What is a Tlingit work worth?
Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 6 works by Tlingit with a published auction price sold between $525Sign up free to see and $1,667Sign up free to see, and the median is $651Sign up free to see. In the last five years the median was $651Sign up free to see across 6 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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Tlingit prices by medium
- Auction results
- 6
- Sold rate
- 100%
- Active at auction
- 2025–2026
- Median price
- $651Sign up free to see
- Record price
- $4.8kSign up free to see Oystercatcher rattle, Wright, Dec 2025
Top auction houses: Wright (5), Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (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 Tlingit sales
- Effigy pipe with carved frog, wood, metal — $576Sign up free to see, Wright, Apr 8, 2026
- Spindle whorl with carved face, bone, mother-of-pearl — $445Sign up free to see, Wright, Dec 3, 2025
- Feast rattle, carved and painted wood, fibers — $726Sign up free to see, Wright, Dec 3, 2025
- Oystercatcher rattle, wood, bone, abalone shell, jute, paint — $4,826Sign up free to see, Wright, Dec 3, 2025
- Horn spoon, horn, silver, abalone shell — $1,980Sign up free to see, Wright, Dec 3, 2025
- Twine Berry baskets, set of three, twine, natural dyes — $508Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jul 22, 2025
Questions about Tlingit prices
What is a Tlingit work worth?
Based on 6 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Tlingit have sold for a median of $651, and half of them sold between $525 and $1,667. 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 Tlingit sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $4,826 for “Oystercatcher rattle” at Wright in December 2025.
How often do Tlingit works sell at auction?
100% of the 6 lots recorded between 2025 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Tlingit work?
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Tlingit have appeared at auction 6 times in ArtSell’s records between 2025 and 2026; 6 sold, a sell-through rate of 100%.
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