# Ken Carlson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-16T10:12:14.842Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 127
- Lots with prices: 96
- First auction date: 2005-12-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-01
- Median realised price: $11,000
- Price range: $5 to $112,500

## Market Takeaway
Ken Carlson shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-01.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($11,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,000 and $22,500.
- 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: 10.5% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.7% (32 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55.8% (53 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $8,500
- Previous 12 months median: $9,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-01
- Days since latest sale: 109
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Jackson Hole Art Auction: 40 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 20 lots
- Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 5 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 5 lots
- Coeur d’Alene Art Auction: 4 lots
- Hindman: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Lone Star Art Auction: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-29 | Ken Carlson \(American, b. 1945\) Basket | Material Culture | $200
2. 2025-11-01 | Ken Carlson \(b. 1937\), Longhorns, oil on linen, 12 x 20 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $7,000
3. 2025-11-01 | Ken Carlson \(b. 1937\), Confrontation, oil on canvas, 21.25 x 42 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $19,000
4. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), In Dawn's Light | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $8,500
5. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Starting from Scratch | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $3,750
6. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Winter Pair \- Mule Deer | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $15,000
7. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Mule Deer in the Mountains, 1978 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $16,000
8. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Passing Through | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $13,000
9. 2025-09-13 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Black Bear Sow and Cub | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $11,000
10. 2025-09-12 | KEN CARLSON \(AMERICAN, B. 1937\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $6,000
11. 2025-05-30 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \): Grizzly Bear | Jackson Hole Art Auction | N/A
12. 2025-05-30 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \): Mountain Vigilance | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $5,500
13. 2025-05-30 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \): Spring Slopes | Jackson Hole Art Auction | N/A
14. 2025-05-22 | KEN CARLSON 1994 LMT ED w/ Print SIGNED | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $20 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-carlson-1994-lmt-ed-w-print-signed-712-c-881427fae6
15. 2025-02-15 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Tundra Color | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $11,000
16. 2024-10-12 | Ken Carlson \(b. 1937\) Fall Challenge | Lone Star Art Auction | $10,000
17. 2024-09-22 | KEN CARLSON \(American b. 1937\) "Cinnamon Teal Drake and Hen," LATE 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $650
18. 2024-09-21 | KEN CARLSON \(American/Texas b. 1937\) A PAINTING, "Grizzly Bear, Native Beast of North America," 1999 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-carlson-american-texas-b-1937-a-painting-grizzly-bear-native-beast-of-north-america-1999-130-c-8b340329c1
19. 2024-09-14 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Great Plains Pronghorn, 2015 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $27,500
20. 2024-09-14 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Bull Moose | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $8,000
21. 2024-09-14 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), The Next Generation | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $45,000
22. 2024-05-18 | Ken Carlson \(1937\- \), Grizzly Bear | Jackson Hole Art Auction | N/A
23. 2024-05-09 | Ken Carlson, Autumn Whitetail | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
24. 2024-04-13 | Ken Carlson, "Summer Shade" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $4,250

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