# Walter Howato - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:45:01.890Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 39
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2018-07-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $200 to $650

## Market Takeaway
Walter Howato has 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 14 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($350 to $600\) 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% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 85.7%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-28
- Days since latest sale: 34
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Artemis Fine Arts: 24 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 8 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 3 lots
- Material Culture: 3 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-13 | Large Hopi Wood Aholi Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-large-hopi-wood-aholi-kachina-doll-by-walter-howato-17-c-ed84bcba10
2. 2025-05-15 | Large Hopi Wood Aholi Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-large-hopi-wood-aholi-kachina-doll-by-walter-howato-33-c-9014c0eb2e
3. 2025-04-18 | Large Hopi Wood Aholi Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-large-hopi-wood-aholi-kachina-doll-by-walter-howato-143-c-60e40c397f
4. 2025-04-03 | Hopi Wood Butterfly Kachina Maiden by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hopi-wood-butterfly-kachina-maiden-by-walter-howato-94b-c-b8c402da61
5. 2025-03-20 | Hopi Kokopelli Kachina Lifting Skirt by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hopi-kokopelli-kachina-lifting-skirt-by-walter-howato-157-c-d2a47e4bd7
6. 2025-03-20 | Tall Hopi Wood Aholi Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tall-hopi-wood-aholi-kachina-doll-by-walter-howato-156-c-dfa4f2d85a
7. 2026-03-28 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-474-c-98f0419aa2
8. 2026-03-03 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
9. 2026-02-08 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-210-c-68eb894b6a
10. 2026-01-26 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
11. 2025-12-25 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-247-c-26d55bdf97
12. 2025-12-05 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
13. 2025-10-24 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
14. 2025-09-18 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
15. 2025-08-07 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
16. 2025-06-27 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
17. 2025-06-18 | Walter Howato, Three Mudhead Katsinam | Santa Fe Art Auction | $650
18. 2025-05-15 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-31-c-edb4e7888d
19. 2025-05-01 | Large Hopi Kuwan Heheya Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
20. 2025-04-25 | Large Hopi Mudhead Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | $350
21. 2025-04-18 | Hopi Wood Kokopelli Phallic Kachina by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hopi-wood-kokopelli-phallic-kachina-by-walter-howato-140a-c-e2d4c9e9c7
22. 2025-04-18 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-140-c-7034e28a20
23. 2025-04-03 | Large Hopi Mudhead Kachina Doll by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A
24. 2025-03-27 | Kachina Wood Woman Figure w/ Jar by Walter Howato | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kachina-wood-woman-figure-w-jar-by-walter-howato-167-c-a7741ca8dd

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