guyette and deeter

Sale Featuring Decoys and Sporting Art

July 26 & 27, 2016 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted annual summer decoy and sporting art auction on July 26 & 27 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The auction grossed just under $3 million, with 65 lots selling for over $10,000 and 2 lots selling for over $100,000. The top decoy in the sale was an exceptional golden plover by John Dilley that sold over estimate for $103,500. Another top decoy was a preening black duck by Albert Laing that sold over estimate at $97,750. The sale featured the collections of John Garner, Barbara Gilford, Dr. Lloyd Gilford, Paul Tudor Jones II, Linda & Gene Kangas, Ben Kleinpeter, John Longfellow, J.W. Lowe, Roger Mallar, Doug & Ellen Miller, Maunsel & Ann Pearce, Dr. Warren Bradley Spurge, and Hope & George Wick.

Gary and Jon attributed the solid prices to Guyette & Deeter's guaranteed condition reports and a Buyer's Premium that has remained at 15%. Guyette & Deeter's next sale will be held in November in conjunction with the Easton, Maryland Waterfowl Festival. Quality Consignments accepted until September 15.

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(Prices Listed Include Buyer's Premium)


Golden plover, John Dilley


Preening black duck, Albert Laing


"Loon Toller," 21" x 30" watercolor, Andrew Wyeth


"Duck Shooting from a Battery," 13" x 21" watercolor,
A.B. Frost


Pair of presentation grade black ducks, Shang Wheeler


Hump back pintail, Ward Brothers


Pair of canvasbacks, Elmer Crowell


Preening black duck, Elmer Crowell


Canvasback hen, John R. Wells


Mallard, Stevens Brothers


"Fox Crossing Lane to Cottage," 17" x 23" acrylic
on board, Robert Bateman


Loon from Tancook Island


Mallard, John English


"Lake Scene with Cottage," 19" x 26" watercolor,
Carl Rungius


Brant, Elmer Crowell


Golden plover, William Bowman


Mallard hen, Ward Brothers


Turnstone, John Dilley


18" x 12" oil on canvas, John Martin Tracey


Goose, Mason Decoy Factory


Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell


"First Day of School," 17" x 15" oil on board,
Stevan Dohanos


Mallard, John Reeves


Decorative quail, Elmer Crowell


Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell


Pintail hen, Jerry Mastin


Yellowlegs, Noah Sterling


Merganser, Keyes Chadwick


Plover, Thomas Gelston


Pair of redheads, Tom Chambers


Decorative kingfisher, Elmer Crowell


Big horn sheep bronze, Carl Rungius


Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers


Yellowlegs, William Bowman


"On the Shore of the Tank-Morning," 14" x 29"
watercolor, Frederic Remington


"Leda and the Duck," 23" x 31.5" oil on canvas,
Percival Leonard Rosseau


Pair of pintails, Elmer Crowell


Canvasback, Lee Dudley


"Duck Shooting," 18" x 25" watercolor, A.B. Frost


Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell


Hanging game carving, Alexander Pope


Merganser, Edwin Bachman


"Stonewall Brittany," 24" x 36" oil on board,
Robert Abbett


Flying Canada goose weathervane, Elmer Crowell


"Blackducks at Dawn," 21" x 29" watercolor,
A. Lassell Ripley


Merganser hen, Harry V. Shourds


Merganser, George Boyd


Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell


Oversize merganser, Willie Ross


"Sporting Shot," 29.5" x 39.25" oil on canvas,
Walter Granville-Smith


21.5" x 35.75" oil on canvas, Antonio Jacobsen


Running yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell


Pair of pintails, Clark Madera


Duck call, Kinney & Harlow


Decorative pintail, Ward Brothers


Pintail, Mark Whipple


Bluebill, Ward Brothers


Yellowlegs, Ira Hudson


Black duck, Gus Wilson


Bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory


Mallard hen, William Quinn


Roothead shorebird from North Carolina