Antique Decoys

Established 1984

Lifetime Commitment to Excellence
Gary Guyette and Frank Schmidt offer a combined professional experience of over 70 years working with fine antique waterfowl decoys. Having personally handled the most important collections in North America, their level of expertise in the field is unsurpassed.

Collecting as an Investment
Through personal and long term associations with the major collectors worldwide, Gary and Frank have attained the firsthand knowledge of collector needs critical to assessing future market trends.

Safe Haven for Buyers
With their history of integrity and guaranteed catalog descriptions, new buyers entering the market can be assured that their investment is virtually risk free.

Investment Strategies
Supported by an unmatched level of experience, integrity, and grass roots connections to their clientele, Gary and Frank have established a long an proven track record of investment advice to both new and seasoned collectors alike.

Market Expansion
Though the development of professional working relationships with other nationally recognized organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Ward Museum of Salisbury, Maryland, and others, the goal has been to continue to expand the market by increasing exposure to the American Bird Decoy as a major American folk art form. To that end, for example. Guyette & Schmidt, Inc., in association with these organizations, has assisted in the exhibition of major private decoy collections to the general public, created antique decoy awards as presentations to recipients at national awards ceremonies, and provided ongoing assistance to decoy collectors’ organizations in their quest to reach out to new collectors.

Marketing Advantages
Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. possesses the most extensive mailing list in the business. With the recent announcement of our strategic association with Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. through a systematic cross marketing program will hold every advantage in the promotion and sale of important waterfowl decoy collections.

3 Decoy Auctions Per Year
April: Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL with the Midwest Decoy Collectors Show
July: Sheraton Hotel, Portland, Maine
November: Talbot Community Center, Easton, MD with the Easton Waterfowl Festival

Contact:
decoys@guyetteandschmidt.com