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November 20 & 21 Guyette & Deeter Auction sets 15 new world records for makers, sells 99 lots for over $10,000 and finishes at a solid $3.5 million.

Collectors continue to feel comfortable bidding remotely given our guaranteed condition reports, which most other auction houses do not offer. The top lot in the sale was an important feeding golden plover with carved wings by Elmer Crowell that sold for $108,000. Another highlight was an exceptional pintail by Lloyd Sterling that set an auction record for carver selling at $72,000. The 99 lots over $10,000 is the most in a Guyette & Deeter auction since the sale of Dr. James McCleery's collection in January of 2000.

The sale featured the collection of Jim and Pat Doherty, with many important and exciting decoys being offered. Items from the Doherty collection rounded out the top lots in the sale, including a merganser and a black duck by Ira Hudson that sold for $66,000 and $54,000.

Bidding was done via phone, absentee, and online through Invaluable, Bidsquare, and LiveAuctioneers. The sale was live streamed to bidders. The total for the sale hit mid estimate, pushing Guyette & Deeter's 2020 auction total over $10.5 million. While this has been an excellent year for the company, the team at Guyette & Deeter is more confident than ever that the future of decoy collecting is bright. New collectors and enthusiasm with current collectors is growing with every auction.

Our next sale will be held in April or May 2021 from Lombard, Illinois in conjunction with the Midwest Decoy Collectors Association Show. Quality consignments will be accepted until March 15. We will also be offering an online only Special Event sale in the month of January at Decoysforsale.com. Contact our office at 410-745-0485 to discuss consigning to either event.

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Feeding golden plover, Elmer Crowell



Merganser hen, Ira Hudson



Black duck, Ira Hudson



Bluewing teal, John Blair, Sr.



Canada goose, Elmer Crowell



Goldeneye, Albert Laing



Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell



Mallard hen, Ward Brothers



Canada goose, James Best. Repainted as swan
a long time ago
World auction record for carver



Canvas covered goose, George Boyd



Canvasback, Robert Elliston



Canada goose, Ward Brothers



Bluewing teal, John "Daddy" Holly



Bluebill, Nathan Rowley Horner



Bluebill, Ben Dye
World auction record for carver



Ruddy duck, Robert Morse



Black duck, Shang Wheeler



Black duck, Nathan Rowley Horner



Black bellied plover, Daniel DeMott



Brant, Ward Brothers



Pair of wood ducks, Ward Brothers



Goldeneye, Elmer Crowell



Greenwing teal, Robert Elliston



Flying redhead wall plaque, Chauncey Wheeler



Pair of bluewing teal, Elmer Crowell



Widgeon, Elmer Crowell



Pair of canvasbacks, John Schweikart



Mallard, John Dorsett



Brant, Dave "Umbrella" Watson



Bluewing teal hen, John Graham



Black duck, Harry M. Shourds



Willet, Elisha Burr



Mallard, Ward Brothers



54" long salmon plaque, P.D. Malloch



Redhead, Lee Dudley



Pintail, Mason Decoy Factory



English/Dawson pintail hen



Canvasback, Ward Brothers



Lesser yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell



Bufflehead, Harry V. Shourds



Curlew, Luther Lee Nottingham



Wood duck, Elmer Crowell



Brant, Ira Hudson



Walking black duck, Ira Hudson



Black bellied plover, Dave "Umbrella" Watson



Black duck, Ward Brothers



Brant, Chauncey Wheeler



Bluebill, Harry V. Shourds



Semi palmated plover, Elmer Crowell



Body booting swan, Madison Mitchell
World auction record for carver



Pair of redheads, Harry V. Shourds



Canada goose, David Ward
World auction record for carver



Mallard hen, Sydney Duplessis
World auction record for carver



Miniature preening yellowlegs, Steve Weaver
World auction record for carver



Gadwall, Roger Barton
World auction record for carver



Fish plaque, Phillippe Sirois
World auction record for carver



Fish decoy, Frank Mizera
World auction record for carver



22.5" tall porcelain Campbell's Soup advertising sign



Pintail, Lloyd Sterling
World auction record for carver



Redhead, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Black duck, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Black duck, John Blair, Sr.



15" long pike, Oscar Peterson
World auction record for a fish decoy



Oldsquaw, Joseph Lincoln



Willet, William Bowman



Canada goose, George Warin



Merganser hen, George Stevens



Scoter hen, Joseph Lincoln



Carved frog on burl base, Charles Perdew



High head canvasback hen, Charles Barnard
World auction record for carver



Decorative yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell



Pair of pintails, William Quinn



Hudsonian curlew, Harry V. Shourds



Canvasback, Lou Rathmell



Bluebill, Robert Elliston



Black duck, Ward Brothers



Black bellied plover, Nathan Cobb, Jr.



Pair of greenwing teal, Charles Perdew



Redhead, Elmer Crowell



Merganser, Henry Grant
World auction record for carver



Canvasback wall plaque, Chauncey Wheeler



Ruddy duck, Alvirah Wright



Redhead, John English



Curlew, Daniel Lake Leeds



Curlew, Walter Brady



Tern, Elmer Crowell



Pintail, Charles Perdew



Canvasback, Elmer Crowell



Robin snipe, Daniel Lake Leeds



Curlew, Arthur Cobb



Pintail hen, James Holly



Pair of mallards, Horace Hi Crandall



Greenwing teal hen, John Blair, Sr.



Immature goldeneye, Stevens Brothers



Goldeneye hen, John Schwiekart



Canvasback, Leonard Pryor



Pintail, Nate Quillin



Pair of buffleheads, John English



Pintail, Ward Brothers



Sanderling, Elmer Crowell



Black bellied plover, Elisha Burr



Perch fish decoy, Oscar Peterson



Turnstone from the Rogers rig



Black duck, Ward Brothers



Plover in fall plumage, George Boyd



Full size peep, Elmer Crowell



Fish decoy, Earnie Newman
World auction record for carver



Creel, Emile Robichaud
World auction record for carver



Duck call, A.M. Bowles



Duck calls, E. Stoffer



Duck calls, E. Stofer



Duck call, Charles Perdew



41" long 19th century sneak boat model



10" wide early swing handle Nantucket Basket