My understanding is it's the highest price ever paid for an Inuit sculpture.

This is a superb piece. Of course, we are absolutely delighted that it brought the price it did.

It was very whimsical, and very well done.

A number of people were involved up to $80,000, and after that [just] the two phone bidders stayed in.

She was really understanding and so nice. I really appreciated the way she responded to that.

The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.