# Karoo Ashevak - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T05:07:56.457Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2009-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2024-06-04
- Median realised price: $13,000
- Price range: $550 to $132,000

## Market Takeaway
Karoo Ashevak has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $13,000. 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 \($13,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($6,000 to $31,000\) 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: 3.7% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.7% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55.6% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-06-04
- Days since latest sale: 693
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 28 lots
- Walker's: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-04 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974, Inuit; Spence Bay/Taloyoak\), A carved whalebone bird figure, mid\-20th century | John Moran Auctioneers | $550
2. 2023-11-15 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974, Inuit; Spence Bay/Taloyoak\), Carved bird figure | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2023-06-06 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974, Inuit; Spence Bay/Taloyoak\), Carved bird figure | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2020-09-16 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), BIRD IN NEST WITH EGGS, bone, 7.5 x 14.5 x 6 in — 19.1 x 36.8 x 15.2 cm | Waddington's | CA$8,000
5. 2020-07-22 | Karoo Ashevak \(Inuit, Kitikmeot Region, 1940\-1974\) "Flying Bird" | Material Culture | $27,000
6. 2018-05-29 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SHAMAN WITH OPPOSING FACES, bone, stone, ivory, 15 x 10 x 7 in — 40.6 x 25.4 x 19.1 cm | Waddington's | CA$90,000
7. 2017-05-30 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SHAMAN DRUM DANCING, bone, 21.5" x 10" x 15" — 58.4 x 25.4 x 38.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$31,200
8. 2016-11-22 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SPIRIT FACES \(TOOTH PULL\), A monumental work in dense whalebone carved to both sides with dramatic shaman or spirit faces, highlighted by antler, stone and bone inlaid eyes and with inset bone teeth. The tattooed face | Waddington's | CA$132,000
9. 2016-05-30 | KAROO ASHEVAK, TALOYOAK/SPENCE BAY, SPIRIT, bone, stone, 13.5 ins x 6 ins; 34.4 cms x 15.2 cms | Waddington's | CA$8,400
10. 2016-05-30 | KAROO ASHEVAK, TALOYOAK/SPENCE BAY, BIRD IN NEST WITH EGGS, bone, 7.5 ins x 14.5 ins x 6 ins; 19.1 cms x 36.8 cms x 15.2 cms | Waddington's | CA$4,320
11. 2015-11-16 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), HOODED INUK, bone, stone inlay, 9" x 4.5" — 22.9 x 11.4 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
12. 2015-11-16 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SHAMAN DRUMMER, bone, inlay stone, 19.5" x 13" x 17" — 49.5 x 33 x 43.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$50,400
13. 2015-05-02 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974\) m. | Walker's | CA$13,000
14. 2014-11-17 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), E4\-196, SPENCE | Waddington's | CA$3,840
15. 2014-11-17 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), E4\-196, SPENCE BAYBIRD | Waddington's | CA$36,000
16. 2013-11-18 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), HUMAN HAND, bone, 5" x 3.75" x 2" \- 12.7 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,600
17. 2013-11-18 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SHAMAN'S FACE, stone, bone, ivory, 6.5" x 6.5" x 3.5" \- 16.5 x 16.5 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$8,400
18. 2013-05-06 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), E4\-196, Spence Bay SHAMAN WITH OPPOSING FACES AND MITTENS, bone, c. 1973, 11" x 6" x 3.5" \-\- 27.9 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
19. 2013-05-06 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), BIRD, bone, 4.5" x 3.25" x 5.75" \- 11.4 x 8.3 x 14.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,600
20. 2013-05-06 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), SHAMAN, bone, 18" x 9" x 10" \- 45.7 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$28,800
21. 2013-05-05 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974\) m. | Walker's | CA$12,000
22. 2013-05-05 | Karoo Ashevak \(1940\-1974\) m. | Walker's | CA$18,880
23. 2012-11-05 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\), E4\-196, Spence BaySHAMAN, bone, 13" x 5" x 3" \- 33 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$15,600
24. 2012-11-04 | KAROO ASHEVAK \(1940\-1974\) | Walker's | CA$17,000

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