# Lu Ann Tafoya - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T02:54:05.753Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 27
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2010-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-14
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $200 to $9,375

## Market Takeaway
Lu Ann Tafoya has 27 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. 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 \($900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $3,250\) 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: 50% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $4,920
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-14
- Days since latest sale: 637
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Hindman: 6 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 5 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 5 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 3 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- New England Auctions: 2 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Westport Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2017-08-12 | Lu Ann Tafoya \| Santa Clara Pottery Bear Claw Redware Jar | Altermann Galleries | $3,500
2. 2024-08-14 | LuAnn Tafoya, Polychrome Pottery Jar with Carved Avanyu, ca. 1985 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $6,765
3. 2024-08-14 | LuAnn Tafoya, Carved Blackware Jar with Avanyu Design, ca. 1980 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $4,920
4. 2023-09-12 | Lu Ann Tafoya \(b. 1938, Santa Clara Pueblo\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $520
5. 2023-08-17 | LuAnn Tafoya, Redware Jar with Avanyu | Santa Fe Art Auction | $463
6. 2023-08-16 | LuAnn Tafoya, Blackware Bear Claw Jar | Santa Fe Art Auction | $854
7. 2023-08-16 | LuAnn Tafoya, Redware Jar with Avanyu Design | Santa Fe Art Auction | $525
8. 2023-04-21 | Lu Ann Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Redware Pottery Jar | Hindman | $1,700
9. 2023-04-21 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Redware Pottery Jar | Hindman | $600
10. 2022-09-09 | Lu Ann Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Carved Blackware Pottery Jar | Hindman | $425
11. 2022-07-26 | LuAnn Tafoya \(b. 1938, Santa Clara Pueblo\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $875
12. 2022-05-19 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Carved Redware Pottery Jar, with Sikyatki\-style Birds | Hindman | $3,500
13. 2022-05-19 | Lu Ann Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Deeply Carved Redware Pottery Vase | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $650
14. 2021-11-04 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Blackware Pottery Jar, with Bear Paw Design   | Hindman | $600
15. 2021-10-14 | LuAnn Tafoya \(b. 1938\) / Santa Clara Pueblo bird bowl 5 7/8"w x 6 3/4"d x 2 7/8"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200
16. 2020-06-05 | Lu Ann Tafoya \(SANTA CLARA, B. 1938\) Redware Olla | Hindman | $4,096
17. 2020-02-21 | Luann Tafoya \| Santa Clara Red Bowl with Mountain Design | Altermann Galleries | $700
18. 2020-02-21 | Luann Tafoya \| Santa Clara Carved Pot | Altermann Galleries | $3,250
19. 2020-01-17 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Redware Carved Jar | Cowan's Auctions | $550
20. 2020-01-17 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b.1938\) Carved Blackware Pottery Jar, Property of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. | Cowan's Auctions | $2,300
21. 2020-01-17 | LuAnn Tafoya \(Santa Clara, b. 1938\) Award Winning Redware Jar | Cowan's Auctions | $2,000
22. 2019-06-20 | LuAnn Tafoya \- Monumental Wedding Vase | New England Auctions | $3,100
23. 2019-06-20 | LuAnn Tafoya \- Monumental Wedding Vase | New England Auctions | N/A
24. 2019-01-20 | LU ANN TAFOYA \(B. 1938\) | Westport Auction | $2,500

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