# James Drinkwater - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:02:11.214Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 8
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2021-06-08
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-05
- Median realised price: $5,000
- Price range: $4,700 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
James Drinkwater has 8 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($5,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,000 to $14,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.7% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 33.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $15,000
- Previous 12 months median: $14,000
- Median shift: 7.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-05
- Days since latest sale: 359
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 6 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-05 | JAMES DRINKWATER \(born 1983\) Hugo Drawing with Fire into the Night Sky 2016 oil on board 94 x 75cm | Leonard Joel | A$15,000
2. 2024-12-12 | JAMES DRINKWATER, UNTITLED 2009, | Leonard Joel | N/A
3. 2024-05-20 | JAMES DRINKWATER \(born 1983\) Le Jardin Musee Henri Matisse 2016 mixed media on board 180 x 120cm | Leonard Joel | A$14,000
4. 2023-10-24 | JAMES DRINKWATER \(born 1983\) Monument of Nice 1 2016 oil, collage and mixed media on board 180 x 122cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
5. 2023-09-20 | James Drinkwater \(b. 1983\) The Boy with Flowers, 2015 | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$4,700
6. 2023-05-23 | James Drinkwater \(b. 1983\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$5,000
7. 2021-06-28 | JAMES DRINKWATER \(born 1983\) Spotted Gums by the Waters Edge 2016 oil on board | Leonard Joel | A$5,000
8. 2021-06-08 | JAMES DRINKWATER \(born 1983\) We Dropped Them Off Via the Only Sun 2016 oil on board | Leonard Joel | A$6,500

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