# James Elliott Bama - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T07:49:30.109Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2009-10-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-15
- Median realised price: $3,107
- Price range: $50 to $46,800

## Market Takeaway
James Elliott Bama shows developing auction liquidity with 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,107. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,107\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,150 and $17,000.
- 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: 15% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 45% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $295
- Previous 12 months median: $1,150
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-15
- Days since latest sale: 65
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 14 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 4 lots
- Weiss Auctions: 4 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Houston Auction Company: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-15 | James Elliott Bama, Buffalo Bill, 1989 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $295
2. 2025-12-15 | James Elliott Bama, Sage Grinder, 1976 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $73
3. 2025-05-07 | James Elliott Bama, Buffalo Bill, 1989 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,024
4. 2025-03-13 | James Elliott Bama, Buffalo Bill, 1989 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
5. 2024-12-11 | James Elliott Bama, Oil on Board Paperback Cover | Weiss Auctions | $1,150
6. 2024-12-11 | James Elliott Bama, Oil on Board Paperback Cover | Weiss Auctions | $1,700
7. 2024-06-05 | James Elliott Bama \(1926 \- 2022\) Oil on Board | Weiss Auctions | N/A
8. 2024-06-05 | James Elliott Bama \(1926 \- 2022\) Oil on Board | Weiss Auctions | N/A
9. 2023-11-01 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) Portraits of Larry Liebowitz and Dian Roland | Hindman | N/A
10. 2021-05-07 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) Bob "Slim" Warren and Saddle, 1971 Oil on | Heritage Auctions | $10,000
11. 2021-05-07 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) A Plains Indian, 1977 Gouache on board 9 | Heritage Auctions | N/A
12. 2021-05-07 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) 1880's Still Life of Saddle and Rifle, Ol | Heritage Auctions | $14,000
13. 2021-05-07 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) Dee Smith with Saddlebag, 1973 Oil on Mas | Heritage Auctions | $17,000
14. 2021-05-07 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) Chester Medicine Crow with his Father's P | Heritage Auctions | $30,000
15. 2020-07-01 | James Elliott Bama \(American, b. 1926\) Lawrence of Arabia Oil on board 21 x 12\-3 | Heritage Auctions | $17,000
16. 2018-11-08 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(AMERICAN, B. 1926\) DEAN MOORE \-\- COWBOY, HALF INDIAN, DESCE | Heritage Auctions | $40,000
17. 2015-04-11 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(1926\) Timber Jack Joe \- Mountain Man, Crow Agency, Montana oil on masonite signed lower right Bama 72 ... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $46,800
18. 2014-11-08 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American b. 1926\) A PRINT, "Young Plains Indian," | Houston Auction Company | $50
19. 2012-11-10 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) Jory, movie post | Heritage Auctions | $2,750
20. 2012-11-10 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) A Buckaroo, 1983 | Heritage Auctions | $43,750
21. 2012-11-10 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) The Old Cowboy, | Heritage Auctions | $30,000
22. 2010-08-17 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) Countdown for Ci | Heritage Auctions | $4,182
23. 2009-10-27 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) The Men's | Heritage Auctions | $1,195
24. 2009-10-27 | JAMES ELLIOTT BAMA \(American, b. 1926\) Reflections | Heritage Auctions | $2,151

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