# Nalenik Temela - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T04:00:09.291Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2011-11-07
- Latest auction date: 2024-04-19
- Median realised price: $780
- Price range: $125 to $4,500

## Market Takeaway
Nalenik Temela has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $780. 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 \($780\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($540 to $1,020\) 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: 68.8% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.3% (5 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: 2024-04-19
- Days since latest sale: 755
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 12 lots
- Walker's: 3 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-04-19 | Nalenik Temela \(Inuit, \[Kimmirut\], 1939\-2003\) Dancing Bear, 1994 | Hindman | N/A
2. 2023-06-06 | Nalenik Temela \(1939\-2003, Inuit; Lake Harbour/Kimmirut\), Carved seal figure, 1980 | John Moran Auctioneers | $125
3. 2020-06-05 | Nalenik Temela \(INUIT, 1939\-2003\) Soapstone Sculpture, Dancing Bear, 1996 | Hindman | $2,750
4. 2018-09-20 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), DIVING NARWHAL, stone, bone, 8.75 x 12 x 6 in — 22.2 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm | Waddington's | CA$900
5. 2017-02-02 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), E7\-71, LAKE HARBOUR / KIMMIRUTPLAYFUL WHALEstone, dated 2002 and signed in sylllabics15" x 10.5" x 6.5" — 38.1 x 26.7 x 16.5 cm.Estimate: $700—1,000 | Waddington's | CA$540
6. 2016-08-25 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), NARWHAL, stone, antler, with/without inset tusk 11.25" x 15.75" x 3" — 28.6 x 40 x 7.6 cm.; 10.25" x 13.5" x 3" — 26 x 34.3 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$570
7. 2016-08-25 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), NARWHAL, stone, antler, 8" x 13.5" x 3" — 20.3 x 34.3 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$420
8. 2016-08-25 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), PLAYFUL SEAL, stone, 14.25" x 8.25" x 4.25" — 36.2 x 21 x 10.8 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
9. 2016-04-28 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), E7\-71, LAKE HARBOUR STANDING POLAR BEAR WITH INSET TEETH OVER SEAL | Waddington's | CA$960
10. 2016-01-28 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), NARWHAL, stone, antler, 10.75" x 6.25" x 3" — 27.3 x 15.9 x 7.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$840
11. 2015-06-01 | NALENIK TEMELA, PLAYFUL NARWHAL, stone, ivory, 16" x 10.5" x 7.25" \-\- 40.6 x 26.7 x 18.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$600
12. 2015-05-02 | Nalenik Temela \(1939\-2003\) m. | Walker's | CA$2,750
13. 2014-07-10 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), POLAR BEAR OVER SEAL, stone, antler, 13.25" x 8.25" x 6.5" \- 33.7 x 21 x 16.5 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
14. 2013-05-05 | Nalenik Temela \(1939\-2003\) m. | Walker's | CA$2,655
15. 2012-05-03 | Nalenik Temela \(1939\-2003\) | Walker's | CA$4,500
16. 2012-04-30 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), E7\-71, Lake HarbourPOLAR BEAR EATING A SEAL, stone, signed in syllabics, 13" x 20" x 12" \- 33 x 50.8 x 30.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,020
17. 2012-02-16 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), E7\-71, Lake Harbour | Waddington's | CA$540
18. 2011-11-07 | NALENIK TEMELA \(1939\-2003\), E7\-71, Lake HarbourSITTING POLAR BEAR, stone, 11" x 5.25" x 10" \- 27.9 x 13.3 x 25.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$660

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