News-Antique.com - Jul 26,2010 - Artfact Live! Is pleased to present The Guyette & Schmidt Inc. Decoy auction. The sale will be held in Portsmouth, NH, and simultaneously goes online for live bidding at www.artfact.com on Thursday, July 29th 2010 at 11 am.
The auction features over 250 lots of rare and exceptional bird decoys, of which the top estimated lot is an extremely rare and important Canada goose, from the last quarter of 20th century, with a minimum bid of $100,000.
If you can’t join the live auction action in Portsmouth, NH, on July 29th, visit www.artfact.com to login and register free to bid live online at this unique auction.
More about Guyette & Schmidt, Inc.
Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. is the world's largest antique decoy auction company with over $122,000,000 in sales to date. They hold three decoy auctions per year, specializing in antique duck, shorebird, and fish decoys, fish carvings, waterfowl paintings and prints, duck calls, and ammunition advertising. They also offer free appraisals of antique decoys, waterfowl art and related items.
More about Artfact
Founded in 1989, Artfact is the largest global marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques, collectibles, and estate auctions. On January 1, 2009, Artfact launched Artfact Live! and Invaluable Live!, its proprietary live auction bidding platforms, enabling users to bid in real-time on auctions being held around the world by its prestigious auction house partners. Currently, over 1,000 fine auctioneers actively list their catalogues with www.artfact.com and its U.K. sister site www.invaluable.com, reaching the Artfact community of more than 10 million knowledgeable collectors and dealers worldwide. Artfact's industry leading database includes more than 57 million complete auction results totaling more than $204 billion in value, including information on more than 500,000 international artists. In 2006, Artfact acquired RFC Systems, the leading provider of enterprise software developed specifically for the fine art and antique auction house industry. RFC helps prestigious auction houses around the world manage their businesses by automating their day-to-day operations.
