What is a Inuit sculpture worth?
Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 7 works by Inuit with a published auction price sold between $718Sign up free to see and $1,567Sign up free to see, and the median is $813Sign up free to see. For sculptures alone, the median is $1,567Sign up free to see across 4 sales. In the last five years the median was $865Sign up free to see across 5 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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Inuit prices by medium
- Auction results
- 9
- Sold rate
- 100%
- Active at auction
- 2019–2026
- Median price
- $813Sign up free to see
- Record price
- $6.9kSign up free to see Owl, Toomey & Co., Oct 2023
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculpture | 4 | $829–$3.4kSign up free to see | $1.6kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Toomey & Co. (7), deVeres (1), Wright (1)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Recent Inuit sales
- Muskox (sculpture), carved soapstone, bone — $865Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Sep 3, 2026
- Figure with two faces, whale bone — $448Sign up free to see, Wright, Aug 11, 2026
- Untitled (sculpture), carved stone — $721Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Oct 24, 2023
- Hunter Fighting a Polar Bear (sculpture), carved stone — $2,268Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Oct 24, 2023
- Owl, carved stone — $6,930Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Oct 24, 2023
- walrus sculpture — $813Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Apr 21, 2021
- Untitled — $714Sign up free to see, deVeres, Oct 8, 2019
Questions about Inuit prices
What is a Inuit sculpture worth?
Based on 7 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Inuit have sold for a median of $813, and half of them sold between $718 and $1,567. For sculptures alone the median is $1,567 (4 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by Inuit sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $6,930 for “Owl” at Toomey & Co. in October 2023.
How often do Inuit works sell at auction?
100% of the 9 lots recorded between 2019 and 2026 sold.
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Of the 9 lots by Inuit recorded at auction between 2019 and 2026, 9 found a buyer (100%).
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