# John Tiktak - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T00:49:07.338Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2007-10-24
- Latest auction date: 2023-04-03
- Median realised price: $4,800
- Price range: $425 to $48,000

## Market Takeaway
John Tiktak has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,800. 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 \($4,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,840 to $10,200\) 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: 5.6% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.7% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 27.8% (5 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: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-04-03
- Days since latest sale: 1,134
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 26 lots
- Maynards Fine Art & Antiques: 2 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-04-03 | John Tiktak \(Kangiqliniq / Rankin Inlet, 1916\-1981\) Inuit Carved Stone Head | Material Culture | $425
2. 2017-05-30 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), MULTIPLE HEADS, stone, 7" x 8" x 3" — 17.8 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,880
3. 2016-05-30 | JOHN TIKTAK, R.C.A., RANKIN INLET/KANGIQLINIQ, OPPOSING FACES, stone, 3.75 ins x 3.5 ins x 2 ins; 9.5 cms x 8.9 cms x 5.1 cms | Waddington's | CA$1,680
4. 2016-02-25 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), SMILING INUK, stone, 8.25" x 7" x 2" — 21 x 17.8 x 5.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$8,880
5. 2015-11-16 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), MULTIPLE HEADS, stone, 7" x 8" x 3" — 17.8 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
6. 2015-11-16 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), SMILING INUK, stone, 8.25" x 7" x 2" — 21 x 17.8 x 5.1 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
7. 2015-11-16 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), BUST, stone, 5.75" x 3.5" x 2.75" — 14.6 x 8.9 x 7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,840
8. 2015-10-28 | John Tiktak, Rankin Inlet, a soapstone carving depicting Human faces and polar bear head, signed in syllabics to base, c. 1970 6 1/4... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | N/A
9. 2015-06-01 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), MAN HOLDING HIS HEAD, stone, 7.25" x 2.5" x 2.25" \-\- 18.4 x 6.4 x 5.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$7,200
10. 2015-06-01 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), A FIGURE, stone, 8" x 2.75" x 2.75" \-\- 20.3 x 7 x 7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$14,400
11. 2014-06-02 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 7" x 4.5" x 2.5" \- 17.8 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$10,200
12. 2014-06-02 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 12" x 3.5" x 3.5" \- 30.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2014-06-02 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), MOTHER AND CHILD, stone, 10.5" x 4" x 6" \- 26.7 x 10.2 x 15.2 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
14. 2014-06-02 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 5" x 3.25" x 2" \- 12.7 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$4,560
15. 2013-11-18 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), FACES, stone, 9.5" x 5.25" x 2.5" \- 24.1 x 13.3 x 6.4 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
16. 2013-11-18 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), HEAD, stone, 6" x 2.75" x 3" \- 15.2 x 7 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$10,800
17. 2013-05-06 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), OPPOSING FACES, stone, 4" x 3.75" x 1.75" \- 10.2 x 9.5 x 4.4 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
18. 2012-11-05 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletHEAD OF A SMILING INUK, stone, signed in syllabics, 3.25" x 1.5" x 1" \- 8.3 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm.Provenance: Acquired in Rankin Inlet, in 1967 by the consigner, a private collector who worked as the office | Waddington's | CA$4,800
19. 2012-04-30 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletFACES, stone, signed in syllabics, 5.5" x 7" x 3.5" \- 14 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$4,800
20. 2011-05-02 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), STANDING FIGURE, stone, 6.75" x 4.75" x 2.75" \- 17.1 x 12.1 x 7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$4,560
21. 2010-11-08 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletFACE | Waddington's | CA$5,520
22. 2010-11-08 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletA HEAD | Waddington's | N/A
23. 2010-11-08 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletFACES | Waddington's | N/A
24. 2010-11-08 | JOHN TIKTAK \(1916\-1981\), E1\-266, Rankin InletTWO FIGURES | Waddington's | CA$2,400

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