Decoy and Sporting Art Auction
23 & 24, 2018 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Caines Brothers Mallard Hen and Drake Sell for over $1.1 Million
Click here to view Antiques & Arts Weekly auction write up.
Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted annual summer decoy and sporting art auction on July 23 & 24 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Prices were strong throught the sale, grossing just under $3.5 million. Four lots sold for over $100,000 and 52 lots sold for over $10,000. The highlights of the sale, an extraordinary oversize mallard hen and drake by the Caines Brothers of Georgetown, South Carolina sold for a combined price of $1,144,600: the hen a world auction record price for the maker at $767,000, and the drake at $377,600.
Other highlights from the sale include an exceptional Canada goose by Enoch Reindahl selling for $153,400, a world auction record for the carver, a Canada goose by Nathan Cobb, Jr selling for $118,000, and feeding yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes selling for $82,600. The sale featured decoys from the collections of Peter Brown, the Bokelman estate, Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Arnold & Lillian Colodny, Dr. lloyd Griffith, Paul Tudor Jones II, Senator Eugene McCarthy, Mitch McKay, David & Lynn Meyer, Doug & Ellen Miller, W.R. Rowe, Jr., Enrique Sajor, Frank Svoboda, Doug & Carol Whittington, and the Yawkey/Gaston Family
Gary and Jon attributed the solid prices to Guyette & Deeter's guaranteed condition reports and a Buyer's Premium of 18%. Guyette & Deeter's next sale will be held in November in conjunction with the Easton, Maryland Waterfowl Festival. Quality Consignments accepted until September 10.
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Extraordinary oversize mallard hen and drake by the Caines Brothers. Yawkey/Gaston Family |
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Extraordinary oversize preening mallard hen by the
Caines Brothers. Yawkey/Gaston Family
A World Auction Record for the Carver
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Canada goose, Enoch Reindahl
A World Auction Record for the Carver
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Yellowlegs, Lothrop Holmes
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Old squaw, Joseph Lincoln
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Sanderling, Elmer Crowell
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Black duck, Ward Brothers
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42" long fish plaque, Oscar Peterson
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Greenwing teal, George Boyd
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Pintail, Elmer Crowell
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Robin snipe, William Bowman
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Flying brant, William McClellan
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Goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers
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Black bellied plover, John Dilley
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Mallard drake, Ward brothers
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Dunlin, Dodge Decoy Factory
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Merganser, Orran Hiltz
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Robin snipe, Obediah Verity
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Canada goose, Russ Burr
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Redhead, George Warin
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Redhead, Harvey Stevens
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Black bellied plover, Obediah Verity
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Edier from Maine
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Gull, Ward Brothers
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Brook trout, Oscar Peterson
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Mallard drake, Harvey Stevens
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Canada goose, Smith Clinton Verity
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Teal hen, Ward Brothers
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Canada goose, Captain Ed Phillips
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Walleye, Oscar Peterson
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"Before the Blow," 16" x 20" oil on canvas,
Roland Clark
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Bufflehead, George Stevens
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Pair of mallards, Mason Decoy Factory
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Golden plover from Toronto Harbor
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Rocking head merganser, Gus Wilson
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Pair of mallards, Charles Walker
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Sleeping Canada goose, possibly Massachusetts
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Pintail, Mason Decoy Factory
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Decorative brant, Oliver Lawson
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Extraordinary oversize mallard drake by the
Caines Brothers. Yawkey/Gaston Family.
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Canada goose, Nathan Cobb, Jr.
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Black duck, Shang Wheeler
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Bluebill hen, Ward Brothers
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Merganser, Harry V. Shourds
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Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
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Old squaw hen, Ward Brothers
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Ruddy duck, Alvirah Wright
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Golden plover, Elmer Crowell
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Ruddy turnstone, John Dilley
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Greater yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
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Full size decorative grouse, Ward Brothers
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Pair of canvasbacks, Ward Brothers
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Decorative bluewing teal, Ward Brothers
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Old squaw, Captain Clarence Bailey
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Pair of goldeneye, John R. Wells
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Pair of mergansers, Keyes Chadwick
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Bluewing teal, George Stevens
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Dowitcher, William Bowman
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Pair of decorative wood ducks, Oliver Lawson
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Decorative black duck, Ward Brothers
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Pintail, John Blair, Jr.
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Pair of black ducks, John Scheeler
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Sleeping black duck, Elmer Crowell
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Black duck, Harvey Stevens
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Dowitcher, Mason Decoy Factory
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Peep, Obediah Verity
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Curlew from Cobb Island
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Bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory
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Pair of widgeon, Ward Brothers
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Robin snipe, Mason Decoy Factory
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"Clouds," a 48" x 59" oil on board,
Eric Sloane
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Mallard drake, Elmer Crowell
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Pair of bluewing teal, William Finch
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Black bellied plover from Toronto Harbor