# Luke Airut - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:21:22.638Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2009-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2018-05-04
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $209 to $5,280

## Market Takeaway
Luke Airut has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($390 to $885\) 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: 75% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 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: 2018-05-04
- Days since latest sale: 2,917
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 13 lots
- Walker's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Maynards Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2018-05-04 | Luke Airut, Igloolik, a green stone carving of a standing polar bear, signed to base, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. together with Artist... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$209
2. 2017-11-23 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), RUNNING MUSKOX, stone, bone, 7.5 x 10.5 x 3 in — 19.1 x 26.7 x 7.6 cm | Waddington's | N/A
3. 2017-10-05 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), DRUMMER, stone, leather, bone, 11.5" x 9" x 4.5" — 29.2 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$390
4. 2016-11-24 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), ALIGHTING OWL, stone, 7.5" x 11.25" x 7.5" — 19.1 x 28.6 x 19.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
5. 2015-10-22 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), HUNTER STALKING A LUNGING POLAR BEAR, ivory, 2.5" x 5.5" x 1.5" — 6.4 x 14 x 3.8 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
6. 2015-06-01 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), MUSK OX, stone, antler, 6" x 8" x 4" — 15.2 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
7. 2015-06-01 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), DRUM DANCER, stone, skin, wood, sinew, antler, 11.75" x 7.75" x 5.25" — 29.8 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2015-06-01 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), ELABORATELY CARVED SKULL, bone, ivory, skin, antler, stone, 10" x 24" x 9.25" \-\- 25.4 x 61 x 23.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$5,280
9. 2014-11-17 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), E5\-556, IGLOOLIKBUILDING A | Waddington's | CA$660
10. 2014-05-03 | Luke Airut \(1942\-\) | Walker's | CA$560
11. 2014-05-03 | Luke Airut \(1942\-\) | Walker's | CA$885
12. 2013-11-03 | Luke Airut \(1942\-\) | Walker's | CA$2,006
13. 2013-10-10 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), E5\-556, Igloolik | Waddington's | CA$276
14. 2013-09-19 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), E5\-556, Igloolik WHALE AND | Waddington's | N/A
15. 2013-05-06 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), HUNTER AND POLAR BEAR, stone and ivory insets, 12.25" x 11" x 7.25" \- 31.1 x 27.9 x 18.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$600
16. 2012-12-03 | Luke Airut | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2012-12-03 | Luke Airut | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2012-05-03 | Luke Airut born 1942 | Walker's | CA$600
19. 2011-05-02 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), ELABORATELY CARVED WALRUS TUSK, ivory, 2.5" x 16" x 1.5" \- 6.4 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2009-11-09 | LUKE AIRUT \(1942\-\), E5\-556, Igloolik BEAR | Waddington's | CA$3,120

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