# James George Morphesis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:50:48.047Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2011-05-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-05
- Median realised price: $425
- Price range: $20 to $3,750

## Market Takeaway
James George Morphesis has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $425. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($425\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $1,016\) 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: 72.2% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.8% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $120
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-05
- Days since latest sale: 175
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Abell Auction: 7 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots
- O'Gallerie: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- PAAP Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-11 | Jim Morphesis \(American, b. 1948\), Study for Prometheus, 1990, charcoal and pastel on wove paper, 17 x 14in \(43 x 36cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $350
2. 2025-11-05 | Jim Morphesis \(American, b. 1948\), Mauro Drawing \#17, 1979, pastel on paper, 20 x 18in \(51 x 46cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $120
3. 2025-10-14 | Jim Morphesis \(b. 1948\), "Falling Mythological Figure" | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2025-03-23 | Jim Morphesis \(USA\), Happy Birthday, América, 1988 | PAAP Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-02-25 | Jim Morphesis \(b. 1948\), "No Sanctuary," 1981 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,016
6. 2024-12-11 | Jim Morphesis \(American, b. 1948\), Torso Study with Red, 1987, mixed media on wove paper, 30 x 22in \(76 x 56cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $450
7. 2024-12-11 | Jim Morphesis \(American, b.1948\), For Cesar Vallejo, 1992, mixed media on double paired wood panels, 30 x 36in \(76 x 91.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $500
8. 2024-09-12 | Jim Morphesis \(B. 1948\): Study For Bound Figure | Abell Auction | $400
9. 2024-08-07 | James George Morphesis \(B. 1948\): Tales of the Greeks \(Diptych\) | Abell Auction | $350
10. 2024-06-11 | Jim Morphesis \(b. 1948\), "Quarter of Beef" | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,376
11. 2023-11-21 | Jim Morphesis \(b. 1948\), "Icarus Figure in White," 1990, Oil, acrylic, charcoal, and collage on panell, 46" H x 30" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $425
12. 2023-03-28 | James George Morphesis \(American B. 1948\): Untitled | Abell Auction | $650
13. 2022-11-17 | Jim Morphesis \(b. 1948\) Nothing's Perfect, 1985\-1986 Mixed media on panel 97\-1/2 | Heritage Auctions | $1,200
14. 2022-11-07 | JIM MORPHESIS \(New York/California, born 1948\) lar | O'Gallerie | $20
15. 2022-10-03 | JIM MORPHESIS \(New York/California, born 1948\) large serigraph, "Icarus Rising," 1991. | O'Gallerie | $120
16. 2022-05-03 | JIM MORPHESIS SERIGRAPH | O'Gallerie | $130
17. 2022-01-18 | JIM MORPHESIS SERIGRAPH | O'Gallerie | $250
18. 2021-07-29 | JIM MORPHESIS \(B. 1948\): "NAVIGATOR" | Abell Auction | $800
19. 2021-05-23 | JIM MORPHESIS: "NAVIGATOR" | Abell Auction | N/A
20. 2021-02-25 | JIM MORPHESIS \(B. 1948\): "ICARUS FALLING \(NOBLE ATTEMPTS\)" | Abell Auction | $3,750
21. 2021-02-25 | JIM MORPHESIS \(B. 1948\): UNTITLED | Abell Auction | $1,300
22. 2011-05-24 | Jim Morphesis \(American, born 1948\) Independence Day, 1988 overall 47 x 68in | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2011-05-24 | Jim Morphesis \(American, born 1948\) Dreamer, 1988 27 1/4 x 42in | Bonhams | N/A

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