# James Bearden - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T08:57:08.050Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 76
- Lots with prices: 72
- First auction date: 2013-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-09
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $300 to $13,000

## Market Takeaway
James Bearden shows solid auction liquidity with 74 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 19 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $950 and $4,000.
- 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: 27.1% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70% (49 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.9% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 19
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $3,200
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 60%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-09
- Days since latest sale: 71
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 32 lots
- Wright: 16 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 6 lots
- Westport Auction: 6 lots
- Main Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Treadway Gallery: 4 lots
- Barton's Auction: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-02 | James Bearden \- Side Tables | Barton's Auction | $6,500
2. 2025-01-16 | James Bearden, Urchin Growth lidded box | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,000
3. 2024-11-19 | James Bearden \(American, b. 1964\) Faceted cabinet, c. 2015 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,000
4. 2024-05-16 | James Bearden, Corinthian cabinet | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $8,000
5. 2023-12-06 | BEARDEN, James \(American, b. 1964\) Organic Form. \(Chalice\) ... | Potter & Potter Auctions Inc. | $400
6. 2025-12-09 | James Bearden, Outdoor Cathedral sculpture | Wright | $13,000
7. 2025-12-09 | James Bearden, Hive Form lighted table sculpture | Wright | $3,800
8. 2025-10-23 | James Bearden, Custom Cubist cabinet | Wright | $10,000
9. 2025-09-18 | James Bearden, Medusa console table | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,800
10. 2025-09-18 | James Bearden, Vessel | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
11. 2025-08-07 | James Bearden, Anemone cabinet | Wright | $4,200
12. 2025-06-05 | JAMES BEARDEN “CATACOMB” WALL SCULPTURE | Westport Auction | $700
13. 2025-06-05 | JAMES BEARDEN “DWELLING” BOX | Westport Auction | $800
14. 2025-06-05 | JAMES BEARDEN "DWELLING" BOX | Westport Auction | $475
15. 2025-06-05 | JAMES BEARDEN "SEGMENT" JEWELRY BOX | Westport Auction | $1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-bearden-segment-jewelry-box-44-c-5064d15981
16. 2025-06-05 | James Bearden, Medusa occasional table | Wright | $4,000
17. 2025-06-05 | James Bearden, Table lamp from the Cathedral series | Wright | $3,200
18. 2025-06-05 | James Bearden, Cathedral occasional table | Wright | $2,600
19. 2025-06-05 | James Bearden, Passage | Wright | $4,200
20. 2025-05-15 | James Bearden, Corinthian Pod occasional tables, set of two | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,200
21. 2025-05-15 | James Bearden, Cathedral cabinet | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $6,000
22. 2025-04-26 | James Bearden "Barnacle Box" | Main Auction Galleries | $400
23. 2025-04-23 | James Bearden, Corinthian cabinet | Wright | $7,000
24. 2025-04-08 | JAMES BEARDEN \(B. 1964\) "POD" SCULPTURE C. 2017 | Westport Auction | $450

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