# James \(1749\) Forbes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T09:47:55.070Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 11
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2010-11-11
- Latest auction date: 2024-02-10
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $120 to $3,250

## Market Takeaway
James (1749) Forbes has 11 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($160 to $3,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 57.1% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.9% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-02-10
- Days since latest sale: 896
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Aalders Auctions: 4 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Artcurial: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- HVMC \- Hôtel des Ventes de Monte\-Carlo: 1 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-10 | JAMES FORBES \(1749 \- 1819\), \[INDIA INTEREST\] A collection of nine etchings based on works by Forbes, published by Richard Bentley, including "A Brahmin Woman of Distinction..." \(1812\), "Scenery among the SACRED HINDOO GROVES near CHANDODE \(1812\), "S | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$160
2. 2022-08-24 | James Forbes \(1749\-1814\), | Aalders Auctions | A$120
3. 2022-05-25 | James Forbes \(1749\-1814\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
4. 2022-03-12 | James Forbes \(1749\-1814\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
5. 2022-03-12 | James Forbes \(1749\-1814\), | Aalders Auctions | A$3,000
6. 2021-12-07 | James Forbes \(1749\-1819\), The Retreat, Mr Hunter's Villa near Bombay, with a group of four people in the foreground, watercolour, 18.5 x 28.5cm | Gorringes | £1,600
7. 2021-07-09 | JAMES FORBES \(1749\-1819\) | HVMC \- Hôtel des Ventes de Monte\-Carlo | €750
8. 2021-06-29 | James Forbes \(1749\-1819\), Rome: Pantheon, Colosseum and Campidoglio, set of three watercolours, 22 x 28.5cm | Gorringes | N/A
9. 2013-10-04 | Ecole italienne du XVIIIe siècle Académie d'homme assis Sanguine | Artcurial | €610
10. 2013-04-10 | Untitled lot | Christie's | €3,250
11. 2010-11-11 | James Forbes \(British, 1749\-1819\) Mr Grant shooting near Rothes, on the Spey | Bonhams | N/A

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