Easton, Maryland – Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their fall decoy and sporting art auction on November 9 & 10 at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton, Maryland.
The sale featured decoys and sporting art from the collections of Ralph Bergstrom, Lynwood Herrington, Charlie Hunter III, Charles Long, Preston Lowe, Doug & Ellen Miller, Kirby Roberts, Herb Wetanson, and others. Fish spearing decoys from the collections of Norman & Alicia Volk and Dave Fannon, as well as, duck calls from the collection of Jimmy Thompson. The sale also featured some interesting creels, rustic furniture, and folk art from the collections of Rafe Lapham & Martha Andrea, and Tom Neelen.
After two days of auctions, gross sales totaled just over $2.3 million, with 43 lots selling for over $10,000, 15 of which brought over $25,000, and 6 over $50,000. The top lot in the sale was a rare rigmate pair of curlew by Charles Coffin of Nantucket, Massachusetts, that sold for $81,000. The top painting in the auction was an Edmund Osthaus oil depicting a group of hounds at $57,000. Quality folk art continues to sell well at Guyette & Deeter with two early cigar store trade figures from the Mark Goldman collection bringing $60,000 and $54,000 respectively.
Guyette & Deeter’s next sale will be the inaugural Fine Sporting Arms auction held February 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Quality consignments are being accepted for the April Decoy and Sporting Art Auction until February 15.
Call Jon Deeter at 440-610-1768 or Zac Cote at 207-321-8091 to consign to this sale.
Pair of mallards, Ward Brothers
19" x 26" oil on canvas, Edmund Osthaus
Pintail, Charles Walker
Pair of curlew, Charles F. Coffin
19" x 29" watercolor, Aiden Lassell Ripley
Bird tree carving, Frank Finney
Santa carving with gifts, Frank Finney
Cigar store trade figure, unknown carver
Pair of bluebills, Ferdinand Bach
Pair of mergansers, Henry Osbourne
Full size flying swan, Frank Finney
Preening mallard, Fred Allen
Gadwall, Jim Schmiedlin
Duck call, James Beckhart
Bronze sculpture, Vic Payne
Duck call, Abe Kinningham
Sleeping bluebill, Albert Laing
Pair of decorative black ducks, Oliver Lawson
Pair of bluebills, Ward Brothers
Full size swan carving, Frank Finney
Canada goose, Ira Hudson
Golden plover, Elmer Crowell
Swan, attributed to Alvirah Wright
Pair of canvasbacks, Jim Foote
Canvasback, Abe Nelson
Fat jaw bluebill, Ward Brothers
Pintail, Robert Elliston
Black duck, Ward Brothers
Canvasback, George Warin
Pair of standing wood ducks, William Gibian
Redhead hen, Ward Brothers
Canada goose, Cameron McIntyre
29.5" x 41.5" oil on canvas, Peter Corbin
17.25" x 23.25" oil on canvas, Brett Smith
Goose call, Sean Mann
Early Maliseet or Mi'qmak birch bark canoe
Early gunning light
Mallard, Charles Perdew
Pair of pintails, Grayson Chesser
Bronze, David Turner
Guyette & Deeter, Inc. | 1210 S. Talbot St, Unit A | PO Box 1170 | St. Michaels, Maryland 21663
Tel: 410-745-0485 | Email: michael@guyetteanddeeter.com
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