Guyette and Schmidt, Inc Decoy Auction Firm

New York, NY - Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. teamed up with Christie's, New York to sell the Waterfowl Decoy Collection of Russell B. Aitken. A preening pintail drake circa 1915 by Elmer Crowell established a new record price of $801,500 at the January 18, 2003 sale. The auction gross was in excess of $2.8 million, and featured just less than 400 lots of decoys consisting of other early working decoys and later decorative carvings.

Crowell pintail Holmes merganser pair McNair widgeon

Pintail by Elmer Crowell
WORLD AUCTION RECORD! Pair of mergansers by Lothrop Holmes Widgeon drake by Mark McNair

Harris merganser Wheeler black duck Wheeler shorebirds

Hooded merganser drake by Ken Harris "Shang" Wheeler preening black duck Decorative shorebirds by "Shang" Wheeler

Wheeler ruddy duck Wheeler snow goose Barber mallard hen

"Shang" Wheeler ruddy duck Snow goose by "Shang" Wheeler Joel Barber mallard hen
World Auction Record

Crowell yellowlegs Holmes yellowlegs Verity knot

Preening yellowlegs by Elmer Crowell Yellowlegs by Lothrop Holmes Feeding knot by Obediah Verity

Allen mallard Dilley plover Crowell willet

Mallard by Charles Allen Black bellied plover by John Dilley Willet by Elmer Crowell

Boyd yellowlegs White merganser pair White wood duck

Yellowlegs by George Boyd Pair of hooded mergansers by Bob White Wood duck by Bob White

Ward black duck Wilson merganser Holmes plover

Ward Brothers black duckt Augustus Wilson merganser Lothrop Holmes plover

Tulley salmon Bowman plover Gelston curlew

Tulley salmon William Bowman plover Thomas Gelston curlew

Crowell ruddy turnstone Blair gadwall hen

Ruddy turnstone by Elmer Crowell Gadwall hen by John Blair

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