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