# Robert Paananen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T11:07:48.602Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 79
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2009-07-16
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-12
- Median realised price: $252
- Price range: $32 to $900

## Market Takeaway
Robert Paananen has 79 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $252. 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 \($252\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($156 to $360\) 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: 100% (74 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-12
- Days since latest sale: 595
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 78 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-12 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, B.1934\) AND WORO? \(20TH CENTURY\), "OLD HOMESTEAD" AND "POLICE STATION NO. 4 AND FIRE STATION NO. 7" | Waddington's | N/A
2. 2024-06-06 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, B.1934\), JUST A BOY, BUT ALREADY A WARRIOR \(A MEMBER OF THE CREE PLAINS TRIBE, C.1880S\) | Waddington's | CA$50
3. 2020-05-16 | ROBERT PAANANEN \- The Spirit of the Seal | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$32
4. 2018-08-30 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), POLAR BEAR TRACKS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PANEL; SIGNED AND DATED \-17 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 16 x 24 in — 40.6 x 61 cm | Waddington's | CA$390
5. 2018-08-30 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), BACK YARD, ACRYLIC ON MASONITE; SIGNED AND DATED 89\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 1989 VERSO \- Inventory number 862, 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm | Waddington's | CA$132
6. 2018-07-12 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), INUKSHUK, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 18\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2018 VERSO, 8 x 10 in — 20.3 x 25.4 cm | Waddington's | CA$108
7. 2018-07-12 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), HUNTING FOR SEALS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 18\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2018 VERSO, 12 x 16 in — 30.5 x 40.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$300
8. 2018-07-12 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), FISHING FOR TOMYCOD, ACRYLIC ON BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 18\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2018 VERSO, 9 x 12 in — 22.9 x 30.5 cm | Waddington's | CA$84
9. 2018-07-12 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), INUIT CHILD AT POVUNGATUK, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 18\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND TITLED VERSO, 12 x 9 in — 30.5 x 22.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$156
10. 2018-03-22 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), “OLD HOMESTEAD” BOURKES, ONT., ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED ‘14 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND TITLED VERSO, 12 x 16 in — 30.5 x 40.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$60
11. 2018-03-22 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), MOVING CAMP, ACRYLIC ON BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED ‘05 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2005 VERSO \- Inventory 1333, 24 x 36 in — 61 x 91.4 cm | Waddington's | CA$264
12. 2018-03-22 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), ICING THE SLED RUNNERS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 18\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2018 VERSO, 11 x 14 in — 27.9 x 35.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$216
13. 2018-03-22 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), POLAR BEAR, UP FOR AIR, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 8 x 10 in — 20.3 x 25.4 cm | Waddington's | CA$168
14. 2018-03-22 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), CARIBOU BULL, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 8.5 x 11.5 in — 21.6 x 29.2 cm | Waddington's | CA$132
15. 2018-01-25 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), KIRKLAND LAKE MINER \(CIRC. 1950’S\), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 16 x 20 in — 40.6 x 50.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$144
16. 2018-01-25 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), SCANNING FOR CARIBOU, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 TO STRETCHER VERSO, 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm | Waddington's | CA$480
17. 2018-01-25 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), WHO GETS THE SEAL, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED ‘16 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED,TITLED AND DATED 2016 VERSO \(Title changed by artist in 2017\), 11 x 14 in — 27.9 x 35.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$264
18. 2017-12-14 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), FISHING ON TILDEN LAKE, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 16\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2016 VERSO, 16 x 20 in — 40.6 x 50.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$276
19. 2017-12-14 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN, 1934\-\), ICE BERG IN THE BAY, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED ‘17 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm | Waddington's | CA$660
20. 2017-11-09 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN,1934\-\), YOUNG INUIT MOTHER, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 06\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2006 VERSO, 14 x 11 in — 35.6 x 27.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$180
21. 2017-11-09 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(CANADIAN,1934\-\), STARTING TO BUILD AN IGLOO, ACRYLIC ON MASONITE; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND TITLED VERSO, 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm | Waddington's | CA$420
22. 2017-10-26 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(FINNISH\-CANADIAN, 1934\-\), 1951 FORD PICKUP, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2017 VERSO, 11 x 14 in — 27.9 x 35.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$168
23. 2017-10-26 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(FINNISH\-CANADIAN, 1934\-\), WINTER SCENE, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 10\- LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 2011 VERSO, 12 x 16 in — 30.5 x 40.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$216
24. 2017-10-26 | ROBERT PAANANEN \(FINNISH\-CANADIAN, 1934\-\), PULP WOOD CUTTERS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED 17\- LOWER RIGHT, TITLED VERSO, 11 x 14 in — 27.9 x 35.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$264

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