# David K. John - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:55:18.175Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2008-04-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $390
- Price range: $100 to $1,159

## Market Takeaway
David K. John has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $390. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($390\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $500\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 95.2% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.8% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $440
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 25.7%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 145
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 6 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 6 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 4 lots
- Bradford's: 3 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Market Auctions: 1 lots
- Soulis Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-07 | DAVID K. JOHN "THEY CAME FROM THE WATER" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $320
2. 2025-12-07 | DAVID K. JOHN "TWIN WARRIOR'S YEIS" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $440
3. 2025-12-07 | DAVID K. JOHN "DANCER FROM ANTELOPE CANYON" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $480
4. 2025-11-05 | David K. John \(Native American, b. 1963\) Watercolor Painting on Paper | Market Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-native-american-b-1963-watercolor-painting-on-paper-127-c-13a6202dbf
5. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Mixed Media Yei Mask Wall Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-mixed-media-yei-mask-wall-sculpture-212-c-88a498aa54
6. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Limited Edition Yei Mask Ceramic Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-limited-edition-yei-mask-ceramic-sculpture-211-c-ddc4923a14
7. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Turquoise and Mixed Media Yei Figure Wall Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-turquoise-and-mixed-media-yei-figure-wall-sculpture-210-c-ea8448ca3e
8. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Yei Figures Acrylic on Canvas | Sarasota Estate Auction | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-yei-figures-acrylic-on-canvas-209-c-2944a1ea09
9. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Abstract Yei Figure Acrylic on Canvas | Sarasota Estate Auction | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-abstract-yei-figure-acrylic-on-canvas-208-c-0f649b59a7
10. 2025-01-18 | David K. John \(Born 1963\) Navajo, Yei Figures Acrylic on Canvas | Sarasota Estate Auction | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-k-john-born-1963-navajo-yei-figures-acrylic-on-canvas-207-c-fc6418fac0
11. 2024-09-21 | DAVID K. JOHN \(B 1963\) CERAMIC YEIBICHAI INSPIRED MASKS | Soulis Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-01-14 | David K. John \(b. 1963, Navajo/Diné\), A polychrome pottery mask, late 20th/early 21st century | John Moran Auctioneers | $168
13. 2025-01-14 | David K. John \(b. 1963, Navajo/Diné\), "Spring Morning Chant" | John Moran Auctioneers | $317
14. 2024-12-27 | DAVID K. JOHN \(BORN 1963\) LARGE ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $275
15. 2024-09-21 | DAVID K. JOHN \(BORN 1963\) WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $500
16. 2024-09-21 | DAVID K. JOHN \(BORN 1963\) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | N/A
17. 2024-09-21 | DAVID K. JOHN \(BORN 1963\) LARGE ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $500
18. 2024-08-14 | David K. John, Keams Canyon | Santa Fe Art Auction | $516
19. 2024-04-04 | David K. John \(B. 1963\): Figural Relief Plaque | Abell Auction | $300
20. 2023-08-15 | David K. John, Glass Mask Yei From The East, 2019 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
21. 2023-08-15 | David K. John, Out of The Mist, 2021 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $341
22. 2023-08-15 | David K. John, As They Guide Them Back, 2021 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $610
23. 2023-08-15 | David K. John, Edge Water Clan, 2021 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,159
24. 2023-03-15 | David K. John, Pair of Lithographs | Santa Fe Art Auction | $390

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