Lombard, Illinois – Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their 37th annual spring decoy and sporting art auction on April 29 & 30 at the Westin Lombard in Lombard, Illinois. This was the first spring sale with a live audience since the April 2019 auction and attendance was strong.
The sale featured decoys and sporting art from the collections of Jeff Munson, Preston Lowe, Herb Desch, Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Ron Gruber, Dr. Trent Spolar, Beans Wheatherly, and the family of A.T. Shearer. Excellent and rare fish spearing decoys from the collections of Steven Michaan, Dave Fannon, and Norman & Alicia Volk received spirited bidding and duck calls from the collection of Jimmy Thompson also sold well.
After two days of auctions, gross sales totaled $3.5 million, 10% over the high estimate, with 92 lots selling for over $10,000, 29 of which brought over $25,000, and 7 over $50,000. The top lot in the sale was an excellent black bellied plover from the Parker Whittimore rig carved by Elmer Crowell that brought $69,000. Following closely behind the plover was a rare fish spearing decoy by Hans Janner that sold for $66,000 and a rigmate pair of 1936 Ward Brothers mallards for the same price. The top paintings in the auction were a watercolor by Aiden Lassell Ripley at $54,000 and an oil on canvas by Percival Leonard Rosseau at $48,000. A great mix of sporting art, duck and fish decoys, duck calls, fish plaques, powder tins, and folk art added to a very strong auction.
Guyette & Deeter’s next sale will be held July 29 & 30 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Quality consignments are being accepted until June 1st.
Call Jon Deeter at 440-610-1768 or Zac Cote at 207-321-8091 to consign to this sale.
![]() Black bellied plover, Elmer Crowell |
![]() 12" spearing decoy, Hans Janner |
![]() 20" x 36" fish plaque, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers |
![]() Stick up mallard, John Tax |
![]() 15" x 22" watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley |
![]() Mallard hen, Ferd Homme |
![]() 23" x 31" oil on canvas, Percival Leonard Rosseau |
![]() 8.5" x 10.75" oil on canvas, Guss Muss-Arnolt |
![]() Pair of mallards, Mason Decoy Factory |
![]() Oversize mallard hen, Bert Graves |
![]() Sleeping yellowlegs, Melvin Gardner Lawrence |
![]() Canada goose, Nathan Cobb, Jr. |
![]() Black duck, Ward Brothers |
![]() Pintail, Ward Brothers |
![]() Black duck, Lou Rathmell |
![]() 15.5" x 12" oil on canvas, Lynn Bogue Hunt |
![]() Greenwing teal, Richard Janson |
![]() 15.5" x 17.5" oil on canvas, Lynn Bogue Hunt |
![]() Pair of woodducks, Charles Perdew |
![]() Pair of bluewing teal, Jim Schmiedlin |
![]() 48" long salmon, Thomas Brayshaw |
![]() Mallard, Mason Decoy Factory |
![]() Canada goose, John Reeves |
![]() Widgeon, Robert McGaw |
![]() Black duck, Shang Wheeler |
![]() 10 1/2" spearing decoy, Hans Janner |
![]() Mallard hen, Charles Perdew |
![]() 23.25" x 31.5" oil on board, David Maass |
![]() Trout plaque, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Fish lures and patent papers, Oscar Peterson |
![]() 20" x 30" oil on board, Robert Abbett |
![]() Merganser from Massachusetts |
![]() Crook neck Canada goose, Ira Hudson |
![]() Hutchins Barnacle Goose, John James Audubon |
![]() Pair of canvasbacks, Richard Janson |
![]() Very fat 10 1/2" spearing decoy from Lake Chautauqua, New York |
![]() 6" x 8.5" watercolor and pencil, Aiden Lassell Ripley |
![]() Peep, Melvin Gardner Lawrence |
![]() Canada goose, George Warin |
![]() Rare 8 1/2" carved eye trout, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Pair of redheads, Jim Schmiedlin |
