# David James - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:56:49.891Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 189
- Lots with prices: 129
- First auction date: 2001-01-11
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-12
- Median realised price: $3,067
- Price range: $40 to $50,408

## Market Takeaway
David James shows deep auction liquidity with 187 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,067. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,067\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,350 and $8,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 18% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61.7% (79 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20.3% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 46 lots
- Christie's: 46 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Adam's: 6 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 6 lots
- Gorringes: 5 lots
- Waddington's: 5 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 4 lots
- Ewbank's: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-12 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\), an oil sketch of ships at sea | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-james-british-1853-1904-an-oil-sketch-of-ships-at-sea-205-c-ce5e10f075
2. 2026-01-21 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH 1881 \- 1892\) A 19TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS SEASCAPE | Hutchinson Scott Limited | £2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-james-british-1881-1892-a-19th-century-oil-on-canvas-seascape-734-c-bbdea2dd22
3. 2025-12-03 | DAVID JAMES \(IRELAND 1853\-1904 CUMBRIA\). Plunging Seas. oil on canvas25 1/4 | Christie's | £44,450
4. 2025-10-15 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) 'A Cornish Breaker' | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2025-06-11 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH 1853 \- 1904\), CORNISH SEAS | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £11,000
6. 2025-05-28 | David James \(1853\-1904\) Irish Sea off Cornwall \(1881\) Oil on canvas, 31 x 51cm \(12¼ x 20\) Signed and dated 1881 Born Joseph Donahue in Ireland in 1853, the artist later known as David James adopted his pseudonym upon relocating to Dal | Adam's | €850
7. 2025-03-24 | David James \(British 1853\-1904\) | Mallams | £400
8. 2025-01-21 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH, 1853\-1904\) | Chiswick Auctions | £3,800
9. 2024-11-14 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH 1853\-1904\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £3,000
10. 2024-11-13 | David James \(Irlandais, 1853\-1904\) Voiliers dans une mer agitée | Bonhams | €1,400
11. 2024-06-25 | David James \(English, 1854\-1904\), 'Hightide, Bude Bay, Cornwall', oil on canvas, 62 x 124cm | Gorringes | £5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-james-english-1854-1904-hightide-bude-bay-cornwall-oil-on-canvas-62-x-124cm-271-c-97b45e3a54
12. 2024-06-25 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\), Shipping off the coast, oil on canvas, 74.5 x 43.5cm | Gorringes | £700
13. 2024-04-24 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) Fishing boats off a rocky coastline | Bonhams | £1,900
14. 2024-04-24 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) 'Fishing Boats Going Out' | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2024-04-24 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) 'A Cornish Breaker' | Bonhams | £14,000
16. 2023-10-24 | DAVID JAMES \(BORN 1949\) Blue Energy Tranquilitykiln cast glass, incised 'James P17 2/8'height 3 1/2in \(9cm\); diameter 20in \(51cm\) | Bonhams | $2,800
17. 2023-07-13 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH, 1853\-1904\) The Incoming Tide, St Ives Bay oil on can | Christie's | £18,900
18. 2023-04-26 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) Crashing waves with boats in the distance | Bonhams | £2,500
19. 2023-03-21 | David James \(British\) 1853\-1904 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$9,000
20. 2022-12-14 | DAVID JAMES \(BRITISH 1853\-1904\), IN CHOPPY WATERS | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,200
21. 2022-10-25 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) Ships off a coastline | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2022-10-25 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) A squally day off the Cornish coast | Bonhams | £1,400
23. 2022-07-19 | David James, | Roseberys | N/A
24. 2022-04-27 | David James \(British, 1853\-1904\) Plunging seas | Bonhams | £42,000

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