guyette and deeter

November 6 & 7, 2013 - Easton, Maryland

Easton, Maryland - With the help of a Cigar Store Indian and a North Carolina swan decoy, the Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter auction on November 6 & 7 grossed over $3 million, right at its high estimate. The Indian, in a collection in Louisville, Kentucky since 1974 sold for $747,500, 3 times its estimate and a world auction record for a Cigar Store figure. The swan by William Basnight, (Manteo, North Carolina) was in storage in Connecticut since 1957 and sold for $183,750, 10 times its estimate and an auction record for the maker.

The sale featured the collections of Bob & Wilma Gerard and James “Spann” Jeffers. 41 items sold for over $10,000, and two sold for over $100,000.

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Cigar store Indian Princess
World Auction Record for any Cigar Store Indian
Sold 3 Times Estimate


Merganser drake by Harry V. Shourds
Sold Over Estimate


Bufflehead drake by Nathan Cobb, Jr.
Sold at High Estimate


Bishops Head style black duck by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Mallard hen by Rowley Horner


Merganser drake by George Boyd


Canvasback hen by John English


Greenwing teal drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold 3 Times Estimate


Widgeon drake by the Ward Brothers


Verity Family black bellied plover
Sold at High Estimate


Greenwing teals by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Pair of mergansers by Doug Jester
Sold Over Estimate


Canada goose by the Ward Brothers


Pair of mallards by Harold MacGillivray
Sold 2 Times Estimate


Merganser hen by Harry V. Shourds


Dowitcher by William Bowman


Canada goose weathervane by Elmer Crowell
Sold 2 Times Estimate


Pair of hooded mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Bluewing and greenwing teal by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate


Brant by William Doughty
Sold Over Estimate


Black duck from Hog Island, Virginia


Goldeneye by Henry Grant


Curlew by Leffert Goldengow Squire


Pair of shooting stool mergansers by the Ward Brothers
Ward Brothers shooting stool decoys to very
well throughout the auction


Robin snipe from North Carolina


Black bellied plover by George Boyd


Swan by Cameron McIntyre


Black duck by Chauncey Wheeler


Swan by William Basnight
World Auction Record for maker
Sold 10 Times Estimate


Hooded merganser by the Ward Brothers
Sold Mid Estimate


Redhead drake by Elkanah Cobb


Greenwing teal hen by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Bluebill drake by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Swimming goldeneye by the Ward Brothers


Pintail drake by the Mason Decoy Factory
Sold Over Estimate


Large trout plaque by Oscar Peterson


Golden plover by Elijah Burr
Sold 3 Times Estimate


Ruddy duck by Alvirah Wright


Greenwing teal drake by Richard Jansen
Sold 2 Times Estimate
World Auction Record for Maker


Curlew from Accomack, Virginia


Bluewing teal by the Ward Brothers
Sold Over Estimate


Canada goose by Charles Birch


Pintail drake by the Ward Brothers


Pair of canvasbacks by Robert Morse


Four greater yellowlegs from Long Island


Canada goose by George Warin


Greenwing teal by the Ward Brothers


Bluewing teal by James Holly


Canada goose watch gander by John Sharp
World Auction Record for Maker
Sold Over Estimate


Pair of mergansers by Henry Osbourne


Pintail by Shang Wheeler


Pair of wood ducks by Chief Eugene Cuffee


Old squaw by Mark English


Canvasback by Tom Chambers


Pintail by Horace "Hie" Crandall


Pair of mallards by Richard Jansen


Merganser by Charles McCoy


Hooded merganser by Corbin Reed
The collection of Reed decoys did very well throughout the auction


Grouse by William Gibian