# Ken Payne - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T20:05:23.220Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 124
- Lots with prices: 113
- First auction date: 2010-05-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-09
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $175 to $8,600

## Market Takeaway
Ken Payne shows solid auction liquidity with 124 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $800 and $2,318.
- 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: 33.6% (38 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.4% (75 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 20
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-09
- Days since latest sale: 101
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bradford's: 18 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 14 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 10 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 8 lots
- Hindman: 8 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 7 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 5 lots
- Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC: 5 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 5 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-03 | Ken Payne, American, 1938\-2012 | J. Garrett Auctioneers | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-payne-american-1938-2012-115-c-54a446bad2
2. 2025-03-25 | Ken Payne \(1938\-2012\), "Trail to Manhood," 2002 | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,540 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-payne-1938-2012-trail-to-manhood-2002-19-c-c504570a00
3. 2025-02-14 | Ken Payne \(1938\-2012\), The Decoy, 1996 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $1,800
4. 2024-03-24 | Ken Payne \(American, 1938\-2012\) 'When Storks Fly on Stormy Nights' Bronze Sculpture | Leonard Auction | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-payne-american-1938-2012-when-storks-fly-on-stormy-nights-bronze-sculpture-47-c-f2d4bf19d8
5. 2024-03-12 | Ken Payne \(1938\-2012\), "Wolves of Winter," 1991 | John Moran Auctioneers | $3,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-payne-1938-2012-wolves-of-winter-1991-153-c-dac46798d2
6. 2024-02-13 | Ken Payne, Misery Loves Company, Painted Bronze | Everard Auctions and Appraisals | $650
7. 2023-11-12 | KEN PAYNE "PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $4,000
8. 2023-04-30 | KEN PAYNE "RUNS ON THE WIND" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $1,750
9. 2022-10-01 | KEN PAYNE \(American 1938\-2012\) A SCULPTURE, "Many Deer," 1995, | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ken-payne-american-1938-2012-a-sculpture-many-deer-1995-400-c-96e45128db
10. 2025-11-09 | KEN PAYNE "KNIGHT OF THE SIOUX" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $5,500
11. 2025-11-09 | KEN PAYNE "TRAIL TO MANHOOD" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $4,850
12. 2025-07-05 | Ken Payne "Surprise Meeting" Bronze Sculpture | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $425
13. 2025-06-21 | Ken Payne \(American, 1938\-2012\) Buffalo Who Walks Upright, Bronze Sculpture with Polychrome Patina, Signed, c.1993, and numbered 28/30, 20 1/2" h. 11" w. 11 3/4" d., mounted to a green marble and wood base with... | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $1,600
14. 2025-05-01 | Ken Payne, 1938\-2012, Knight of the Sioux, Bronze Sculpture | Nye & Company | $900
15. 2024-11-17 | KEN PAYNE "CHALLENGING THE BLACKFEET" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $1,350
16. 2024-11-17 | KEN PAYNE "WHEN FREEDOM IS CHALLENGED" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $7,300
17. 2024-11-17 | KEN PAYNE "SILHOUETTES OF A MYSTIC MOON" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $3,150
18. 2024-11-17 | KEN PAYNE "FREE SPIRIT STORM LORD OF THE PURPLE SAGE" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $1,400
19. 2024-08-03 | Ken Payne, "Naabaahi' Dine" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $3,000
20. 2024-08-03 | Ken Payne, "Knight of the Sioux" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $1,800
21. 2024-08-03 | Ken Payne, "Walks With Bear Medicine" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $4,000
22. 2024-06-30 | KEN PAYNE \(NM/AZ, 1938\-2012\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850
23. 2024-05-09 | Ken Payne \(American, 1938\-2012\) Apache Winds, edition 21/30, 1996 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,000
24. 2024-05-09 | Ken Payne \(American, 1938\-2012\) Trespassers of the Sacred Mountains, edition 11/75, 1998 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,700

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