November 12 & 13, 2014
Guyette & Deeter, Inc.'s annual fall decoy auction was held November 12 & 13 at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton, Maryland. The top lot in the auction was a very rare pair of pintails by the Ward Brothers, which sold for $105,000. Other highlights included a widgeon by the Stevens Brothers that sold for $35,075, a widgeon by Lloyd Sterling selling for $33,350, a pair of canvasbacks by Mitchell Fulcher that sold for $28,750, and a wood duck drake by Jim Schmiedlin selling for $26,450.
The sale grossed over $1.4 million with 30 items selling for over $10,000 each and one lot selling for over $100,000. There were 219 registered bidders participating in the audience, with another 130 that left phone or absentee bids. Online bidders continue to play a big role, with 139 lots selling online for a total of $109,600. This auction pushed Guyette & Deeter, Inc.'s sales to over $7.6 million for 2014, not including private and weekly online auction sales.
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Pair of pintails by the Ward Brothers
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Widgeon by Lloyd Sterling
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Pair of canvasbacks by Mitchell Fulcher
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Wood duck by Jim Schmiedlin
World Record for Maker
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Perch plaque by Oscar Peterson
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Pintail by the Ward Brothers
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Pair of Canada geese by Joseph Lincoln
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Merganser by George Boyd
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Plover by Daniel Lake Leeds
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Canada goose by
Charles Birch
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Brant by William Bowman
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Peep by Dave Umbrella Watson
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Pair of mergansers by Doug Jester
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Greenwing teal by Harry Townson
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Preening bluebill by Shang Wheeler
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Canvasback by Leonard Pryor
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Old squaw by Sam Collins
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Black duck by
Eugene Cuffee
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Black duck by Leonard Pryor
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Decorative yellowlegs by the Ward Brothers
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Swan from Maryland
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Large pike by Oscar Peterson
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Canvasback by the Ward Brothers
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Widgeon by the Stevens Brothers
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Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers
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Curlew from Massachusetts
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Brant by Joseph Lincoln
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Merganser from Martha's Vineyard
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Widgeon by Lee Dudley
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Canada goose by the Ward Brothers
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Sandpiper by Daniel Lake Leeds
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Preening black duck by Gus Wilson
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Canvasback by the Ward Brothers
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Pair of pintails by Mitchell LaFrance
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Brant by Elkanah Cobb
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Pintail by Jim Schmiedlin
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Three curlews from Cape May, NJ
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Pintail by the Ward Brothers
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Teal by James Holly
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Fish plaque by Tully
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Mallard by the Ward Brothers
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Robin snipe by Joseph Lincoln
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Canvasback by Charles Nelson Barnard
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Heron by Mark McNair
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Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers
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Pair of canvasbacks by the Ward Brothers
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Dove by the Mason Decoy Factory