# James Archibald Houston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:13:34.296Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 58
- Lots with prices: 41
- First auction date: 2009-04-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-08
- Median realised price: $175
- Price range: $50 to $1,600

## Market Takeaway
James Archibald Houston shows solid auction liquidity with 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $175. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-08.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($175\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $120 and $396.
- 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: 94.7% (36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 5.3% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $90
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-08
- Days since latest sale: 102
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 18 lots
- Eldred's: 17 lots
- Potomack Company: 9 lots
- Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers: 5 lots
- Walker's: 4 lots
- Kavanagh Auctions: 3 lots
- The Cobbs: 1 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-03 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-archibald-houston-canadian-1921-2005-14-c-d7b4752b25
2. 2021-08-10 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) SKETCH OF A WOMAN Chalk on paper: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $50
3. 2021-05-19 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) SKETCH OF A WOMAN Chalk on paper: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | N/A
4. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) TERN AT BOCA GRANDE Gouache: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $175
5. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) NIVIAKSIAK Woodcut: 14 x 10 3/4 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $350
6. 2025-11-08 | James Archibald Houston \(1921\-2005\), Fisherman Drum Dancer Limited Edition Print | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$90
7. 2025-11-08 | James Archibald Houston \(1921\-2005\), Mother and Child, Limited Edition Print | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$70
8. 2025-11-08 | James Archibald Houston \(1921\-2005\), Inuit Woman, 1954, ink on paper, signed | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$1,600
9. 2025-10-03 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-archibald-houston-canadian-1921-2005-15-c-9d34b64a0e
10. 2025-10-03 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-archibald-houston-canadian-1921-2005-17-c-fb447d6a06
11. 2025-10-03 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-archibald-houston-canadian-1921-2005-13-c-6584b1182e
12. 2025-10-03 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-archibald-houston-canadian-1921-2005-16-c-c4b430685c
13. 2023-06-22 | James Archibald Houston \(American, 1921\-2005\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $175
14. 2021-04-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) SKETCH OF A WOMAN Chalk on paper: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | N/A
15. 2021-04-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) NUDE STUDY PARIS Ink and chalk on paper: 17 x 11 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $75
16. 2021-01-08 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON , Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, Three unframed works:, 1\) Inscribed lower right "Tukiasuk in from a Hunt '54 W. Baffin J. Houston". Pastel and chalk on paper, sheet size 8" x 11.75". 2\) Inscribed | Eldred's | $70
17. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON, Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, Four works: | Eldred's | $60
18. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) SKETCH OF A WOMAN Chalk on paper: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | N/A
19. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) PINGWAK, HOUSTON'S CAT, 1972 Colored pencil on paper: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $125
20. 2020-10-22 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON \(CANADIAN, 1921\-2005\) NUDE STUDY PARIS Ink and chalk on paper: 17 x 11 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | N/A
21. 2020-10-08 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON, Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, "Drum Dancer, Ennadai Lake December 1955"., Chalk on paper, 18.5" x 20.5" si... | Eldred's | $60
22. 2020-08-19 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON, Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, Three unframed works: | Eldred's | N/A
23. 2020-07-31 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON, Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, "Drum Dancer, Ennadai Lake December 1955"., Chalk on paper, 18.5" x 20.5" si... | Eldred's | N/A
24. 2020-07-17 | JAMES ARCHIBALD HOUSTON, Connecticut/Canada, 1921\-2005, Four unframed works: | Eldred's | N/A

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