# James A. Porter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T19:01:10.938Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 39
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2007-02-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-07
- Median realised price: $6,500
- Price range: $687 to $50,800

## Market Takeaway
James A. Porter has 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. 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 \($6,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $16,250\) 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: 3.8% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.7% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 38.5% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $50,800
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-07
- Days since latest sale: 204
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 39 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-07 | James A. Porter \(1905\-1970\), The American Family \(The Family\), 1940.  | Swann Auction Galleries | $50,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-a-porter-1905-1970-the-american-family-the-family-1940-18-c-f6a48d1943
2. 2025-10-07 | James A. Porter \(1905\-1970\), The Masquerade, circa 1929. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2024-04-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) The Masquerade. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2022-03-31 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Untitled \(Male Nude\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
5. 2021-10-07 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Seraphim and Cherubim, Lagos. | Swann Auction Galleries | $13,750
6. 2021-04-22 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Child Reading. | Swann Auction Galleries | $22,500
7. 2021-04-22 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Lynching. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
8. 2021-04-22 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Untitled \(Male Nude\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,500
9. 2020-06-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Tempest of the Niger. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2020-06-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) The Piggy Bank. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250
11. 2019-10-08 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Ferry to Tarkwa Bay, Lagos \(Nigeria\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2019-10-08 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Waiting for the Fishing Boats. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
13. 2019-04-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Victoria Island, Lagos \(Nigeria\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,760
14. 2019-04-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Physiognomic Design. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,210
15. 2018-10-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Street of the Market, Zaria. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,625
16. 2018-10-04 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Untitled \(Dorothy\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
17. 2018-04-05 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) African Venus. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2017-10-05 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Storm over Jos \(Nigeria\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2017-10-05 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Physiogenic Design. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2017-04-06 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) The Birth of Africa \(Rebirth of Africa\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2017-04-06 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) The Artist''s Wife. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
22. 2016-10-06 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Dismounted Spirit. | Swann Auction Galleries | $23,400
23. 2016-10-06 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Porteuse. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,500
24. 2016-10-06 | JAMES A. PORTER \(1905 \- 1970\) Dorothy \(Profile Drawing\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000

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