# John Kavik - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:35:50.242Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 85
- Lots with prices: 61
- First auction date: 2010-01-28
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-28
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $240 to $15,600

## Market Takeaway
John Kavik has 85 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($1,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($840 to $3,127\) 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: 41% (25 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54.1% (33 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.9% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-28
- Days since latest sale: 518
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 73 lots
- Walker's: 11 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-28 | John Kavik ᔭᓐ ᑲᕕ \(1897\-1993\), IGLOO WITH FACES, CA. 1975 | Waddington's | N/A
2. 2020-09-16 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE WITH ARMS RAISED, stone, 3.5 x 2.25 x 1 in — 8.9 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm | Waddington's | CA$700
3. 2018-05-31 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 4 x 1 x .5 in — 10.2 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm | Waddington's | CA$252
4. 2018-05-29 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 19 x 10 x 6 in — 48.3 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm | Waddington's | CA$14,400
5. 2018-05-29 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURES AND FISH, coloured pencil drawing, 12 x 17.75 in — 30.5 x 45.1 cm | Waddington's | CA$3,120
6. 2018-05-29 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 3.25 x 1.5 x 1.5 in — 8.3 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$240
7. 2017-11-23 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), TWO FIGURES, stone, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 in — 8.9 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm; 3 x 2.25 x 1 in — 7.6 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm | Waddington's | CA$540
8. 2017-11-23 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 in — 8.9 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$540
9. 2017-11-21 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 20.5 x 8.5 x 5 in — 52.1 x 21.6 x 12.7 cm | Waddington's | CA$15,600
10. 2017-11-21 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), CONTEMPLATIVE WOMAN, stone, 5 x 3 x 1.5 in — 12.7 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$900
11. 2017-10-05 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), MAN AND WOMAN, stone, 4.5" x 2.5" x 1" — 11.4 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm.; 4" x 2.5" x 1" — 10.2 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,080
12. 2017-06-01 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 6.5" x 5" x 3.5" — 16.5 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,440
13. 2017-06-01 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 2.75" x 2" x .5" — 7 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm. | Waddington's | CA$390
14. 2017-06-01 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), MAN, stone, 4.5" x 2.75" x 1.25" — 11.4 x 7 x 3.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$570
15. 2017-05-30 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), WELCOMING PARTY, stone, 3" x 6.25" x 1.25" — 7.6 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,440
16. 2017-05-30 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), HEAD OF AN INUK, stone, 4.5" x 2.75" x 2.25" — 11.4 x 7 x 5.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$720
17. 2017-05-30 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), FIGURE, stone, 7.25" x 4.75" x 2.5" — 18.4 x 12.1 x 6.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,200
18. 2017-05-30 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), ENTHUSIASTIC HUNTER, stone, 8.25" x 4.25" x 1.25" — 21 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$960
19. 2016-11-22 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), JANUS HEAD, stone, 7" x 3.25" x 4" — 17.8 x 8.3 x 10.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,160
20. 2016-11-22 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), A FIGURE EATING, stone, 10" x 6" x 2.75" — 25.4 x 15.2 x 7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$4,800
21. 2016-11-22 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 6.5" x 5" x 3.5" — 16.5 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
22. 2016-11-22 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), MOTHER WITH CHILD IN HER AMAUT, stone, 4.75" x 2" x 2" — 12.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
23. 2016-11-22 | JOHN KAVIK \(1897\-1993\), PLAYFUL MOTHER AND CHILD, stone, 8.5" x 5" x 7" — 21.6 x 12.7 x 17.8 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,840
24. 2016-06-06 | JOHN KAVIK | Bonhams | $5,625

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