April 25 & 26, 2013 - St. Charles, Illinois
Pre Recession Enthusiasm and Pre Recession Prices at April Auction
St. Charles, Illinois - With a gross of $2.8 million this was our largest and most successful decoy auction since our November 2007 sale in Easton, Maryland. The number of lots selling for over $10,000 was 56, many of which were two and three times their estimates. Over ten world auction records for individual makers were established.
Gary Guyette and Jon Deeter attributed the results to high quality marketing, fresh to the market merchandise and Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter’s guaranteed condition reports (Not all decoy auction houses offer guaranteed condition reports).
The abundance of new buyers had a positive impact on bidding. They were in the audience as well as on the phone and online. Forty new buyers registered for our debut auction in Charleston, South Carolina in February of this year and they made their presence felt in St. Charles. New buyers combined with a strengthening economy made for a very successful event.
Preening scoter by Gus Wilson
Redhead by Harry V. Shourds
Sold for 2x Estimate
Oversize curlew by the Mason Decoy Factory
Hollow carved Canada goose from Long Point, Ontario
Sold for 2x Estimate
Mallard drake by Harry V. Shourds
Sold for 2x Estimate
Canada goose by John Blair, Sr
Widgeon by Ken Anger
Merganser drake by William Foster
World Auction Record for Maker
Brant by Harry V. Shourds
Sold for 3x Estimate
Whimbrel by Thomas Gelston
Black bellied plover by Luther Nottingham
Pair of greenwing teal by Charles Bergman
Pair of bluewing teal by the Evans Decoy Factory
Pair of mergansers by Thomas Gelston
Winchester "Cock of the Woods" Poster
World Auction Record for Poster
Sleeping redhead by Albert Laing
Sold for 2x Estimate
Running yellowlegs by Elmer Crowell
Black bellied plover by John Dilley
Canvasback drake by Joseph Sieger
World Auction Record for Maker
Brant by Jim Schmiedlin
Calling mallard hen by
Horace Crandall
World Auction Record for Maker
Golden plover by John Dilley
Bluewing teal drake by
Harvey Stevens
Preening mallard hen by Robert Elliston
Pair of bluebills by Charles Perdew
Leroy Leland shell box
E.K. Tryons Shell Box
Peters advertising sign
Winchester Arms advertisement
Peters shell Box
Robin Hood shell box
Swimming mallard by John Blair, Sr
Sold for 2x Estimate
Canvasback drake by Henry Ruggles
Sold for 6x Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
Pair of mallards by Enoch Reindahl
World Auction Record for Maker
Pintail by Charles Walker
Sold for 2x Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
Swan by James Best
Pair of mallards by Mitchell LaFrance
Curlew attributed to Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Old squaw by the Mason Decoy Factory
Wood duck drake by Marty Hanson
World Auction Record for Maker
Duck call by Charles Perdew
Duck call by Victor Glodo
Bluebill by Ferdinand Bach
Mallard hen Mandt Homme
Sold for 4x Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
Swan by Reggie Birch
Sold for 3x Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
Canada goose by John Reeves
"Ohio Blair" redhead
World Auction Record for Ohio Decoy
Brant by Rowley Horner
Sold for 3x Estimate
Mallard drake by Elmer Crowell
Canvasback drake by George Stevens
Brant by Lloyd Parker
Blackduck by the Ward Brothers
Canada goose by Harry V. Shourds
Sold for 2x Estimate
Pair of mergansers by Levi Rhodes Truex
Pintail hen by James Holly
Yellowlegs by Ira Hudson
Dowitcher by John Dilley
Yellowlegs by Harry V. Shourds
Yellowlegs by Ira Hudson
Widgeon drake by George Stevens
World Auction Record for Maker
Curlew attributed to Alonzo Foster
Trout spearing decoy by Charles Irwin
Robin Hood shell box
Championship shell box
