# Wilmer Kaye - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-19T01:50:15.131Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2009-07-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-04
- Median realised price: $175
- Price range: $55 to $922

## Market Takeaway
Wilmer Kaye has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $175. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($175\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $439\) 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% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $160
- Previous 12 months median: $922
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-04
- Days since latest sale: 106
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Aalders Auctions: 3 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 3 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 1 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 1 lots
- Nye & Company: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-04 | WILMER KAYE \(HOPI, B. 1952\) NATIVE AMERICAN KATSINA MANA KACHINA DOLL | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wilmer-kaye-hopi-b-1952-native-american-katsina-mana-kachina-doll-217-c-3ff4529065
2. 2025-09-09 | Wilmer Kaye \(Hopi, born 1952\), | Aalders Auctions | A$160
3. 2025-09-09 | Wilmer Kaye \(Hopi, born 1952\), | Aalders Auctions | A$240
4. 2025-09-09 | Wilmer Kaye \(Hopi, born 1952\), | Aalders Auctions | A$160
5. 2024-08-13 | Wilmer Kaye, Katsinam, 1993 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $922
6. 2024-04-20 | Wilmer Kaye " Deer Dancer" Kachina Doll | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $75
7. 2024-04-20 | Wilmer Kaye "Eagle Dancer" Kachina Doll | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $55
8. 2023-11-14 | Wilmer Kaye \(Hopi, b. 1952\), Snow Maiden, Partially Painted Cottonwood Kachina Doll Height: 12 in | Weschler's | $150
9. 2022-08-12 | Wilmer Kaye, Hemis Katsina | Santa Fe Art Auction | $439 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wilmer-kaye-hemis-katsina-69-c-12e4b119ac
10. 2022-08-12 | Wilmer Kaye, Katsin Mana 1986 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wilmer-kaye-katsin-mana-1986-68-c-1124e2c8b3
11. 2020-01-17 | Wilmer Kaye \(Hopi, b. 1952\) Angwusnasomtaqa, Crow Mother Katsina, From the Collection of Robert B. Riley, Urbana, IL | Cowan's Auctions | $500
12. 2009-07-29 | A SOUTHWESTERN HAND\-CARVED AND PAINTED STANDING KACHINA DOLL BY WILMER KAYE | Nye & Company | N/A

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