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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Golden plover, John Dilley
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Preening black duck, Albert Laing
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"Loon Toller," 21" x 30" watercolor, Andrew Wyeth
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"Duck Shooting from a Battery," 13" x 21" watercolor,
A.B. Frost
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Pair of presentation grade black ducks, Shang Wheeler
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Hump back pintail, Ward Brothers
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Pair of canvasbacks, Elmer Crowell
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Preening black duck, Elmer Crowell
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Canvasback hen, John R. Wells
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Mallard, Stevens Brothers
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"Fox Crossing Lane to Cottage," 17" x 23" acrylic
on board, Robert Bateman
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Loon from Tancook Island
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Mallard, John English
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"Lake Scene with Cottage," 19" x 26" watercolor,
Carl Rungius
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Brant, Elmer Crowell
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Golden plover, William Bowman
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Mallard hen, Ward Brothers
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Turnstone, John Dilley
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18" x 12" oil on canvas, John Martin Tracey
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Goose, Mason Decoy Factory
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Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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"First Day of School," 17" x 15" oil on board,
Stevan Dohanos
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Mallard, John Reeves
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Decorative quail, Elmer Crowell
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Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Pintail hen, Jerry Mastin
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Yellowlegs, Noah Sterling
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Merganser, Keyes Chadwick
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Plover, Thomas Gelston
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Pair of redheads, Tom Chambers
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Decorative kingfisher, Elmer Crowell
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Big horn sheep bronze, Carl Rungius
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Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
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Yellowlegs, William Bowman
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"On the Shore of the Tank-Morning," 14" x 29"
watercolor, Frederic Remington
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"Leda and the Duck," 23" x 31.5" oil on canvas,
Percival Leonard Rosseau
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Pair of pintails, Elmer Crowell
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Canvasback, Lee Dudley
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"Duck Shooting," 18" x 25" watercolor, A.B. Frost
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Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell
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Hanging game carving, Alexander Pope
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Merganser, Edwin Bachman
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"Stonewall Brittany," 24" x 36" oil on board,
Robert Abbett
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Flying Canada goose weathervane, Elmer Crowell
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"Blackducks at Dawn," 21" x 29" watercolor,
A. Lassell Ripley
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Merganser hen, Harry V. Shourds
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Merganser, George Boyd
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Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Oversize merganser, Willie Ross
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"Sporting Shot," 29.5" x 39.25" oil on canvas,
Walter Granville-Smith
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21.5" x 35.75" oil on canvas, Antonio Jacobsen
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Running yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Pair of pintails, Clark Madera
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Duck call, Kinney & Harlow
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Decorative pintail, Ward Brothers
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Pintail, Mark Whipple
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Bluebill, Ward Brothers
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Yellowlegs, Ira Hudson
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Black duck, Gus Wilson
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Bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory
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Mallard hen, William Quinn
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Roothead shorebird from North Carolina