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.
Cigar store Indian Princess
World Auction Record for any Cigar Store Indian
Sold 3 Times Estimate
Merganser drake by Harry V. Shourds
Sold Over Estimate
Bufflehead drake by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Sold at High Estimate
Bishops Head style black duck by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Mallard hen by Rowley Horner
Merganser drake by George Boyd
Canvasback hen by John English
Greenwing teal drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold 3 Times Estimate
Widgeon drake by the Ward Brothers
Verity Family black bellied plover
Sold at High Estimate
Greenwing teals by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Pair of mergansers by Doug Jester
Sold Over Estimate
Canada goose by the Ward Brothers
Pair of mallards by
Harold MacGillivray
Sold 2 Times Estimate
Merganser hen by Harry V. Shourds
Dowitcher by William Bowman
Canada goose weathervane by Elmer Crowell
Sold 2 Times Estimate
Pair of hooded mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Bluewing and greenwing teal by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate
Brant by William Doughty
Sold Over Estimate
Black duck from Hog Island, Virginia
Goldeneye by Henry Grant
Curlew by Leffert Goldengow Squire
Pair of shooting stool mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Ward Brothers shooting stool decoys to very
well throughout the auction
Robin snipe from North Carolina
Black bellied plover by George Boyd
Swan by Cameron McIntyre
Black duck by Chauncey Wheeler
Swan by William Basnight
World Auction Record for maker
Sold 10 Times Estimate
Hooded merganser by the Ward Brothers
Sold Mid Estimate
Redhead drake by Elkanah Cobb
Greenwing teal hen by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Bluebill drake by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Swimming goldeneye by the Ward Brothers
Pintail drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate
Large trout plaque by Oscar Peterson
Golden plover by Elijah Burr
Sold 3 Times Estimate
Ruddy duck by Alvirah Wright
Greenwing teal drake by Richard Jansen
Sold 2 Times Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker
Curlew from Accomack, Virginia
Bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate
Canada goose by Charles Birch
Pintail drake by the Ward Brothers
Pair of canvasbacks by Robert Morse
Four greater yellowlegs from Long Island
Canada goose by George Warin
Greenwing teal by the Ward Brothers
Bluewing teal by James Holly
Canada goose watch gander by John Sharp
World Auction Record for Maker
Sold Over Estimate
Pair of mergansers by Henry Osbourne
Pintail by Shang Wheeler
Pair of wood ducks by Chief Eugene Cuffee
Old squaw by Mark English
Canvasback by Tom Chambers
Pintail by Horace "Hie" Crandall
Pair of mallards by Richard Jansen
Merganser by Charles McCoy
Hooded merganser by Corbin Reed
The collection of Reed decoys did very well throughout the auction
Grouse by William Gibian
