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.
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