Decoys and Sporting Art Auction
November 6 & 7, 2019 - Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland - Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their annual Fall decoy and sporting art auction November 6 & 7 at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton, Maryland. The sale was held in conjunction with the Easton Waterfowl Festival and was accompanied by a 50 table dealer show. The sale grossed over $1.5 million with 27 lots selling for over $10,000. An Elmer Crowell oil on canvas sold for a world record $30,000. Rare examples from the Ward Brothers, as well as decoys from New England, did well in the sale. Highlights include a humpback style pintail drake by the Ward Brothers for $72,000, a pair of mergansers by Elmer Crowell for $34,800, and a very early goldeneye hen, circa 1920s, by the Ward Brothers for $24,000. Paintings and folk art were also popular on the block with a 68” long swordfish weathervane selling for $42,000, a large landscape painting with two grouse by Edmond Osthaus at $18,000 and a large painting of canvasbacks on the Chesapeake by George Browne for $22,200.
Guyette & Deeter’s next sale is held in conjunction with the North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show. An auction preview for this sale will be posted soon. Quality consignments for this sale accepted until March 15.
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Humback style pintail, Ward Brothers
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Black bellied plover, Obediah Verity
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Oil on canvas, Elmer Crowell. 12" x 16"
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Oil on canvas, George Browne. 24" x 36"
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Golden plover, John Dilley
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Oil on canvas, Edmund Osthaus. 59.5" x 44"
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Canvasback, Lloyd Sterling
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Old squaw, Ward Brothers
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Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell
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Mallard, Ward Brothers
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Canada goose from North Carolina
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Bufflehead, John Blair, Sr.
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Two yellowlegs, Shang Wheeler
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Pair of gadwall, Ward Brothers
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Goldeneye hen, Rowley Horner
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Scoter, Gus Wilson
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Snow goose, Ward Brothers
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Pair of pintails, Ward Brothers
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English/Dawson mallard drake
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Canvasback, Tom Chambers
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Penguin, Charles Hart
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Watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley. 16" x 22"
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Gadwall, Jim Schmiedlin
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Canada goose, Charles Birch
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Preening swan, Madison Mitchell
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Bluegill plaque, Oscar Peterson
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Canada goose weathervane, Cameron McIntyre
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Full body swordfish weathervane
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Pair of mergansers, Elmer Crowell
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Goldeneye hen, Ward Brothers
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Yellowlegs, William Bowman
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English/Dawson mallard hen
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Swan, Al Bell
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Canvasback hen, John Graham
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Yellowlegs, John Dilley
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Watercolor, Arthur Burdett Frost. 14" x 19"
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Pair of widgeon, Ward Brothers
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Watercolor, Arthur Burdett Frost. 13" x 15"
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Black duck, Albert Laing
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Pair of greenwing teal, Ward Brothers
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Flying mallard, Captain John Glenn
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Decorative quail, Elmer Crowell
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Hardy fish plaque
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Preening pintail, Jim Schmiedlin
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Black bellied plover, Daniel Demott
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Bluebill, Robert Elliston
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Black duck, Verity Family
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Group of six Federal duck stamp prints
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Pair of redheads, Jim Foote
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Pair of hooded mergansers, Ward Brothers
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Pintail, John Blair, Sr.
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Canvasback, Ward Brothers
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Plover from Cobb Island, Virginia
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Pair of greenwing teal, Charles McCoy