# Merle Locke - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T08:38:56.708Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 9
- First auction date: 2003-11-15
- Latest auction date: 2023-02-28
- Median realised price: $896
- Price range: $110 to $1,088

## Market Takeaway
Merle Locke has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $896. 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 \($896\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($120 to $1,024\) 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: 55.6% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.4% (4 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: 2023-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 1,157
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Neal Auction Company: 5 lots
- Allard Auctions: 2 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 1 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-02-28 | Merle Locke \(Oglala Lakota/South Dakota, 20th c.\) | Neal Auction Company | $896
2. 2023-02-28 | Merle Locke \(Oglala Lakota/South Dakota, 20th c.\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,088
3. 2023-02-28 | Merle Locke \(Oglala Lakota/South Dakota, 20th c.\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,024
4. 2023-02-28 | Merle Locke \(Oglala Lakota/South Dakota, 20th c.\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,024
5. 2023-02-28 | Merle Locke \(Oglala Lakota/South Dakota, 20th c.\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,088
6. 2021-03-24 | Merle Locke contemporary painted hide | Pook & Pook Inc. | $120
7. 2017-04-22 | Merle Locke Framed Ledger Drawing | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $110
8. 2004-03-12 | Merle Locke \(1960 \- \) | Allard Auctions | $200
9. 2003-11-15 | Merle Locke \(1960\- \) | Allard Auctions | $120

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## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/merle-locke/seo-profile