Guyette and Deeter

Summer Decoy and Sporting Art Auction
July 24 & 25, 2026

Featuring Session Two of the
Jim and Diane Cook Collection

The Country School
Easton, Maryland

- Guaranteed Condition Reports
- Approximately 650 Investment quality decoys & related items.
- Quality consignments accepted until May 15 or until full.

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The Jim and Diane Cook collection Session II
	Over the last 40+ years Jim and Diane Cook of Minneapolis, Minnesota have acquired many of the rarest and finest condition decoys by most of the major carvers from around the country. Buying from major auction houses, from dealers, as well as buying and trading with other collectors, the Cooks were very active in the 1980's and early 1990's, when a steady supply of really rare and outstanding decoys were coming to market. When the Cooks decided to add a particular item to the collection, they typically didn't stop bidding till they were the new owners. After the success of Session I in April, including a new world record price for any decoy ever sold, as well as 20 world records for makers, Session II offers many more opportunities to acquire high-condition and very rare collectible decoys.
The July auction will also include decoys from the collections of Don Leonard, Oliver Smith, Deborah and Martin Maloy, Joseph Ellis, among others.
Wood duck by A. Elmer Crowell
Redhead by A. Elmer Crowell
Long-tailed duck by Joseph Lincoln
Goldeneye by the Ward Brothers
Preening mallard hen by Charles Perdew
English/Dawson pintail
Mallard by John Blair, Sr.
Canada goose by Charles "Shang" Wheeler
Pair of canvasbacks by Charles Perdew
Decorative snipe by A. Elmer Crowell
Redhead by Ferdinand Bach
Wood duck by Charles "Shang" Wheeler
Pair of greenwing teal by Charles Perdew. G.K. Schmidt rig
Oversized mallard hen by Bert Graves
Oversized mallard by Bert Graves
Pair of mallards by Charles Walker
Greenwing teal by Charles Bergman
Dowitcher in summer plumage by A. Elmer Crowell
Decorative woodcock by A. Elmer Crowell
Canada goose by Joseph Lincoln
Redhead by Harry V. Shourds
Pair of widgeon by Jess Heisler
Shoveler by John Wells
Decorative black bellied plover by A. Elmer Crowell
Pintail hen by Charles "Shang" Wheeler
Pair of pintails by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of challenge grade American mergansers by the Mason Decoy Factory
Decorative killdeer by A. Elmer Crowell
Pair of bluebills by Nathan Rowley Horner
Black duck by Louis Rathmell
Goldeneye by the Stevens Brothers
Mallard by the Mason Decoy Factory. G.K. Schmidt rig
Pair of mallards by Al Reis
Pair of redheads from the Markham rig
Redhead by the Stevens Brothers
Pintail by Joe King
Lowhead redhead by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of pintails by Bert Graves
Preening mallard by Fred Allen
Mallard hen by Otto Garren
Pair of bluebills by Warren Dettman
Canada goose by Doug Jester
Redhead by Ivar Fernlund
Canada goose by Ken Anger
Pintail by Leonard Pryor
Pair of bluewing teal by Paul Lipke
Preening bluebill by Joel Barber
Willet by A. Elmer Crowell
Decorative curlew by A. Elmer Crowell
Decorative yellowlegs by A. Elmer Crowell

