November 11 & 12, 2015 - Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland - Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their annual fall decoy auction on November 11 & 12 at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton, Maryland. The sale was held in conjunction with the Easton Waterfowl Festival and was accompanied by a Buy, Sell & Swap. The auction grossed $2.1 million, which was within estimate. There was a larger crowd in the audience as well as 130 phone and absentee bids and 129 active online bidders. 42 lots sold for over $10,000, and the top lot in the auction was a pair of old squaw by Shang Wheeler, that sold for $103,500.
The sale featured the collections of Sam Dyke, Richard & Nancy Denesevich, Richard Elliot, Brent Flowers, Pete Hanley, Roger Mallar, Doug & Ellen Miller, George Moses, and Reid Newcomb.
Guyette & Deeter’s next decoy sale will be held February 13, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. It is held in conjunction with the Southeastern Wildlife Expo. Quality consignments for the sale will be accepted until December 28 or until full.
Pair of old squaw by Shang Wheeler
Pair of mallards by the Ward Brothers
Swimming brant by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Black bellied plover by Obediah Verity
Willet by the Mason Decoy Factory
Scoter by Albert Laing
Pintail Dave Watson
Gull by Frank Kellum
Canvasback hen by the Ward Brothers
Merganser by Ira Hudson
Brant by Rowley Horner
Bluebill hen by the Ward Brothers
Robin snipe by Albert Cobb
Decorative Canada goose by the Ward Brothers
Pair of mergansers by Harry V. Shourds
Black duck by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Canada goose by Harry V. Shourds
Merganser from Long Island, New York
Curlew by John McCarthy
Black bellied plover from Virginia
Bluebill by the Ward Brothers
Curlew by Charles Birch
Pair of mergansers by the Mason Decoy Factory
Bluebill by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Pair of mergansers by George Boyd
Pair of greenwing teal by Horace Crandall
Redhead by Elkanah Cobb
Pair of redheads by Shang Wheeler
Brant by Eli Doughty
Black duck by the Ward Brothers
Golden plover by John Dilley
Canvasback hen by the Ward Brothers
Canvasback drake by John "Daddy" Holly
Teal by Lloyd Sterling
Pintail by the Ward Brothers
Curlew from Cobb Island
Canvasback by the Ward Brothers
Pair of bluebills by the Ward Brothers
Black duck by Dave Watson
Pair of bluebills by Ira Hudson
Rocking head merganser by Gus Wilson
Plover from Cobb Island
Brant by Elkanah Cobb
Willet by Elisha Burr
Dowitcher by John Haff
Yellowlegs by John McCarthy
Pair of widgeon by the Ward Brothers