# James Drake Iams - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:39:28.995Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 10
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2009-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2024-12-01
- Median realised price: $180
- Price range: $60 to $500

## Market Takeaway
James Drake Iams has 10 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. 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 \($180\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $225\) 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: 100% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 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: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-12-01
- Days since latest sale: 513
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 4 lots
- Alex Cooper: 3 lots
- Potomack Company: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-01 | James Iams \(PA,MD,20C\) watercolor painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
2. 2024-04-14 | James Iams \(PA,MD,20C\) watercolor painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $150
3. 2024-04-14 | James Iams \(PA,MD,20C\) watercolor painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $180
4. 2024-04-14 | James Iams \(PA,MD,20C\) watercolor painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $170
5. 2015-09-29 | JAMES IAMS \(AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY\) SAILBOAT AT DOCK, 1987, and SAILBOAT AT SEA Watercolor on paper: 20 x 28 1/2 in. \(sight\); 20 1/2... | Potomack Company | N/A
6. 2015-09-29 | JAMES IAMS \(AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY\) TRAIN TRACKS, BEACH DUNES, and DOCK Watercolor on paper: 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. \(sight\); 18 x 24 in... | Potomack Company | N/A
7. 2015-09-29 | JAMES IAMS \(AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY\) HEAD ON, and DREDGING, 1987 Watercolor on paper: 21 x 14 in. \(sight\); 13 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. \(sight... | Potomack Company | $500
8. 2011-12-12 | James Drake Iams, American, 20th century, Skipjacks on the Chesapeake, watercolor on paper, framed | Alex Cooper | $225
9. 2011-12-12 | James Drake Iams \(American, 20th century\). Industrial Shipyard, watercolor, framed | Alex Cooper | $60
10. 2009-10-25 | James Drake Iams, American, 20th century, Sailboats on the Chesapeake, pair of watercolors on paper, 14 x 21 in., framed | Alex Cooper | $200

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