# Ralph Porter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T09:01:38.910Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2009-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-03
- Median realised price: $840
- Price range: $350 to $3,360

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Porter has 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $840. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($840\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $1,400\) 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: 61.5% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.5% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-03
- Days since latest sale: 210
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 16 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 2 lots
- Aguttes: 1 lots
- GAIA SAS: 1 lots
- Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-15 | Inuit Stone Shaman Figure by Ralph Porter | Artemis Gallery | N/A
2. 2025-10-03 | RALPH PORTER \(QAYALIK, B. 1942\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
3. 2025-06-18 | RALPH PORTER \(NÉ EN 1942\) Esprit Inuit | Aguttes | €350
4. 2025-01-17 | Inuit Stone Shaman Figure by Ralph Porter | Artemis Gallery | N/A
5. 2024-06-27 | Ralph Porter \(b. 1942\), OPPOSING FACES | Waddington's | N/A
6. 2015-07-09 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), SHAMAN TRANSFORMATION, stone, antler, 11.75" x 6.5" x 2.25" — 29.8 x 16.5 x 5.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
7. 2015-06-01 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), DEVIL SPIRIT, bone, antler, stone, 17.5" x 15.5" x 5.25" \-\- 44.5 x 39.4 x 13.3 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,360
8. 2014-06-02 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), HUNTER WITH LINE, stone, skin, bone, 7" x 6.5" x 5" \- 17.8 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$360
9. 2014-06-02 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), MAN HOLDING IMPLEMENTS, stone, horn, 11.5" x 5.5" x 5.5" \- 29.2 x 14 x 14 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
10. 2014-06-02 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), SHAMAN, stone, antler, ivory, sinew, 13.5" x 8" x 5" \- 34.3 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,800
11. 2014-01-23 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa Haven HUNTER | Waddington's | N/A
12. 2013-02-28 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa Haven HUNTER | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2012-11-05 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa HavenMAN WITH SCULL, stone, bone, 9.5" x 8" x 4" \- 24.1 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,140
14. 2012-11-05 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa HavenHUNTER WITH KNIVES, stone, antler, signed in syllabics, 11.5" x 5.5" x 6" \- 29.2 x 14 x 15.2 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
15. 2012-11-05 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa HavenDANCING MAN WITH STRING, stone, bone, hide, signed in syllabics, 10.5" x 7.25" x 4.25" \- 26.7 x 18.4 x 10.8 cm. | Waddington's | CA$840
16. 2012-11-05 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa HavenDRUMMER, stone, antler, signed in syllabics, 7.25" x 3.25" x 4.25" \- 18.4 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm. | Waddington's | CA$528
17. 2012-04-30 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa HavenSHAMAN, stone, ivory, 9.75" x 16" x 5" \- 24.8 x 40.6 x 12.7 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
18. 2012-02-16 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa Haven HUNTER AND | Waddington's | CA$600
19. 2011-05-02 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), SPIRIT WITH SPEAR, stone, bone, 9.5" x 6.25" x 9.5" \- 24.1 x 15.9 x 24.1 cm. | Waddington's | CA$900
20. 2010-01-28 | RALPH PORTER \(1942\-\), E4\-66, Gjoa Haven SHAMAN | Waddington's | CA$1,700
21. 2009-10-25 | Ralph PORTER, | GAIA SAS | €1,400

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