Decoy and Sporting Art Auction

23 & 24, 2018 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Caines Brothers Mallard Hen and Drake Sell for over $1.1 Million

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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.