# Steve Kestrel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:19:28.942Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2016-11-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-23
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $1,000 to $11,000

## Market Takeaway
Steve Kestrel has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. 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 \($2,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,750 to $4,500\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 90.9% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.1% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,050
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-23
- Days since latest sale: 391
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 6 lots
- Taylor & Harris: 4 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 2 lots
- Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction: 2 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 2 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- J. Garrett Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-23 | Steve Kestrel \(b. 1947\) \- Large Partridge with Baby, 6/21 | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | N/A
2. 2025-05-23 | Steve Kestrel \(b. 1947\) \- Vantage Point, 2/21 | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | N/A
3. 2025-04-23 | Steve Kestrel "Henrietta" Bronze Sculpture | SebastianCharles Auctions | $1,050
4. 2024-06-04 | Steve Kestrel \(b. 1947\), "Passageway for Grizzly" | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,800
5. 2023-09-09 | Steve Kestrel, American, Colorado, Born 1947 | J. Garrett Auctioneers | $4,500
6. 2022-09-11 | Steve Kestrel \(American 20th C\) Patinated Bronze Waverly Koi Fish Sculpture | Taylor & Harris | N/A
7. 2022-05-15 | Steve Kestrel \(American 20th C\) Patinated Bronze Waverly Koi Fish Sculpture | Taylor & Harris | N/A
8. 2022-04-26 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Dream of Little Dipper / Big Fish 22 in. high | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2022-04-26 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Run River Run 15 in. high | Bonhams | $8,500
10. 2022-01-09 | Steve Kestrel \(American 20th C\) Patinated Bronze Waverly Koi Fish Sculpture | Taylor & Harris | N/A
11. 2021-09-26 | Steve Kestrel \(American 20th C\) Patinated Bronze Waverly Koi Fish Sculpture | Taylor & Harris | $4,000
12. 2021-05-29 | Steve Kestrel, Spectre of Ancient Pathways, 1989 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $10,800
13. 2021-05-22 | STEVE KESTREL \(BORN 1947\) MODERNIST BRONZE | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $1,800
14. 2020-05-28 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Waverly \(Koi\)patinated bronze, incised 'S. KESTRAL 13/21' with artist's monikerheight 9 3/4in \(24.7cm\); width 30 1/4in \(76.8cm\); depth 8 1/4in \(20.9cm\) | Bonhams | $1,700
15. 2020-05-28 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Trickster1985limestone, incised 'S. KESTREL 1985'height 26 3/4in \(67.9cm\); width 5in \(12.7cm\); depth 6 1/2in \(16.5cm\) | Bonhams | $3,100
16. 2020-05-28 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Nestled In \(Rabbit with Young\)patinated bronze, incised 'S. KESTREL © 15/21' with artist's monikerheight 6in \(15.2cm\); width 17in \(43.1cm\); depth 12 1/2in \(31.7cm\) | Bonhams | $2,800
17. 2020-05-28 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Warm Currents \(Sea Turtles\)patinated bronze, incised 'S. KESTREL 4/21' with artist's monikerheight 6 1/2in \(16.5cm\); width 26 1/4in \(66.6cm\); depth 18 1/2in \(46.9cm\) | Bonhams | $2,500
18. 2020-05-28 | Steve Kestrel \(born 1947\) Creature Comfortsunderside of base inscribed '9973'height 21 3/4in \(55.2cm\); width 17 1/2in \(44.4cm\); depth 9 3/4in \(24.7cm\) | Bonhams | $1,500
19. 2019-12-08 | Steve Kestrel, Nesting Nighthawk | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,750
20. 2019-03-08 | STEVE KESTREL \(AMERICAN, B. 1947\) COLT EGG BRONZE WITH BLACK PATINA 9 INCHES \(22 | Heritage Auctions | $1,000
21. 2018-01-18 | Steve Kestrel \| Salient Dirge | Altermann Galleries | $2,600
22. 2018-01-18 | Steve Kestrel \| The Nest | Altermann Galleries | $1,500
23. 2017-09-13 | Steve Kestrel "Antelope Egg" bronze. | Dallas Auction Gallery | N/A
24. 2017-03-05 | STEVE KESTREL \(AMERICAN/CO/NM, b. 1947\) BRONZE ''CIRCLE OF CRANES'' \- Signed, ''S. Kestrel 15/15''; Measures: Bronze 14''H x 9.75''W x 1.5''D, Stone Base 26''H x 10''W x 3.5''D, Total Size 26''H x 10''W x 3.5''D; Provenance: From the Estate Collection of Robert B Fay Jr. | Dargate Auction Galleries | $2,000

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