# Joe Talirunili - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-07T09:32:35.457Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 177
- Lots with prices: 151
- First auction date: 2009-05-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-01
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $18 to $290,000

## Market Takeaway
Joe Talirunili shows deep auction liquidity with 173 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-01-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $650 and $3,360.
- 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: 47.6% (70 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.9% (69 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.4% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 755
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 140 lots
- Walker's: 19 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 9 lots
- First Arts Premier Inc.: 3 lots
- Artemis Fine Arts: 1 lots
- Hodgins Art Auctions Ltd.: 1 lots
- Kensington Estate Auctions: 1 lots
- Lofty: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-08-04 | Signed Inuit Stone Hunter in Kayak by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-inuit-stone-hunter-in-kayak-by-joe-talirunili-118a-c-f4b4487b6d
2. 2026-06-01 | JOE TALIRUNILI, INUIT, Otter with Caught Fish, c. 1980 | First Arts Premier Inc. | CA$1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-inuit-otter-with-caught-fish-c-1980-77-c-035d5f5432
3. 2026-06-01 | JOE TALIRUNILI, INUIT, Hunter, Stooped Beneath his Load and Carrying a Spear, c. 1970 | First Arts Premier Inc. | CA$2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-inuit-hunter-stooped-beneath-his-load-and-carrying-a-spear-c-1970-76-c-0993e03ede
4. 2026-06-01 | JOE TALIRUNILI, INUIT, Mended Caribou, late 1960s | First Arts Premier Inc. | CA$900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-inuit-mended-caribou-late-1960s-75-c-1ea2974fff
5. 2026-04-26 | JOE TALIRUNILI \- Hunters of the Seal | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$18 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-hunters-of-the-seal-152-c-73e1cf2aea
6. 2024-01-25 | Inuit Stone Carvings Reindeer \+ Otter by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-inuit-stone-carvings-reindeer-otter-by-joe-talirunili-156-c-3ce402a822
7. 2023-11-09 | Signed Inuit Stone Hunter in Kayak by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-inuit-stone-hunter-in-kayak-by-joe-talirunili-233-c-55a47388b8
8. 2023-09-14 | 1960s Inuit Soapstone Otter w/ Fish by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-1960s-inuit-soapstone-otter-w-fish-by-joe-talirunili-173-c-e284d2e85c
9. 2023-08-04 | 20th C. Inuit Stone Sculpture of Owl by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-20th-c-inuit-stone-sculpture-of-owl-by-joe-talirunili-121a-c-940440cb08
10. 2023-08-04 | 1960s Inuit Soapstone Otter w/ Fish by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-1960s-inuit-soapstone-otter-w-fish-by-joe-talirunili-145a-c-5a846cba17
11. 2023-06-29 | Signed Inuit Stone Hunter in Kayak by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-inuit-stone-hunter-in-kayak-by-joe-talirunili-121g-c-74e4bf0a3d
12. 2023-06-29 | 20th C. Inuit Stone Sculpure of Owl by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-20th-c-inuit-stone-sculpure-of-owl-by-joe-talirunili-121b-c-4de40dbbc4
13. 2023-06-29 | 1960s Inuit Soapstone Otter w/ Fish by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-1960s-inuit-soapstone-otter-w-fish-by-joe-talirunili-121f-c-9cd4b798b2
14. 2023-06-01 | Signed 20th C. Inuit Soapstone Owl by Joe Talirunili | Artemis Gallery | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-20th-c-inuit-soapstone-owl-by-joe-talirunili-176-c-5aa402ab5e
15. 2021-12-06 | Joe Talirunili \(Inuit, 1893\-1976\) OWL, 1963 | Kensington Estate Auctions | $250
16. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), WOMAN HOLDING CHAR, stone, string, 7.5 x 5 x 3.5 in — 19.1 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$3,800
17. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), BIRD, stone, 4.25 x 6.5 x 2 in — 10.8 x 16.5 x 5.1 cm | Waddington's | CA$2,000
18. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), OWL, stone, 5.5 x 3 x 3.5 in — 14 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$6,000
19. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), SEATED MOTHER AND CHILD HOLDING A DOG AND VESSEL, stone, 6.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 in — 16.5 x 11.4 x 14 cm | Waddington's | CA$5,500
20. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), HUNTER RETURNING WITH CATCH, stone, 7.25 x 3.5 x 4.5 in — 18.4 x 8.9 x 11.4 cm | Waddington's | CA$7,000
21. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), UNTITLED, graphite and coloured pencil drawing, 8.5 x 11 in — 21.6 x 27.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-1893-1976-untitled-graphite-and-coloured-pencil-drawing-8-5-x-11-in-21-6-x-27-9-cm-38-c-695494cbbd
22. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), UNTITLED, graphite and coloured pencil drawing, 8 x 11 in — 20.3 x 27.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-talirunili-1893-1976-untitled-graphite-and-coloured-pencil-drawing-8-x-11-in-20-3-x-27-9-cm-37-c-a684cd0941
23. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), HUNTER CARRYING KAYAK, stone, ivory, wood, string, 6.75 x 8 x 3 in — 17.1 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$4,000
24. 2020-09-16 | JOE TALIRUNILI \(1893\-1976\), HUNTER IN A KAYAK, stone, wood, string, 5 x 10 x 3 in — 12.7 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$4,400

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