November 6 & 7, 2013 - Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland - With the help of a Cigar Store Indian and a North Carolina swan decoy, the Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter auction on November 6 & 7 grossed over $3 million, right at its high estimate. The Indian, in a collection in Louisville, Kentucky since 1974 sold for $747,500, 3 times its estimate and a world auction record for a Cigar Store figure. The swan by William Basnight, (Manteo, North Carolina) was in storage in Connecticut since 1957 and sold for $183,750, 10 times its estimate and an auction record for the maker.
The sale featured the collections of Bob & Wilma Gerard and James “Spann” Jeffers. 41 items sold for over $10,000, and two sold for over $100,000.
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Cigar store Indian Princess
World Auction Record for any Cigar Store Indian
Sold 3 Times Estimate
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Merganser drake by Harry V. Shourds
Sold Over Estimate
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Bufflehead drake by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Sold at High Estimate
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Bishops Head style black duck by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Mallard hen by Rowley Horner
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Merganser drake by George Boyd
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Canvasback hen by John English
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Greenwing teal drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold 3 Times Estimate
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Widgeon drake by the Ward Brothers
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Verity Family black bellied plover
Sold at High Estimate
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Greenwing teals by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Pair of mergansers by Doug Jester
Sold Over Estimate
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Canada goose by the Ward Brothers
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Pair of mallards by
Harold MacGillivray
Sold 2 Times Estimate
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Merganser hen by Harry V. Shourds
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Dowitcher by William Bowman
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Canada goose weathervane by Elmer Crowell
Sold 2 Times Estimate
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Pair of hooded mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Bluewing and greenwing teal by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate
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Brant by William Doughty
Sold Over Estimate
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Black duck from Hog Island, Virginia
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Goldeneye by Henry Grant
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Curlew by Leffert Goldengow Squire
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Pair of shooting stool mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Ward Brothers shooting stool decoys to very
well throughout the auction
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Robin snipe from North Carolina
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Black bellied plover by George Boyd
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Swan by Cameron McIntyre
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Black duck by Chauncey Wheeler
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Swan by William Basnight
World Auction Record for maker
Sold 10 Times Estimate
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Hooded merganser by the Ward Brothers
Sold Mid Estimate
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Redhead drake by Elkanah Cobb
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Greenwing teal hen by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Bluebill drake by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Swimming goldeneye by the Ward Brothers
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Pintail drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate
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Large trout plaque by Oscar Peterson
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Golden plover by Elijah Burr
Sold 3 Times Estimate
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Ruddy duck by Alvirah Wright
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Greenwing teal drake by Richard Jansen
Sold 2 Times Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
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Curlew from Accomack, Virginia
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Bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
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Canada goose by Charles Birch
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Pintail drake by the Ward Brothers
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Pair of canvasbacks by Robert Morse
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Four greater yellowlegs from Long Island
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Canada goose by George Warin
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Greenwing teal by the Ward Brothers
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Bluewing teal by James Holly
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Canada goose watch gander by John Sharp
World Auction Record for Maker
Sold Over Estimate
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Pair of mergansers by Henry Osbourne
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Pintail by Shang Wheeler
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Pair of wood ducks by Chief Eugene Cuffee
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Old squaw by Mark English
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Canvasback by Tom Chambers
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Pintail by Horace "Hie" Crandall
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Pair of mallards by Richard Jansen
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Merganser by Charles McCoy
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Hooded merganser by Corbin Reed
The collection of Reed decoys did very well throughout the auction
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Grouse by William Gibian