# Michael Elkan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:11:26.168Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2013-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $30 to $22,100

## Market Takeaway
Michael Elkan has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. 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 \($225\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($125 to $625\) 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: 80.8% (21 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 15.4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.8% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 140
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Piasa: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Leclere \- Maison de ventes: 3 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 2 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 2 lots
- A\-1 Auction: 1 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 1 lots
- Alderfer Auction: 1 lots
- Azca Auctions: 1 lots
- District Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-04 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICA, 1942\-2014\) LIVE EDGE MAPLE BURLWOOD BOX Circa 1985 Height 3". Width 12.5". Depth 6.75". | Eldred's | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michael-elkan-america-1942-2014-live-edge-maple-burlwood-box-circa-1985-height-3-width-12-5-depth-6-75-6540-c-2e9482fc02
2. 2023-09-21 | Michael Elkan, Stool | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
3. 2025-12-12 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICAN, 1942\-2014\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $150
4. 2025-12-09 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICAN, B. 1942\) a burr wood box | Azca Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michael-elkan-american-b-1942-a-burr-wood-box-84-c-7bcd0a9f80
5. 2025-11-01 | Michael Elkan Signed Burlwood Trinket Box | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $50
6. 2025-10-22 | MICHAEL ELKAN, BURL MAPLE LIVE EDGE BOX | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $100
7. 2024-04-30 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(OREGON, 1942\-2014\), HANDMADE LIDDED BURLWOOD BOX 3 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. \(8.3 x 24.4 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $125
8. 2024-04-29 | Michael Elkan \(1942\-2014\) Birdseye Maple Burl Box | Material Culture | $125
9. 2024-03-06 | Michael Elkan, Dining table | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
10. 2023-04-22 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(OREGON, 1942\-2014\) ARTISAN STUDIO TREEN LIDDED BOX | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $196
11. 2023-04-22 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICAN, 1942\-2014\) STUDIO BURL NESTING BOX | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $430
12. 2022-09-08 | Michael Elkan \(1942 \- 2014\) Burl Maple Nesting Boxes | Alderfer Auction | $425
13. 2022-06-09 | Michael Elkan \(1942\-2014\) Wall cabinet \- Unique piece | Piasa | €8,000
14. 2021-05-16 | Michael Elkan box | Treadway Gallery | $200
15. 2020-05-30 | Michael Elkan \(1942 \- 2014\), burl wooden nesting box with two interior covered box compartments, 3 1/2" h. x 11" w. x 5 3/4" d. Prov... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $100
16. 2019-06-23 | Michael Elkan \(1942\-2014\) Monumental Box | Main Auction Galleries | $225
17. 2018-12-13 | MICHAEL ELKAN \( 1942\-2014\) Sculpture | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | N/A
18. 2018-12-13 | MICHAEL ELKAN \( 1942\-2014\) Boite | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | N/A
19. 2018-12-13 | MICHAEL ELKAN \( 1942\-2014\) Boite | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | N/A
20. 2018-12-10 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICAN 1942\-2014\), HIGH CHAIR, SILVERTON, OREGON, 1986 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $625
21. 2018-12-10 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(AMERICAN 1942\-2014\), HINGED BOX, SILVERTON, OREGON, CIRCA 2000 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $437
22. 2018-08-09 | MICHAEL ELKAN \(American, 1942\-2014\) | Leighton Galleries | $60
23. 2018-07-08 | Michael Elkan, 1942\-2014, Hinged Box | A\-1 Auction | $150
24. 2017-12-20 | Michael Elkan \(1942\-2014\)Cabinet mural | Piasa | €22,100

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