Wood duck by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of mergansers by A. Elmer Crowell
Watercolor by Ogden Pleissner
Swimming Canada goose by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Exceedingly rare hooded merganser hen by the Ward Brothers
Very early pintail by the Ward Brothers
Pair of pintails by Ira Hudson
Rare black duck by Ira Hudson
Canvasback by A. Elmer Crowell
Early pintail by the Mason Decoy Factory
Pair of red-breasted mergansers by Keyes Chadwick
Important early goldeneye by Noah Sterling
Decorative lesser yellowlegs by A. Elmer Crowell
Black bellied plover by Valentine Watts
Outstanding bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers
Early preening black duck by A. Elmer Crowell
Dowitcher in emerging plumage by John Dilley
Cork body black duck by Louis Rathmell
Merganser hen by Ira Hudson
Canada goose by the Ward Brothers
Pintail hen by the Ward Brothers. Ex Mackey collection
Knot head canvasback by the Ward Brothers
Mallard hen by Bert Graves
Outstanding pheasant plaque by Oscar Peterson	Small rainbow trout plaque by Oscar Peterson
Pair of miniature wood ducks by Ira Hudson	Swimming Canada goose by Ira Hudson
Bufflehead by Ira Hudson	Red-breasted merganser by Doug Jester
Fish decoy by Hans Janner	Fish decoy by Hans Janner
Watercolor by Edmund Osthaus	Oil on canvas by Frank Stick
Oil on board by David Maass	Oil on board by David Maass
Oil on canvas by John Newton Howitt	Oil on canvas by Arthur T. Hutchins
Oil on canvas by Lynn Bogue Hunt	Guache by Crosby Smith
Federal duck stamp print by Maynard Reece	19th century pilot house eagle
Cigar store trade figure by Samuel Robb	Part of an excellent selection of antique walking sticks
Excellent pair of miniature peacocks by Frank Finney	Excellent canvasback sinkbox decoy by John Graham
Flyning mallard wall plaque by Chauncey Wheeler	Pair of bluebill wall plaques by Chauncey Wheeler
Pair of sleeping canvasbacks by Madison Mitchell	Sleeping black duck by Madison Mitchell
Early swan by Charlie Joiner	Canvasback by Robert McGaw
Excellent rigmate pair of bluebills from Dorchester County, Maryland	Pair of labrador ducks by William Gibian
Black duck by Joe King	Pair of red-breasted mergansers by Keyes Chadwick
Red-breasted merganser by George Huey	Root head heron by Henry Ellison
Dowitcher from the Fosdick Rig, Long Island	Low head black duck by Lloyd Sterling
Mallard by Tan Brunet	Canvasback by Jett Brunet
Pair of mallards by Dick Bonner	Bluewing teal hen by William Looney
Robin snipe in spring plumage by the Mason Decoy Factory	Robin snipe in fall plumage by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sleeping bluebill by Albert Laing
Part of a good selection of Harold Gibbs miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection	Part of a good selection of Harold Gibbs miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection
Part of a good selection of Harold Gibbs miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection	Part of a good selection of Harold Gibbs miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection
Part of a good selection of Jess Blackstone miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection	Part of a good selection of Jess Blackstone miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection
Part of a good selection of Jess Blackstone miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection	Part of a good selection of Jess Blackstone miniatures from the Joseph Ellis collection
Black duck by Robert Frederick	Sleeping black duck by Ferd Homme
Mallard hen by John English	Canada goose by Owen Gromme
Excellent pair of canvasbacks by the Ward Brothers	Merganser hen by Harry M. Shourds
Hooded merganser by Sam Hutchins	Hooded merganser by Sam Hutchins
Rigmate pair of mallards by Horace "Hi" Crandall	Mallard by John R. Wells
Redhead by John "Daddy" Holly	Redhead hen by John "Daddy" Holly
Redhead from the Carriage House rig	Pair of pintails from the Carriage House rig
Black duck by Harry M. Shourds	Low head goldeneye hen by the Ward Brothers
Curlew by Alonzo Foster	Black bellied plover by John Dilley
Excellent pair of wood ducks by William Gibian	Merganser by Jim Schmiedlin
Merganser hen by Jim Schmiedlin	Pintail by a member of the Reeves family
Mallard by Charles Walker	Decorative long-tail duck by the Ward Brothers
Mallard by Robert Elliston
Bluewing teal by Jim Schmiedlin	Brant by Chauncey Wheeler
Mallard hen by Robert Elliston	Canvasback by Tan Brunet
Dowitcher by John Dilley	Black bellied plover by John Dilley
Pintail by Doug Jester	Pintail by the Ward Brothers
Canada goose by George Boyd	Red knot by Captain Al Ketchum
Standing brant by Lloyd Tyler	Decorative ruffed grouse by Don Bonner
Mallard by Bert Graves	Canada goose by Cameron McIntyre
Swimming brant by Cameron McIntyre	Widgeon by William Gibian
Full size swan by Madison Mitchell	Frog tree with four different species by Eddie Wozny
Canada goose by Travis Ward	American bull frog on lily pad by Eddie Wozny
Early pintail by Madison Mitchell	Gadwall by Jim Schmiedlin
Pintail by Lloyd Tyler	Pintail hen by Robert McGaw
Black duck by Ira Hudson	Black duck by the Ward Brothers

Summer Decoy and Sporting Art Auction July 24 & 25, 2026 Featuring Session Two of the Jim and Diane Cook Collection The Country School Easton, Maryland

The Jim and Diane Cook collection Session II

The July auction will also include decoys from the collections of Don Leonard, Oliver Smith, Deborah and Martin Maloy, Joseph Ellis, among others.

Summer Decoy and Sporting Art Auction
July 24 & 25, 2026

Featuring Session Two of the
Jim and Diane Cook Collection

The Country School
Easton, Maryland

The Jim and Diane Cook collection
Session II