheif Eugene Cuffee
Bluebill drake by Robert Elliston
