Sale Featuring Decoys and Sporting Art
April 27 & 28, 2017 - St. Charles, Illinois
Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their 32nd annual spring decoy auction on April 27 & 28 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. It was held in conjunction with the National Antique Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show. The auction grossed over $2 million, with 41 lots selling for over $10,000 and one lot selling for over $200,000. This year's auction featured one installment of the largest assembly of Canadian Decoys ever to be offered at auction. The collection, built by Peter Brown, from Vancouver, British Columbia, is now in the possession of Ducks Unlimited Canada, who will be the beneficiary of the net proceeds from the sale. Mr. Brown's collection consists primarily of Canadian decoys, with fine examples from coast to coast. The top lot in the auction was a pair of pintails by Ivar Fernlund, from the Brown collection, selling for $201,250. Other top lots include a pair of Mason Factory mallards selling for $46,000, a mallard by Enoch Reindahl selling for $46,000, and a black duck by Ivar Fernlund selling for $47,725.
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 July 25 & 26 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Quality consignments are being accepted until June 5 or until full.
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Pair of pintails, Ivar Fernlund
World Auction Record for Maker
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Pair of shovelers, John R. Wells
World Auction Record for Maker
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Pair of mallards, Mason Decoy Factory
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Black duck, Ivar Fernlund
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Canada goose, Tom Chambers
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Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell
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Oversize pintail, Elmer Crowell
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Black duck, Angus Lake
World Auction Record for Maker
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Pair of woodducks, Otto Garren
World Auction Record for Maker
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Bluebill, Robert Elliston
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Bluewing teal hen, Charles Schoenheider, Sr.
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Canvasback hen, John R. Wells
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Bluewing teal, Harvey Stevens
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"Downward Flight," 17.5" x 14", watercolor,
A. Lassell Ripley
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10" x 20", watercolor, Edmund Osthaus
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Pair of redheads, George Warin
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Pair of mallards, John R. Wells
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Pintail hen, Ward Brothers
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Pintail, Charles Walker
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Black bellied plover, Mason Decoy Factory
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Willet, Mason Decoy Factory
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Pair of canvasbacks, Bert Graves
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Bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory
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Loon from Nova Scotia
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Swan, John Cannon Waterfield
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Brant, Jim Schmiedlin
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Pair of shovelers, Ben Schmidt
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Pair of redheads, Alvin Harris
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Black duck, Ivar Fernlund
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Mallard, Enoch Reindahl
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Hooded merganser, Sam Hutchins
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Canada goose, John Reeves
World Auction Record for Maker
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Pair of canvasbacks, Ivar Fernlund
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Pair of mallards, Charles Perdew
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Red knot, Obediah Verity
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Pair of bluebills, Charles Perdew
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Canada goose, Harry V. Shourds
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Canvasback, Ferdinand Bach
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Pair of greenwing teal, Horace Crandall
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Goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers
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"Canvasbacks at Currituck," 20" x 28.5", watercolor,
A. Lassell Ripley
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"Settings and Pheasants," 11.5" x 8", oil on board,
Lynn Bogue Hunt
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Mallard hen, Charles Perdew
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Redhead, Markham Rig
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Bluewing teal hen, Robert Elliston
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Toronto Harbor shorebird
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Ruddy turnstone, Mason Decoy Factory
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Robin snipe, Mason Decoy Factory
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Black duck, Bert Graves
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Canada goose, George Warin
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Pair of red breasted mergansers, Ken Anger
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Self bailing brant, Joseph Lincoln
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Fish decoy, Ted Vandenbosche
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Fish decoy, Harry Seymour
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Goldeneye, Orel LeBoeuf
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Pair of pintails, Cigar Daisey