Decoys and Sporting Art Auction
July 23 & 24, 2019 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 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 $2.5 million. Three lots sold for over $100,000 and 54 lots sold for over $10,000. Highlights from the sale included an important pintail by Elmer Crowell that sold for $265,500, a pintail drake and hen from the Kankakee Marsh that sold for $153,400 and $82,600 respectively, and a carved eagle banner by John Bellamy that sold for $126,260. The sale featured decoys from the collections of Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Bruce Collins, Lillian Colodny, Jim & Diane Cook, Dick Cowan, Jim & Joan Deevy, Ginny & Gordy Hayes, Lynwood Herrington, Dr. Lloyd Newberry, Jim Karsnitz, Don Kirson, Robert Laurent, Doug & Ellen Miller, Dick Stephenson, Ron Swanson, and Carl Wallman.
Guyette & Deeter's next sale will be held in November in conjunction with the Easton, Maryland Waterfowl Festival. Quality Consignments accepted until September 10.
Click here to view the full auction writeup from Antiques & The Arts Weekly
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Important pintail, Elmer Crowell
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Carved eagle banner, John Bellamy
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Canada goose, George Boyd
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Canada goose, Nathan Cobb, Jr.
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Decorative bluejay, Elmer Crowell
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Pair of greenwing teal, Ward Brothers
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Ruddy turnstone, Obediah Verity
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Cigar store Indian maiden, Samuel Robb
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Yellowlegs, William Bowman
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Decorative black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell
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Oil on masonite, Robert Bateman. 15" x 15"
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Goldeneye hen, Stevens Brothers
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Decorative greenwing teal, Ward Brothers
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Decorative bobwhite quail, Elmer Crowell
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Oil on canvas board, Robert Bateman. 11" x 21.75"
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Oil on canvas board, George Browne. 15.5" x 19.5"
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Black bellied plover, Joseph Lincoln
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Pair of wood ducks, Dennis Schroeder
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Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Plover windbird from Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Pair of old squaw, Oscar Bibber
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Old squaw, Ben Dye
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Pair of goldeneye, George Boyd
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Swan, Al Bell
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Pair of greenwing teal, Dennis Schroeder
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Widgeon, Jett Brunet
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Oil on canvas, Guy Coheleach. 17" x 23"
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Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Pair of goldeneye, Ward Brothers
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Pintail, Robert Elliston
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Ruddy turnstone, John McAnney
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Canvasback, Tan Brunet
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Oil on canvas, G. Muss-Arnolt. 8.5" x 10.75"
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Pintail drake from the Kankakee marsh
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Pintail hen from the Kankakee marsh
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Merganser hen, Gus Wilson
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Swan from Hooper's Island, Maryland
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Oversize eider from Maine
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Running curlew from Cobb Island, Virginia
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Curlew, Eli Doughty
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Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
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Deer weathervane, J.W. Fisk
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Wood duck, Ward Brothers
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Decorative wood duck, Elmer Crowell
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Sandpiper, Chipman Family
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Pintail hen, Ward Brothers
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Trout fish decoy, Oscar Peterson. 9.5" long.
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Guoache on board, Lynn Bogue Hunt. 24.5" x 18"
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Old squaw, Ward Brothers
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Canvasback, Mason Decoy Factory
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Acrylic on board, Robert Bateman. 7.8" x 12"
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Pintail, Ira Hudson
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Canvas scoter, Lothrop Holmes
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Ruddy turnstone, Mason Decoy Factory
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Sucker fish decoy, Oscar Peterson. 9" long.
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Lesser yellowlegs, Lothrop Holmes
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Wood duck, Charles Perdew
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Black duck, Lou Rathmell
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Gull, Gilbert Wallace
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Cork scoter, Shang Wheeler
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Flying tern, Elmer Crowell
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Flying half model black duck, Chauncey Wheeler
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Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Teal, Charles Bergman
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Greenwing teal, Jim Schmiedlin
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Miniature puffin, George Boyd