Osuitok Ipeelee Auction Prices and Value Guide

Osuitok Ipeelee auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 207 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Osuitok Ipeelee auction prices: quick answer

Osuitok Ipeelee auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Osuitok Ipeelee
Source records
207
Market update
2026-02-06

Osuitok Ipeelee market snapshot

Osuitok Ipeelee shows solid auction liquidity with 105 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,360. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-08-15.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (14.3% · 9 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (58.7% · 37 sales)
  • $10,000+ (27.0% · 17 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2023-08-15

Artist context

About Osuitok Ipeelee

Born

1923

Died

2005

Nationality

Canadian

Also known as

Aipellie Osuitok, Oshaweetok, Oshoweetok

Osuitok Ipeelee (1923–2005) was a Canadian Inuk artist associated with Cape Dorset, Nunavut, and is best documented as a sculptor. Public biographical sources also identify printmaking as part of his practice. His most recognizable sculptures are finely handled animal forms carved in green soapstone, particularly caribou and birds. These subjects connect his work to the development of modern Inuit art in Cape Dorset while retaining a distinct emphasis on poised silhouettes and carefully resolved balance. Ipeelee also collaborated with artist and administrator James Archibald Houston during the formative period of the West Baffin Island Eskimo Cooperative, an organization central to bringing Cape Dorset art to wider audiences. Collectors may encounter his name under several authority-record spellings, including Oshaweetok and Oshoweetok, although those variants require careful identity checking. His sculptures are the best-supported category in the available sources and therefore provide the clearest starting point for cataloguing and appraisal research.

Inuit artCape Dorset artGreen soapstone sculpturePrintmakingCaribouBirds

Common works and media

The strongest source evidence concerns carved green soapstone sculptures, particularly balanced animal figures depicting caribou and birds. Sources also identify Ipeelee as a printmaker and connect him with Cape Dorset printmaking, but the collected material does not establish particular print titles, techniques, editions, or production dates. Sculpture is therefore the more securely documented category for identification and comparison.

Market and appraisal context

The collected evidence supports a market discussion centered on sculpture, especially green soapstone carvings of caribou and birds. Those documented combinations of artist, medium, and subject can help identify relevant comparison groups, but they do not determine value by themselves. The public Appraisily artist page indicates an auction-record context, yet its underlying lots were unavailable during collection, so no specific sale, date, price, provenance, condition, or edition claim can be verified here. An appraisal should therefore compare an object only with inspectable public records and should confirm that its authorship and name variants correspond to the same artist. General artist results should not be treated as a price forecast for an individual work.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Inuit sculpture
  • Soapstone animal sculpture

Value drivers

  1. Documented correspondence of medium and subject, particularly green soapstone carvings of caribou or birds
  2. Correct identity matching across recorded name and spelling variants
  3. Comparable public auction records, when individual lot details and results can be inspected

Appraisal caveats

  • No individual auction lot, sale date, realized price, condition report, provenance record, or edition detail was available in the collected source excerpts.
  • The Appraisily auction page was rate-limited during collection, so its underlying records could not be inspected.
  • Name variants should be treated cautiously because the collected VIAF record links to a different Wikidata identifier than the principal artist record.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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Recent sale records

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Osuitok Ipeelee worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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