Easton, Maryland – On November 15 and 16, Guyette and Deeter held their annual November auction in conjunction with the Easton Waterfowl Festival. The sale topped an impressive $5.6 million, making it the highest grossing November auction in the company’s 41-year history.

The sale featured the lifelong collections of Martin and Deborah Maloy, Bill and Alice Walsh, and Dean Hyde, as well as important additions from collectors around the country. With 11 items bringing over $100,000 and 103 over $10,000 the demand for important and rare waterfowl decoys remains strong.

The top lot in the sale was a low-head pintail drake in the “beaver tail” style by the Ward Brothers of Crisfield, Maryland. Finishing at $264,000, the rare decoy set a new high-water mark for the artist’s work. A fresh to the market, 19th century bufflehead by Nathan Cobb Jr of Virginia brought $204,000. Two decorative carvings by Elmer Crowell topped $100,000 with an impressive curlew at $114,000 and an extremely rare ruddy turnstone at $102,000.

Guyette and Deeter’s next live auction is a Fine Sporting Arms and Art Auction being held at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on February 26 and 27.