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Guyette & Deeter Summer Decoy Auction Hits $4 Million

Spirited bidding pushes Guyette & Deeter’s Summer auction to the $4,000,000 mark.

This was our second auction conducted exclusively by phone, absentee and online bidding, our buyers’ enthusiasm was certainly not diminished in the least! 

Collectors continue to feel comfortable bidding even if they have not viewed the items in person because of our company's guaranteed condition reports. Most auction houses sell items “as is”.

Eight decoys sold for over $100,000, and 56 sold for over $10,000. Seven of the $100,000+ decoys came from the estate of legendary decoy collector, Dr. Lloyd T. Griffith of Mt. Holly, Virginia.

The top lot of the sale was an incredibly well preserved, 140 year old, Canada goose made by Nathan Cobb, Jr. (Cobb’s Island, VA). Which sold for $336,000. The decoy was formerly owned by William Mackey, Jr. Dr. Griffith bought it for $2,600 in the early 1970’s.

Shorebird decoys accounted for the remaining top lots. A Nathan Cobb, Jr. curlew sold for $210,000. William Bowman curlew sold for $168,000, Luther Nottingham curlew for $168,000 (a world record for the maker), and an Obediah Verity feeding plover sold for $156,000.

Guyette & Deeter’s next sale will be held November 20 and 21 in Easton, Maryland. Consignments will be accepted for the sale until September 20.

 

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Canada goose, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Large curlew, William Bowman



Feeding black bellied plover, Obediah Verity



Brant, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Merganser, George Boyd



Yellowlegs, William Bowman



Slot neck black bellied plover from Massachusetts



Pike trade sign, Oscar Peterson



Merganser, Franklin Pierce Wright



Pair of canvasbacks, Charles Barnard



Pair of black ducks, Lou Rathmell



Original Mason Factory crate with 12 unused bluebills



Redhead, Elmer Crowell



Merganser, Mason Decoy Factory



Old squaw, David Goodspeed



Widgeon, Elmer Crowell



Redhead, Harvey Stevens



Flying greenwing teal, Elmer Crowell



Brant, Eli Doughty



Oil on canvas, Harry Curieux Adamson. 22" x 30"



Black bellied plover from Cape Cod, MA



Two old squaw, Captain Clarence Bailey



Preening pintail hen, Mitchell LaFrance



Decorative Canada goose, Ward Brothers



Old squaw, Joseph Lincoln



Mallard, Charles Walker



Redhead hen from the Markham rig



Miniature snipe, Elmer Crowell



Pintail, Bert Graves



Bluebill, Harvey Stevens



1/2 size standing blackduck, Elmer Crowell



Curlew, Charles Clark



Curlew, McCarthy family



Mallard, Ward Brothers



Hanging game carving, Alexander Pope, Jr.



Watercolor, Ogden Pleissner. 7" x 9.5"



Preening bluebill, Albert Laing



Watercolor, Frank Benson. 7.5" x 10.5"



Original aquatint engraving, John James Audubon



Mallard, Dan English



Curlew, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Curlew, Luther Lee Nottingham
World auction record for maker



Full set of 25 miniatures, Elmer Crowell



Merganser, Capt. Samuel Augustus Fabens



Willet, William Bowman



Eider from Deer Isle, Maine



Dowitcher, Elmer Crowell



Redhead, Elkanah Cobb



Mallard hen, Bert Graves



Mallard, Charles Walker



Black duck, Ivar Fernlund



Yellowlegs, Ira Hudson



Canvasback hen, Ward Brothers



Yellowlegs, Ira Hudson



Oil on canvas, Frank Stick. 34" x 24.5"



Oldsquaw, Steven Badlam



Oil on canvas, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. 11.5" 15.5"



Pair of bluebills, Ward Brothers



Large heron from New Jersey



Miniature yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell



Pair of pintails, Elmer Crowell



Pair of pintails, Ward Brothers



Preening scoter, Albert Laing



Hanging game carving, Alexander Pope, Jr.



Brant, Walter Brady



Brant, Dave "Umbrella" Watson



Black bellied plover, Obediah Verity



Canada goose, George Warin



Miniature merganser, Elmer Crowell



Golden plover, Elmer Crowell



Oversize mallard, Bert Graves



Canvasback, George Stevens



Canada goose, Joseph Lincoln



Sunfish plaque, Oscar Peterson



Original aquatint engraving, John James Audubon



Peep, Elmer Crowell



Two miniature penguins, Elmer Crowell



Early yellowlegs, William Bowman



Mallard, Elmer Crowell



Curlew, Mason Decoy Factoy