Annual Spring Decoy & Sporting Art Auction
April 25 & 26, 2024
The Westin Chicago Lombard
Lombard, Illinois
The Alan and Elaine Haid collection | Session One |
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Guyette and Deeter is proud to be offering the legendary waterfowl decoy collection of Alan and Elaine Haid in 2024.Starting their collecting journey together in 1967, Alan and Elaine Haid, acquired the rarest and finest examples of waterfowl decoys they could find, ever endeavoring to improve and refine their collection over the decades. As Alan's knowledge and influence grew, he would become a successful dealer and appraiser of decoys and would author 'Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway' in 1981 and co-author 'Mason Decoys – A Complete Pictorial Guide' in 1993. The Haids were staples at most of the decoy shows and auctions across the country for a half century. The result of that amount of focus and time spent in one collecting field is a grouping of some of the rarest examples by many of the top artists from America. From the one-of-a-kind, oversize preening black duck by Robert Elliston, to the only known, working shoveler hen by the Ward Brothers, many of the decoys in the Haid collection would be difficult to improve upon or find anywhere else in the world.The Haid collection will be offered in the April 25 and 26 auction in Lombard, Illinois, as well as in Guyette and Deeter's Summer Auction. | ||
 Exceedingly rare and outstanding, preening black duck by Elmer Crowell |
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 Swimming Canada goose by Harry V. Shourds. One of two known in original paint. |
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 Extremely rare and outstanding wood duck drake by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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 Pintail drake by Charles Walker |
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 Rare and outstanding working swan by the Dodge Decoy Factory |
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 Very rare standing Canada goose by Charles Schoenheider, Sr. |
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 Exceedingly rare semi palmated plover by Elmer Crowell |
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 Outstanding sanderling by Elmer Crowell |
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 Very rare and outstanding ruddy turnstone by John Dilley |
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 Outstanding dowitcher by John Dilley |
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 Exceedingly rare coot by Robert Elliston |
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 Rare oversize mallard hen by Bert Graves |
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 Very rare and outstanding shoveler by John R. Wells |
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 Excellent mallard drake by Robert Elliston |
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 Very rare, early, three piece black duck by Charles Perdew |
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 Mallard drake from the Jolley rig by Charles Walker |
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 Premier grade Canada goose by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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 Extremely rare herring gull by Harry V. Shourds |
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 Very rare feeding black bellied plover by Obediah Verity |
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 Very rare bufflehead hen by Harry V. Shourds |
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 One of a kind, shoveler hen by the Ward Brothers |
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 Very rare redhead by Ferdinand Bach |
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 Important and unique oversize black duck by Robert Elliston |
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 Outstanding redhead by Harry V. Shourds |
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 Red breasted merganser with turned head by Augustus "Gus" Wilson |
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 Outstanding canvasback hen by Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler |
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 Exceedingly rare red breasted merganser by Cassius Smith |
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 Excellent bluewing teal by Robert Elliston. From the Dupee rig |
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 Pintail by Charles Perdew |
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 Exceedingly rare passanger pigeon by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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 Extremely rare ruddy turnstone by Obediah Verity |
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 Extremely rare, early gull by Frank Kellum |
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 Outstanding Bishops head style Canada goose by the Ward Brothers |
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 Outstanding rigmate pair of American mergansers by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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 Bluewing teal by James Holly |
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 Flying Canada goose weathervane by Elmer Crowell |
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 Curlew by the Mason Decoy Factory |
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 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
 Part of an excellent selection of Elmer Crowell miniatures from the Haid collection |
