# James Drake - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:00:45.595Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2006-07-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-07
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $210 to $3,500

## Market Takeaway
James Drake has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($425 to $1,700\) 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: 64.3% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.7% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-07
- Days since latest sale: 172
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Guernsey's: 3 lots
- St Charles Gallery: 3 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 2 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.: 1 lots
- Leonard Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-07 | JAMES DRAKE \(B.1946\) CHARCOAL DRAWING CHICKEN & FIGURE STUDY | Austin Auction Gallery | $300
2. 2025-11-07 | JAMES DRAKE \(B.1946\) CHARCOAL DRAWING FIGURE STUDY | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
3. 2025-11-07 | JAMES DRAKE \(B.1946\) CHARCOAL DRAWING FIGURE STUDY | Austin Auction Gallery | $450
4. 2024-08-18 | James Drake \(American, b.1946\) 'Red Hands' Lithograph | Leonard Auction | N/A
5. 2023-11-15 | James Drake \(b. 1946\) Texas | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | N/A
6. 2022-04-24 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "City of Tells, Study No. 1" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $950
7. 2021-11-18 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "City of Tells, Study No. 1" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,700
8. 2021-09-25 | JAMES DRAKE \(American/Texas b. 1946\) A PRINT, "Bodies," | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $500
9. 2021-04-11 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "City of Tells, Study No. 1" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $2,600
10. 2021-02-06 | JAMES DRAKE \(American/Texas b. 1946\) A COLLAGE, "Masturbating for His Justice," | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $425
11. 2020-09-27 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "Praetorian Guard" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $3,500
12. 2020-07-19 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "The Raft of Medusa" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,187
13. 2020-07-19 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "Praetorian Guard" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2019-10-13 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "The Raft of Medusa" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A
15. 2019-10-13 | James Drake \(American/Texas, b. 1946\), "Praetorian Guard" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2016-12-02 | James Drake | Guernsey's | N/A
17. 2016-12-02 | James Drake | Guernsey's | $500
18. 2016-12-02 | James Drake | Guernsey's | $2,500
19. 2010-05-16 | James Drake \(American, b. 1946\) | St Charles Gallery | $210
20. 2010-01-24 | James Drake \(American, b. 1946\) | St Charles Gallery | N/A
21. 2009-09-26 | James Drake \(American, b. 1946\) | St Charles Gallery | N/A
22. 2007-02-03 | James Drake | Charlton Hall | $250
23. 2006-07-11 | James Drake \(B. 1946\) | Christie's | $600

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