# John Eric Laford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:47:18.887Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2010-11-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-06
- Median realised price: $240
- Price range: $70 to $552

## Market Takeaway
John Eric Laford has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $240. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($240\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($139 to $360\) 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: 100% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $240
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-06
- Days since latest sale: 175
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 20 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 3 lots
- Gibson's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-06 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, B.1954\), BUFFALO SPIRIT | Waddington's | CA$275
2. 2025-10-02 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-2021\), UNTITLED \(FIGURE WITH BIRDS\) | Waddington's | CA$137
3. 2025-09-11 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-1921\), LIVING OFF THE LAND | Waddington's | CA$350
4. 2025-08-12 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, BORN 1954\), Coyote Dream 2011 | Gibson's | A$120
5. 2025-08-12 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, BORN 1954\), Figure 2011 | Gibson's | A$240
6. 2025-06-19 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-2021\), NANA BUSH \- BIRD SPIRIT | Waddington's | CA$300
7. 2020-05-16 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \- Message of the Hummingbird | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$70
8. 2017-06-03 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \- Message of the Hummingbird | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | N/A
9. 2016-11-05 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \- Message of the Hummingbird | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | N/A
10. 2016-09-29 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(INDIGENOUS CANADIAN, 1954\-\), UNTITLED \(WOLF\), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED /84 LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 17” x 21”\) | Waddington's | CA$192
11. 2016-09-29 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(INDIGENOUS CANADIAN, 1954\-\), UNTITLED \(LOONS\), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 12.5” x 9.5\) | Waddington's | CA$156
12. 2015-08-27 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), UNTITLED \(TWO FISHES\), ACRYLIC ON PAPER; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 19” x 13”\) | Waddington's | CA$120
13. 2015-08-27 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), LOST AND FOUND SACRED SHELL, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED ‘76 LOWER RIGHT, 22.5" x 32.5" — 57.2 x 82.6 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
14. 2015-03-19 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), UNTITLED, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED '84, 32" x 24" \- 81.3 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$360
15. 2015-02-26 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), TREES CHIMTIC ELM, ACRYLIC ON PAPER; SIGNED AND DATED '92 LOWER RIGHT \(Certificate of Authenticity label verso\), Sight 24" x 18" \- 61 x 45.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$240
16. 2015-02-26 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), TREES CHIMTIC, ACRYLIC ON PAPER; SIGNED AND DATED '92 LOWER RIGHT \(Certificate of Authenticity label verso\), Sight 18" x 24" \- 45.7 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$240
17. 2015-02-26 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), PORCUPINE, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED '91 LOWER LEFT ; TITLED PORKYPINE VERSO, 36" x 24" \- 91.4 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$552
18. 2015-01-29 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), VISION OF FISH, ACRYLIC ON STRETCHED CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 010 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED VERSO, 16" x 12" \- 40.6 x 30.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$480
19. 2015-01-29 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\), FISH PEOPLE, ACRYLIC ON STRETCHED CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 010 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED VERSO, 16" x 12" \- 40.6 x 30.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$492
20. 2012-06-21 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(NATIVE CANADIAN, 1954\-\) SPIRIT | Waddington's | CA$228
21. 2012-02-16 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-\) UNTITLED; | Waddington's | CA$96
22. 2011-09-22 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-\) LITTLE MOON, | Waddington's | CA$204
23. 2011-09-22 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\- SOUTH WEST ASTEC | Waddington's | CA$420
24. 2011-02-24 | JOHN ERIC LAFORD \(CANADIAN, 1954\-\) MIRROR IMAGE; | Waddington's | CA$492

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