# James Fenimore Cooper - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:35:27.575Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2004-06-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $163
- Price range: $2 to $700

## Market Takeaway
James Fenimore Cooper shows developing auction liquidity with 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-01-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($150\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $100 and $200.
- 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: 100% (15 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: $175
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-01-10
- Days since latest sale: 404
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- RR Auction: 5 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 4 lots
- Signature House: 2 lots
- University Archives: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots
- Lark Mountain Auction Company: 1 lots
- Lion and Unicorn: 1 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- One of a Kind Collectibles Auctions, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-11 | James Fenimore Cooper, Orig. MS from The Oak Openings: "...I took his scalp..." | University Archives | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-fenimore-cooper-orig-ms-from-the-oak-openings-i-took-his-scalp-421-c-6874fe0859
2. 2026-03-25 | James Fenimore Cooper, Orig. AM from The Oak Openings: "...I took his scalp..." | University Archives | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-fenimore-cooper-orig-am-from-the-oak-openings-i-took-his-scalp-365-c-365dac4c84
3. 2026-01-13 | James Fenimore Cooper "The Last of the Mohicans" | Auctions at Showplace | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-fenimore-cooper-the-last-of-the-mohicans-370-c-906a10bebc
4. 2025-01-10 | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER \(AMERICAN NOVELIST, 1789\-1851\) SIGNED CHECK | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $175
5. 2023-11-21 | First Edition The Pilot, Book by James Fenimore Cooper | Lion and Unicorn | $15 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-first-edition-the-pilot-book-by-james-fenimore-cooper-107-c-4f34c2b928
6. 2023-11-03 | James Fenimore Cooper, William Shakespeare | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $100
7. 2021-11-13 | James Fenimore Cooper bronze medallion | Lark Mountain Auction Company | $2
8. 2020-01-23 | James Fenimore Cooper | One of a Kind Collectibles Auctions, LLC | N/A
9. 2018-07-28 | James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check. | Potter & Potter Auctions Inc. | N/A
10. 2017-06-13 | Cooperstown "Leatherstocking" Cheque 1891 | Sterling Associates, Inc. | $30
11. 2017-03-19 | \(29vols\) JAMES FENIMORE COOPER \(1789\-1851\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $300
12. 2016-10-20 | James Fenimore Cooper double signed handwritten letter to Hamilton Fish | Ripley Auctions | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-fenimore-cooper-double-signed-handwritten-letter-to-hamilton-fish-57-c-4d248d39c0
13. 2014-06-21 | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER \(AMERICAN, 1789\-1851\) SIGNED CHECK. | SUSANIN'S | $75
14. 2014-06-18 | James Fenimore Cooper | RR Auction | $245
15. 2014-04-16 | James Fenimore Cooper | RR Auction | $245
16. 2012-08-15 | James Fenimore Cooper | RR Auction | $163
17. 2010-09-15 | Autographs: James Fenimore Cooper | RR Auction | $100
18. 2009-12-09 | James Fenimore Cooper | RR Auction | $200
19. 2008-10-11 | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER \(1789\-1851\). Regarded as the | Signature House | $150
20. 2007-10-13 | \[ AUTOGRAPHS \] | Signature House | $180
21. 2004-06-10 | Lot of 3 items | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
22. 2004-06-10 | The Pilot; a Tale of the Sea | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $126
23. 2004-06-10 | Home as Found | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
24. 2004-06-10 | The Heidenmauer; or the Benedictines | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $150

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