# Jessie Oonark - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:56:39.033Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 190
- Lots with prices: 157
- First auction date: 2009-04-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-20
- Median realised price: $1,080
- Price range: $50 to $28,800

## Market Takeaway
Jessie Oonark shows deep auction liquidity with 189 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,080. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,080\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $2,500.
- 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: 47.4% (74 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 49.4% (77 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.2% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $950
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-09
- Days since latest sale: 101
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 159 lots
- Maynards Fine Art & Antiques: 7 lots
- Kavanagh Auctions: 6 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 5 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 2 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 2 lots
- Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- Amelia Jeffers: 1 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-09 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906 Chantrey Inlet \- 1985 Churchill, Kanada\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €200
2. 2025-11-08 | Jessie Oonark \(1906\-1985\), Baker Lake \- United Nations Habitat Conference Framed Print and First Day Cover Edition 600/1000 | Kavanagh Auctions | N/A
3. 2025-11-08 | Jessie Oonark \(Canadian, 1906\-1985\) & Various Artists, Inuit/UN Stamp & Ephemera Collection, 1974\-1978 | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jessie-oonark-canadian-1906-1985-various-artists-inuit-un-stamp-ephemera-collection-1974-1978-115-c-668a181b64
4. 2025-11-08 | Jessie Oonark \(Canadian, 1906\-1985\) WFUNA First Day Cover & Limited Edition Print for UN Habitat Conference, 1976 \(No. 387/1000\) | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$50
5. 2025-11-08 | Jessie Oonark \(Canadian, 1906\-1985\) WFUNA First Day Cover & Limited Edition Print for UN Habitat Conference, 1976 \(No. 367/1000\) | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$50
6. 2025-11-08 | Jessie Oonark \(1906\-1985\), Baker Lake \- United Nations Habitat Conference Portfolio, 1976, Limited Edition Print & First Day Cover \(No. 386/1000\) | Kavanagh Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-03-23 | Jessie Oonark "Pipe Dreams" Print | Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals | $1,000
8. 2025-03-09 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906 Chantrey Inlet \- 1985 Churchill, Kanada\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
9. 2024-09-22 | JESSIE OONARK \- Power of Thought | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$950
10. 2024-06-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(Inuit Canada 1906\-85\), 'Inuk Catching a Bird', 1981, stonecut and stencil, edition 31/50, titled and signed lower rig. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$320
11. 2024-06-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(Inuit 1906\-85\), 'Hands and Feet Like Ulut', 1981, colour screenprint, edition 25/30, signed lower right, printed by D. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$650
12. 2024-06-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(Inuit 1906\-85\), 'Tarrara', 1981, stonecut and stencil, edition 25/30, signed lower right and printed by W. Kannak, 53. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$400
13. 2024-06-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(Inuit 1906\-85\), 'The Great Hunter', 1975, colour silkscreen on paper, edition 13/22, titled and signed lower right, p. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$1,100
14. 2024-06-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906\-85\), 'Big Woman', 1984, stonecut and stencil, edition 10/50, titled and signed lower right and printed by Simon.. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jessie-oonark-1906-85-big-woman-1984-stonecut-and-stencil-edition-10-50-titled-and-signed-lower-right-and-printed-by-simon-225-c-a0740c2b7d
15. 2024-04-19 | Jessie Oonark \(Qamani'tuaq \[Baker Lake\], 1906\-1985\) People in Kayaks, 1982 | Hindman | $2,250
16. 2022-03-12 | Jessie Oonark, Ice Fishing | Santa Fe Art Auction | $7,200
17. 2021-09-19 | Jessie Oonark \(Canadian, 1906\-1985\) 'Singing Northern Lights' Relief Print | Leonard Auction | $500
18. 2019-10-11 | Jessie Oonark \(Inuit, 1906\-1985\) Silkscreen on Paper, From the Collection of William Rose, Illinois | Cowan's Auctions | $425
19. 2017-05-19 | Jessie Oonark, Baker Lake, Untitled\-figures smoking pipes, exhibition poster for the Eskimo Art Conference II | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$344
20. 2017-05-10 | Jessie Oonark, Baker Lake, Man is a killer, stonecut and stencil, proof \#6/7, signed lower right in syllabics 36 x 24 in. \(91.4 x 61... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$900
21. 2016-11-22 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906\-1985\), FAVOURITE DAUGHTER, stonecut and stencil \(framed\), 35" x 23.75" — 88.9 x 60.3 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,400
22. 2016-11-22 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906\-1985\), BIG WOMAN, stonecut \(framed\), 33" x 24" — 83.8 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,500
23. 2016-08-25 | JESSIE OONARK \(1906\-1985\), DRYING FISH, stonecut \(unframed\), 20" x 25" — 50.8 x 63.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
24. 2016-05-30 | JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A., BAKER LAKE/QAMANI’TUAQ, INLAND ESKIMO WOMAN, stonecut, unframed 20.75 ins x 12.25 ins; 52.7 cms x 31.1 cms | Waddington's | CA$4,560

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