# James Baldwin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:21:07.152Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 4
- First auction date: 2005-06-30
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-07
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $160 to $4,800

## Market Takeaway
James Baldwin has 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. 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 \($375\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($160 to $450\) 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: 75% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-07
- Days since latest sale: 630
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lettieri Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- The Cobbs: 1 lots
- University Archives: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-07 | James Baldwin Signed Ltd. Ed. of His Classic Novel "Go Tell It On The Mountain" | University Archives | $450
2. 2021-07-11 | "Old Stories Of The East" By James Baldwin | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
3. 2021-06-06 | "Old Stories Of The East" By James Baldwin | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
4. 2021-02-06 | James Baldwin, "Giovanni’s Room" | The Cobbs | $375
5. 2017-05-10 | JAMES BALDWIN \- Current Bid: $50.00 | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $160
6. 2005-06-30 | James Baldwin | Christie's | $4,800

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