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
Important pintail, Elmer Crowell
Carved eagle banner, John Bellamy
Canada goose, George Boyd
Canada goose, Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Decorative bluejay, Elmer Crowell
Pair of greenwing teal, Ward Brothers
Ruddy turnstone, Obediah Verity
Cigar store Indian maiden, Samuel Robb
Yellowlegs, William Bowman
Decorative black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell
Oil on masonite, Robert Bateman. 15" x 15"
Goldeneye hen, Stevens Brothers
Decorative greenwing teal, Ward Brothers
Decorative bobwhite quail, Elmer Crowell
Oil on canvas board, Robert Bateman. 11" x 21.75"
Oil on canvas board, George Browne. 15.5" x 19.5"
Black bellied plover, Joseph Lincoln
Pair of wood ducks, Dennis Schroeder
Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
Plover windbird from Nantucket, Massachusetts
Pair of old squaw, Oscar Bibber
Old squaw, Ben Dye
Pair of goldeneye, George Boyd
Swan, Al Bell
Pair of greenwing teal, Dennis Schroeder
Widgeon, Jett Brunet
Oil on canvas, Guy Coheleach. 17" x 23"
Yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
Pair of goldeneye, Ward Brothers
Pintail, Robert Elliston
Ruddy turnstone, John McAnney
Canvasback, Tan Brunet
Oil on canvas, G. Muss-Arnolt. 8.5" x 10.75"
Pintail drake from the Kankakee marsh
Pintail hen from the Kankakee marsh
Merganser hen, Gus Wilson
Swan from Hooper's Island, Maryland
Oversize eider from Maine
Running curlew from Cobb Island, Virginia
Curlew, Eli Doughty
Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
Deer weathervane, J.W. Fisk
Wood duck, Ward Brothers
Decorative wood duck, Elmer Crowell
Sandpiper, Chipman Family
Pintail hen, Ward Brothers
Trout fish decoy, Oscar Peterson. 9.5" long.
Guoache on board, Lynn Bogue Hunt. 24.5" x 18"
Old squaw, Ward Brothers
Canvasback, Mason Decoy Factory
Acrylic on board, Robert Bateman. 7.8" x 12"
Pintail, Ira Hudson
Canvas scoter, Lothrop Holmes
Ruddy turnstone, Mason Decoy Factory
Sucker fish decoy, Oscar Peterson. 9" long.
Lesser yellowlegs, Lothrop Holmes
Wood duck, Charles Perdew
Black duck, Lou Rathmell
Gull, Gilbert Wallace
Cork scoter, Shang Wheeler
Flying tern, Elmer Crowell
Flying half model black duck, Chauncey Wheeler
Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
Teal, Charles Bergman
Greenwing teal, Jim Schmiedlin
Miniature puffin, George Boyd
