# Rufus Moody - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T09:05:47.075Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2009-09-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $960
- Price range: $250 to $6,000

## Market Takeaway
Rufus Moody has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $960. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($960\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($632 to $1,800\) 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: 52.9% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.1% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,750
- Previous 12 months median: $960
- Median shift: 82.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-11
- Days since latest sale: 235
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Maynards Fine Art & Antiques: 8 lots
- Waddington's: 5 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 3 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- North American Auction Company: 1 lots
- Poulin Antiques & Auctions: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Walker's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-28 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\), Haida, MODEL TOTEM POLE | Waddington's | CA$960 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rufus-moody-1923-1998-haida-model-totem-pole-185-c-df04ec2813
2. 2020-12-10 | Vintage Haida Argillite Pendant w/ Orca by Rufus Moody | Artemis Gallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vintage-haida-argillite-pendant-w-orca-by-rufus-moody-90-c-b4848718f5
3. 2025-09-11 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\), MODEL TOTEM POLE, 1974 | Waddington's | CA$1,750
4. 2025-08-21 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\), TWO ARGILLITE PENDANTS | Waddington's | N/A
5. 2025-05-29 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\), MODEL TOTEM POLE | Waddington's | CA$2,125
6. 2023-08-29 | RUFUS MOODY \(1923\-1998\) NORTHWEST COAST CARVED | Poulin Antiques & Auctions | $2,000
7. 2023-04-22 | Rufus Moody \(Haida, 1923\-1998\) Argillite Totem | North American Auction Company | $750
8. 2022-11-17 | RUFUS MOODY \(British Columbia, 1923\-1998\), Carved argillite totem., Height 20.5". | Eldred's | N/A
9. 2021-08-29 | RUFUS MOODY \(SKIDGATE MISSION, B.C. CANADA, 1923\-1998\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2018-05-04 | Rufus Moody, a carved argillite totem pole depicting Eagle, Killer Whale, Raven holding Frog in his beak, and Bear holding Salmon, s... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$1,353
11. 2018-05-04 | Rufus Moody, a carved argillite totem pole depicting Killer Whale and Eagle holding Salmon, signed to the base 7 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/8... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | N/A
12. 2017-09-23 | Rufus Moody \(Haida, 1923\-1998\) Argillite Totem Pole | Cowan's Auctions | $800
13. 2016-05-30 | RUFUS MOODY, C.M., QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS/HAIDA GWAII, LIDDED BOX, ALL FOUR SIDES RELIEF CARVED WITH FROG IMAGERY & INSET DETAIL, THE FEET OF THE VESSEL CARVED AS INDIVIDUAL FROGS ALSO WITH INSET EYES, argillite, abalone shell, 5 ins x 8.5 ins x 9 | Waddington's | CA$6,000
14. 2016-03-19 | RUFUS MOODY \(1923\-1998\), carved Haida argillite | South Bay Auctions Inc | $650
15. 2015-10-28 | Rufus Moody, an argilllite pole depicting Eagle, Killer whale, Raven holding Sun, height: 11 1/4 in. | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$1,800
16. 2015-10-28 | Rufus Moody, a carved argillite totem pole depicting Eagle, Bear with Killer whale in its mouth, and Hawk man with Salmon, signed to... | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$1,140
17. 2013-11-03 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\) | Walker's | N/A
18. 2013-10-23 | Rufus Moody, argillite two figure pole depicting Killer Whale and Eagle, signed to the base Rufus Moody Skidegate, BC | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$276
19. 2013-10-23 | Rufus Moody, a carved argillite ashtray, the tray decorated with the image of a Salmon, with a Raven perched atop a post, | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$414
20. 2013-10-23 | Rufus Moody, an oval argillite plate, the interior decorated with Salmon design, signed 1/2 in. h. x 8 1/2 in. l. x 3 13/16 in. \(1.3 x | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$632
21. 2010-10-27 | Rufus Moody, a carved argillite three figure model | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$402
22. 2010-03-26 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-98\) Haida Argillite Totem Pole | Cowan's Auctions | $2,115
23. 2009-09-11 | Rufus Moody \(1923\-1998\) Haida Argillite Totem Pole | Cowan's Auctions | N/A

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