Decoy Collectors Flock To Portsmouth For Annual Guyette & Deeter Auction

By Ammoland

PORTSMOUTH – -(AmmoLand.com)- Guyette & Deeter, Inc. conducted their annual summer decoy auction on July 23 and 24 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The auction grossed just under $2.5 million, with 53 lots selling for over $10,000 and 3 lots selling for over $100,000. Highlights from the sale included an important pintail by Elmer Crowell that sold for $265,500, a pintail drake and hen from the Kankakee Marsh that sold for $153,400 and $82,600 respectively, and a carved eagle banner by John Bellamy that sold for $126,260.

A pair of highly decorative wood ducks was an auction record for carver Dennis Schroeder at $12,390.

The sale featured decoys from the collections of Jonathan & Virginia Chua, Bruce Collins, Lillian Colodny, Jim & Diane Cook, Dick Cowan, Jim & Joan Deevy, Ginny & Gordy Hayes, Lynwood Herrington, Dr. Lloyd Newberry, Jim Karsnitz, Don Kirson, Robert Laurent, Doug & Ellen Miller, Dick Stephenson, Ron Swanson, and Carl Wallman.

Strong prices with competitive bidding on most lots are the growing result of an influx of new buyers that continue to have an impact at Guyette & Deeter …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand