Decoys and Sporting Art Auction
at the Midwest Decoy Collector's Show
April 25 & 26, 2019 - St. Charles, Illinois
Annual Spring Decoy Auction Grosses Nearly $3 Million
St. Charles, Illinois - Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their 34th annual spring decoy and sporting art auction on April 25 & 26 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. The sale featured the final grouping of decoys from the William J. Mackey, Jr. Family Holdings. The Mackey family had a total of 94 lots in this sale selling for a total of $1,319,265, which is an average lot price of an incredible $14,034 – the highest average lot price we have seen from a single collection. In total, the Mackey items sold 29 percent over the high estimate and 49 percent over their average estimate.
Also included were featured decoys and sporting art from the collections of Jim Cook, Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Paul Tudor Jones II, Jim Karsnitz, Don Kirson, Doug & Ellen Miller, David Meyer, Dick Stephenson, Bill Staplin, and Ron Swanson.
The sale grossed nearly $3 million, with five lots selling for over $100,000 and 48 lots selling for over $10,000. The top lot in the sale came from the Mackey collection, an important pair of mergansers by John Dawson that sold well over estimate at $230,100. A new world record was set for a painting by David Maass, titled “Canvasback Flight” at $25,370. Seven paintings by noted sporting artist Lynn Bogue Hunt sold right at estimate for $63,700.
New buyer participation in this sale was strong with 34 new buyers participating and representing nearly ten percent of the auction total.
Guyette & Deeter’s next sale will be held July 23 & 24 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Quality consignments are being accepted until June 1 or until full.
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Pair of mergansers, John Dawson
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"Look down" swan, John Williams
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Feeding red knot, Obediah Verity
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Pair of mallards, Charles Perdew
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Two yellowlegs from Massachusetts
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Snowy egret from North Carolina
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Partridge plaque, Oscar Peterson
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Preening mallard hen, Bert Graves
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Oil on masonite, David Maass. 23" x 35.5"
World auction record for artist
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Redhead, Bob Jones
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Preening greenwing teal, Mitchell LaFrance
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Snow goose from Wisconsin
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Pintail, Ira Hudson
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Feeding yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Oil on canvas, Lynn Bogue Hunt. 21.5" x 30"
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Oil on canvas, Lynn Bogue Hunt. 16" x 22"
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Eider hen, Eben Weed Eaton
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Mallard, Lee Dudley
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Robin snipe, Harry V. Shourds
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Pair of widgeon, Ward Brothers
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Gouache on paper, Lynn Bogue Hunt. 29" x 21"
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Salmon plaque, P.D. Malloch
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Canada goose, George Warin
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Oil on canvas, Harry Curieux Adamson. 23" x 29.5"
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Working gulls, George Wallace
World auction record for carver
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Redhead, Charles Reeves
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Canvasback, Ward Brothers
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Pair of canvasbacks, Ward Brothers
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Curlew from New Jersey
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English/Dawson canvasback hen
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Yellowlegs, Gus Cranmer
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Crow call, Charles Perdew
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Pintail, Jim Schmiedlin
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Gouache on paper, James Dwyer. 20" x 29.5"
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Willet, Charles Thomas
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Two sanderlings from Long Island, New York
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Pair of redheads, Tom Chambers
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Herring gull confidence decoy, Harry V. Shourds
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Wood duck, Tom Chamber
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Preening yellowlegs from Virginia
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Eskimo curlew, Folgers Family
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Sanderling, Elmer Crowell
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Mallard hen, Ward Brothers
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Ruddy turnstone, William Bowman
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Sleeping cork black duck, Shang Wheeler
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Brant, Charles Birch
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Golden plover, Elmer Crowell
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Preening eider hen, Gus Wilson
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Bluebill, Nathan Cobb, Jr.
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Pir of mergansers, Rhodes Truex
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Decorative Canada goose, Ward Brothers
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Pair of buffleheads, Charles Huff
World auction record for carver
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Preening mallard hen, Charles Perdew
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Canvasback, John Schweikart
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Pair of bluewing teal, Mason Decoy Factory
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Black bellied plover from Massachusetts
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Yellowlegs, Ira Hudson
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Preening brant, Albert Laing
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Pair of bluebills, Charles Perdew
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Brant, Nathan Cobb, Jr.
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Merganser hen, Mason Decoy Factory
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Root head swan
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Canvasback hen, Ward Brothers
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Pair of ringnecks, Jim Schmiedlin
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Merganser, Harry V. Shourds
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1/4 size mallard hen, Charles Perdew
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Pair of mallards, Mason Decoy Factory
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Bluebill, Ward Brothers
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Duck call, Bill Clifford
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Swimming Canada goose, Ike O'Neal
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Canvasback, Elmer Crowell
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Dovetailed dowitcher from Massachusetts
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Oil on board, David Maass. 24" x 36"
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Bluewing teal, Tom Schroeder
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Yellowlegs, similar to William Bowman
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Chickadee on branch, Elmer Crowell