August 1 & 2, 2013 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth, New Hampshire - With a gross near high estimate at $3,030,052, this was the largest and most successful decoy auction by any decoy auction house since 2009, signaling a noticable upswing in the decoy marketplace. Sixty two lots sold for over $10,000 and two lots sold for over $100,000.
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Black bellied plover by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Curlew by the Mason Decoy Factory
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Hooded merganser by the Ward Brothers
Sold for Over 3x Estimate
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Upland plover by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Snipe by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Curlew by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Curlew by the Mason Decoy Factory
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Pair of wood ducks by Ben Schmidt
Sold Over Estimate
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Pair of pintails by Ben Schmidt
Sold Over Estimate
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Merganser by Captain Sam Hunt
World Auction Record for Maker
Sold Over Estimate
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Pintail by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Miniature shorebird doublemount by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Flying tern by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
Pintail by J.R. Wells
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Canada goose
by George Warin
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White heron by Lloyd Tyler
Sold Over Estimate
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Yellowlegs by Melvin Gardner
Sold Over Estimate
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Pair of redheads by the Evans Decoy Factory
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Semi palmated plover by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Goldeneye by Rowley Horner
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Swan by Cameron McIntyre
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Set of "Lincoln type" shorebirds
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Perch fish decoy by Oscar Peterson
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Decorative eagle carving by Marty Hanson
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Greenwing teal by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Eider by Gus Wilson
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Ruddy turnstone by John Dilley
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Yellowlegs by Elmer Crowell
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Blackduck by the Ward Brothers
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Merganser by Elmer Crowell
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Kingfisher by Elmer Crowell
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Bluebill by Shang Wheeler
Sold Over Estimate
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Bluebill by the Ward Brothers
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Blackduck by
Sam Denny
Merganser by Ed Dingman
Killdeer by Elmer Crowell
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Willet by Elmer Crowell
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Curlew by Elmer Crowell
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Pair of redheads by the Ward Brothers
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Canvasback by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Widgeon by Elmer Crowell
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Wood duck by Elmer Crowell
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Mallard by Robert Elliston
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Mallard by the Mason Decoy Factory
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Pair of teal by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Merganser by the Mason Decoy Factory
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Preening blackduck by Elmer Crowell
Sold Over Estimate
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Pair of pintails by Clark Madera
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Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Swan by the Dodge Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate
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Yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes
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Black bellied plover by Elmer Crowell
Trout fish decoy by Oscar Peterson
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Punt gun from Crisfield, Maryland
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