# David Ruben Piqtoukun - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T22:43:51.534Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 54
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2009-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-16
- Median realised price: $1,140
- Price range: $375 to $13,200

## Market Takeaway
David Ruben Piqtoukun shows solid auction liquidity with 54 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,140. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-02-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,140\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $2,640.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 40% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.5% (23 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-16
- Days since latest sale: 367
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 46 lots
- Walker's: 3 lots
- Locati LLC: 2 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 1 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-16 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(Born 1950\) Stone Carving, Sea Lion | Locati LLC | $2,000
2. 2025-02-16 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(Born 1950\) Musk Ox | Locati LLC | $2,300
3. 2022-09-24 | David Ruben Piqtoukun stone carving | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $375
4. 2018-02-16 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(INUIT, PAULATUK, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA, 1950 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $425
5. 2017-11-21 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), SHAMAN MASK, stone, 24 x 14 x 4.5 in — 61 x 35.6 x 11.4 cm | Waddington's | CA$2,640
6. 2017-02-02 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), W3\-119, TORONTO, PAULATUK/CANADIAN INUIT“SYMBOLS OF SURVIVAL” FOLIO OF THREE PRINTS FORMING A TRIPTYCH: \(A\) AS THE SUN SETS; \(B\) A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY; AND \(C\) THE SHAMAN’S DREAM, 1987Three colour silkscreens; each | Waddington's | N/A
7. 2016-07-07 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(1950\-\), W3\-119, Toronto, “SYMBOLS OF SURVIVAL” FOLIO OF THREE PRINTS FORMING A TRIPTYCH: \(A\) AS THE SUN SETS; \(B\) A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY; AND \(C\) THE SHAMAN’S DREAM, 1987, Three colour silkscreens; each signed at Pitqtoukun, | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2016-03-10 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(1950\-\), W3\-119, Toronto, “SYMBOLS OF SURVIVAL” FOLIO OF THREE PRINTS FORMING A TRIPTYCH: \(A\) AS THE SUN SETS; \(B\) A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY; AND \(C\) THE SHAMAN’S DREAM, 1987, Three colour silkscreens; each signed at Pitqtoukun, | Waddington's | N/A
9. 2015-11-16 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), WALKING POLAR BEAR, stone, 5.5" x 10.5" x 3.5" — 14 x 26.7 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,200
10. 2015-11-16 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), SEARCHING FOR SEDNA, stone, 14.25" x 13" x 10" — 36.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
11. 2015-11-16 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), HEAD, stone, 15.25" x 23" x 9.5" — 38.7 x 58.4 x 24.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,120
12. 2015-10-22 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(1950\-\), W3\-119, Toronto, “SYMBOLS OF SURVIVAL” FOLIO OF THREE PRINTS FORMING A TRIPTYCH: \(A\) AS THE SUN SETS; \(B\) A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY; AND \(C\) THE SHAMAN’S DREAM, 1987, Three colour silkscreens; each signed at Pitqtoukun, | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2015-06-01 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), WHALE TAIL, stone, 15.25" x 12" x 3.5" \-\- 38.7 x 30.5 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$600
14. 2015-06-01 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), POLAR BEAR, stone, 7.5" x 14" x 6" \-\- 19.1 x 35.6 x 15.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,680
15. 2015-06-01 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), OWL MAN NO MORE, stone, 11.25" x 21" x 9.5" \-\- 28.6 x 53.3 x 24.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,280
16. 2015-06-01 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), FALCON WITH PREY, stone, 18" x 17.5" x 9" \-\- 45.7 x 44.5 x 22.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$4,080
17. 2015-05-02 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(1950\-\) | Walker's | CA$500
18. 2014-11-17 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), W3\-1119, | Waddington's | CA$4,080
19. 2014-07-10 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), ORIGIN OF SEDNA, stone, string, 6" x 7" x 14" \- 15.2 x 17.8 x 35.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$504
20. 2014-07-10 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), AWAITING TO CREATE MISCHIEF, stone, 7" x 13" x 6" \- 17.8 x 33 x 15.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$480
21. 2014-07-10 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), OWL, stone, 5" x 10.25" x 5" \- 12.7 x 26 x 12.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$408
22. 2014-06-02 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), RETURN FROM BANISHMENT, stone, 10.5" x 28" x 16" \- 26.7 x 71.1 x 40.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,936
23. 2014-06-02 | DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN \(1950\-\), SPIRIT WORLD OF THE INUIT, stone, antler, 21.25" x 18.25" x 11" \- 54 x 46.4 x 27.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$13,200
24. 2014-03-11 | David Ruben Piqtoukun \(1950\-\), W3\-119, Toronto, "SYMBOLS OF SURVIVAL" FOLIO OF THREE PRINTS FORMING A TRIPTYCH: \(A\) AS THE SUN SETS; \(B\) A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY; AND \(C\) THE SHAMAN'S DREAM, 1987, Three colour silkscreens; each signed at Pitqtoukun, | Waddington's | N/A

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