# James Castle - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:19:23.155Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 84
- Lots with prices: 77
- First auction date: 2003-01-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-01-22
- Median realised price: $6,875
- Price range: $800 to $47,500

## Market Takeaway
James Castle shows solid auction liquidity with 84 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,875. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-01-22.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,875\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,375 and $9,450.
- 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: 1.3% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 74% (57 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24.7% (19 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $6,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-01-22
- Days since latest sale: 392
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 67 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 5 lots
- Material Culture: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- Lawsons: 1 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 1 lots
- Nye & Company: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(KITCHEN SHELF WITH TABLEWARE, BOTTLES A | Christie's | $8,190
2. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(FARMSCAPE WITH TOTEMS\). soot and spit o | Christie's | $5,292
3. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED. soot and spit on paper4 7/8 x 6 ¾ in.. | Christie's | $3,024
4. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(TWO WHITE FIGURES\), DOUBLE\-SIDED. color | Christie's | $3,024
5. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(YELLOW HOUSE\). colored pulp, soot and s | Christie's | $7,560
6. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(SHED WITH GREEN LAWN\). colored pulp, so | Christie's | $8,820
7. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(A CIGARETTE REPLICA BOOK\), EIGHT PAGES. | Christie's | $5,670
8. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(ABSTRACT TITLE BOOK\). soot, spit and ri | Christie's | $31,500
9. 2025-01-22 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\). UNTITLED \(RED JACKET\), DOUBLE\-SIDED. thread, cray | Christie's | $15,120
10. 2024-05-05 | James Castle "Untitled" Soot and Saliva on Paper | Auctions at Showplace | $6,500
11. 2024-03-28 | James Castle ''Portrait and Doors'' Soot & Spit | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $800
12. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Double Heart\), double\-sided soot and sp | Christie's | $2,520
13. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Two Figures\) colored pulp and soot and s | Christie's | $4,410
14. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Abstract Forms\) colored pulp and soot an | Christie's | $3,528
15. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Landscape\) soot and spit on card 7.5 x 1 | Christie's | $7,560
16. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Two Buildings\), double\-sided soot and sp | Christie's | $5,040
17. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Patterned Blue House\) ink on repurposed | Christie's | $5,670
18. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled colored pulp and soot and spit on a repur | Christie's | $6,930
19. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(P!D / SED\), double\-sided soot and spit o | Christie's | $9,450
20. 2023-01-18 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Interior Scene\) soot and spit on repurpo | Christie's | $8,820
21. 2022-06-29 | James Castle \(American, 1899\-1977\) Untitled | Freeman's \| Hindman | $2,600
22. 2022-03-02 | James Castle, Double\-Sided Drawing of Coats | Nye & Company | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-castle-double-sided-drawing-of-coats-260-c-813482a9e3
23. 2022-02-03 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(rural exterior/ city exterior\), double | Christie's | $7,500
24. 2022-02-03 | JAMES CASTLE \(1899\-1977\) Untitled \(Outdoor Totems\) soot and spit on repurp | Christie's | $6,875

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