![]() 9" glass eye pike, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Impressive 9 1/2" trout, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Early 9" glass eye brown trout, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Black bellied plover, Joseph Lincoln |
![]() Pair of flying pintails, Ira Hudson |
![]() Pair of canvasbacks, Augustus Moak |
![]() Canvasback, John "Daddy" Holly |
![]() Canada goose, attributed to Phineaus Upshur |
![]() Important 7 1/2" trout, Harry Seymour |
![]() Bufflehead, Cobb Island |
![]() Mallard hen, Charles Pice |
![]() Mallard, Charles Pice |
![]() Great American Hen and Young, John James Audubon |
![]() Pair of mergansers, Mason Decoy Factory |
![]() Decorative widgeon, Ward Brothers |
![]() Runnin yellowlegs, Elmer Crowell |
![]() Sleeping black duck, Miles Hancock |
![]() Canvasback hen, Ward Brothers |
![]() Black duck, John English |
![]() Large 9 1/4" pike, Oscar Peterson |
![]() Five barrel rifle, Smith, Rhodes, and Co. |
![]() Mallard hen, Charles Perdew |
![]() Pair of widgeon, Ward Brothers |
![]() Pair of bluewing teal, Evans Decoy Factory |
![]() Pair of mallards, Dewitt Wakefield |
![]() Black duck, James T. Holly |
![]() Large 13" spearing decoy, Auggie Janner |
![]() Pair of pintails, Charles Perdew |
![]() Owl with crow, Frank Finney |
![]() Pair of greenwing teal, Ward Brothers |
![]() Canvasback, Augustus Moak |
![]() Pair of canvasbacks, Charles Perdew |
![]() Mallard hen, Charles Walker |
![]() Canvasback hen, Chauncey Wheeler |
![]() Gadwall, Jim Schmiedlin |
![]() Pair of pintails, Richard Janson |
![]() 12" natural finish bass, Hans Janner |
![]() Pair of mallards, Charles Perdew |
![]() Pair of black ducks, Jess Heisler |
![]() Pair of pintails, Ward Brothers |
![]() Swan, Cameron McIntyre |
![]() Ruddyduck, Ben Dye |
![]() 23.5" x 29.5" oil on canvas, Richard Bishop |
![]() Swan, Dodge Decoy Factory |
![]() Pair of mallards, Fred Allen |
![]() Sleeping black duck, Ken Harris |
![]() Wood duck, Jim Schmiedlin |
![]() Pair of wood ducks, William Gibian |
![]() Bluebill, Robert Elliston |
![]() Decorative quail, Frank Finney |
![]() Merganser, Cleon Crowell |
![]() Canvasback, Chauncey Wheeler |
![]() Pintail hen, John Leudtke |
![]() 9.75" x 135.5" watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley |
![]() Duck call, Doc Taylor |
![]() Early duck boat model |
![]() Cinnamon teal, Jim Schmiedlin |
![]() Excellent 7 1/2" trout from Lake Chautauqua, New York |
![]() Bluebill, George Stevens |
![]() 18.5" x 25.5" watercolor, David Hagerbaumer |
![]() Black duck, William Chrysler |
![]() Duck call, Charles Perdew |
![]() Two duck calls from Illinois |
![]() Eight crow calls, Charles Perdew |
![]() Miniature owl carving, Steve Weaver |
![]() Pair of mallards, Walter Lowrey |
![]() Gun powder tin, Giant Powder Company |
![]() Two duck calls, Charles Perdew |
![]() Two duck calls, Johnny Marsh |
![]() 42" tall cigar store figure, circa 1900 |
![]() Pair of mergnasers, Miles Hancock |
![]() 17" x 12.5" watercolor, Roland Clark |
![]() Pair of mallards, Percy Bicknell |
![]() Duck call, John "Sandy" Morrow |
![]() Early two sided trade sign |
![]() Federal duck stamp & print, Ding Darling |
![]() Duck call, Doc Taylor |
![]() Duck call lamp, Fred Jolly |
![]() 6 1/2" flower fish, Leroy Howell |
![]() Pair of woodducks, Bob White |
![]() Duck call, John Jolly |
![]() Carved cane, Lloyd Cargile |
![]() Pair of mallards, Marty Hanson |
![]() Pair of canvasbacks, Dewitt Wakefield |
![]() Pair of greenwing teal, Charles Joiner |
![]() Duck call, John "Sandy" Morrow |
![]() 8 3/4" sucker, Leroy Howell |
![]() Rare 7" frog pattern spearing decoy, Leroy Howell |
![]() 13 cloth hunting & fishing licenses from Tennessee |
![]() Relief carved panel of three hounds |
![]() Large 9" spearing decoy, Leroy Howell |
![]() Gun powder tin, DuPont |
![]() Swan, Mason Decoy Factory |