Pitaloosie Auction Prices and Value Guide

Pitaloosie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 203 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Pitaloosie auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Pitaloosie
Source records
203
Market update
2026-02-16

Pitaloosie market snapshot

Pitaloosie shows solid auction liquidity with 104 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $324. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (85.0% · 68 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (12.5% · 10 sales)
  • $10,000+ (2.5% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
15
Median shift vs prior year
+60.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-21

Artist context

About Pitaloosie

Pitaloosie portrait
Judith Eglington · CC BY 4.0 · Source

Born

1942

Died

2021

Nationality

Canadian

Also known as

Pitaloosie Saila, Pitaloosee

Pitaloosie Saila (1942–2021), presented on this page under the shortened name Pitaloosie, was a Canadian Inuk graphic artist associated principally with drawing and printmaking. Public authority records identify her full name and lifespan, while biographical sources describe an artistic practice centered on drawings and lithograph prints. Her imagery addressed family, birds, shamanism, and experiences drawn from her life as an Inuk woman. These recurring subjects place personal observation and cultural experience at the center of her work without reducing the images to a single theme. Saila participated in exhibitions in Canada and internationally, including an exhibition devoted to artistic expression by women from Cape Dorset. She and her husband, sculptor Pauta Saila, were inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004. Collectors may encounter her work through prints and works on paper catalogued under Pitaloosie, Pitaloosie Saila, or an authority-recorded spelling variant.

DrawingsLithograph printsFamilyShamanismBirdsPersonal experiences of an Inuk woman

Common works and media

Works associated with Pitaloosie Saila most commonly described in the collected sources are drawings and lithograph prints. Recurring imagery includes birds, family relationships, shamanic themes, and scenes or symbols connected with her personal experience as an Inuk woman. Auction cataloguing may place these objects in print, Inuit art, or works-on-paper categories and may identify the artist by her full or shortened name. The medium, inscriptions, dimensions, date, and print-specific details should be verified from the individual object and its catalogue record.

Market and appraisal context

Auction and appraisal research for Pitaloosie Saila should begin by confirming the artist identity, since records may use her full name, the shortened Pitaloosie, or a spelling variant such as Pitaloosee. Relevant comparisons should distinguish drawings from lithograph prints and should consider subject matter, date, dimensions, inscriptions, and any available edition information. Condition and documented provenance also require object-specific inspection, although the collected public sources do not establish their market effects for this artist. Appraisily’s record count indicates recurring auction coverage, but a count is not evidence of attribution or a price trend. Any valuation should therefore rely on genuinely comparable public sales rather than an aggregate artist-page total.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Prints
  • Works on paper and drawings

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly whether the object is a drawing or lithograph print
  2. Subject matter, including family, birds, shamanism, and autobiographical experience
  3. Attribution under the full name Pitaloosie Saila or an authority-recorded name variant
  4. Comparison with relevant public auction records by sale date, medium, and work type when those records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no accessible major-auction-house biography or lot record, so it does not support price forecasts or market-trend conclusions.
  • The input reports 203 records associated with the shortened artist name, but that count alone does not establish attribution, uniqueness, condition, provenance, or comparability for any individual object.
  • Condition, provenance, edition details, dimensions, and inscriptions should be checked directly for a specific work; the collected sources do not provide enough evidence to characterize their market effects for this artist.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Pitaloosie

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Pitaloosie 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.

Can Appraisily value my Pitaloosie artwork?

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