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Est.1984

Gary and Dale Guyette
Vicki and Frank Schmidt
Gary and Dale Guyette
Vicki and Frank Schmidt

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These are the facts...Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. Statistics


Number of decoys in the top 100 decoys ever sold at auction. 81 (2005)
Highest volume in dollars for the sale of antique decoys of any auction firm in history. (1984 - April 2008) $111,160,442.00
We have sold more decoys in one year than any other auction house ever has.

$12,702,094.00 (2007)

Highest gross of any decoy auction house per year 1987, 1989 - 2007.

$12,702,094.00(2007)

Most decoys sold by any decoy auction house in top 100 lots 1987 - 2007.

90 lots (2003)

Most decoys sold by any auction house worth over $10,000, 1987, 1989 - 2007

236 lots (2005)

Most decoys sold by any auction house worth over $100,000, 1987, 1989 - 2007. 24 lots (2007)
Highest average price per lot of any decoy auction house 1987 - 2007. $7,821.00 (April 2007)
Most decoys sold per year by any auction house 1987 - 2007. 2,794 decoys (2004)

Leaders in the Decoy Auction World

Guyette and Schmidt Sales
Guyette and Schmidt Sales

2006 Decoy Auctions

Auction House  Auctions Lots Gross Average Top Price  $10,000+
Guyette & Schmidt 3 1954 $10,640,932 $5446 $830,000 193
Harmon 3 1233 $2,658,666 $2156 $142,500 40
Frank & Frank 2 770 $322,736 $419 $11,150 2
Copley Fine Arts 1 201 $748,014 $3721 $97,750 19

Information obtained from 2006 "Decoy Magazine" Year in Review

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