# James Guilford Swinnerton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-16T11:21:32.989Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 1986-12-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-18
- Median realised price: $770
- Price range: $135 to $6,325

## Market Takeaway
James Guilford Swinnerton shows developing auction liquidity with 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $768. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($768\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $440 and $1,280.
- 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: 64.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.3% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $440
- Previous 12 months median: $1,280
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-18
- Days since latest sale: 245
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 15 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-18 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Cliffs in Monument Valley | Santa Fe Art Auction | $420 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-cliffs-in-monument-valley-70-c-3d144c1b40
2. 2025-06-18 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Near Quartzsite, Arizona | Santa Fe Art Auction | $440 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-near-quartzsite-arizona-69-c-22f4ee8a4d
3. 2025-06-18 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Little Colorado | Santa Fe Art Auction | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-little-colorado-67-c-e85416cb0c
4. 2025-05-08 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Sunset | Santa Fe Art Auction | $442 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-sunset-324-c-1c84274984
5. 2025-05-08 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Blythe, California: Clearing Colorado River / Old Wood for Farming | Santa Fe Art Auction | $537 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-blythe-california-clearing-colorado-river-old-wood-for-farming-274-c-a3a4ce4948
6. 2025-05-08 | James Guilford Swinnerton, High Mountain Landscape | Santa Fe Art Auction | $799 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-high-mountain-landscape-219-c-da049ea9e5
7. 2025-04-16 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Desert Palms near Indio, ca. 1890 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $196 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-desert-palms-near-indio-ca-1890-33-c-0a645fab59
8. 2025-04-16 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Joshua Tree, California | Santa Fe Art Auction | $295 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-joshua-tree-california-32-c-d2f402094e
9. 2024-11-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Palm Springs California, ca. 1950 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-palm-springs-california-ca-1950-281-c-b6342ecbc2
10. 2024-11-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Smoke Tree, ca. 1950 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-smoke-tree-ca-1950-280-c-1b148879ed
11. 2024-11-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Desert Scene | Santa Fe Art Auction | $5,227 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-desert-scene-219-c-5154647bad
12. 2024-11-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Dry Sink Wash | Santa Fe Art Auction | $984 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-dry-sink-wash-212-c-12e4a08a2e
13. 2024-11-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Ruins of Hopi Trading Post | Santa Fe Art Auction | $4,305 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-ruins-of-hopi-trading-post-209-c-f7a4456a88
14. 2024-05-09 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Death Valley Sink, 1938 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $2,337 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-death-valley-sink-1938-255-c-e3a4df1b73
15. 2024-05-08 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Pair of Field Sketches: A Desert Corner \+ Coming Sunset Deserts Edge | Santa Fe Art Auction | $768 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-pair-of-field-sketches-a-desert-corner-coming-sunset-deserts-edge-170-c-fd8486bad6
16. 2016-04-30 | JAMES GUILFORD SWINNERTON \(American, 1875\-1974\). DESERT CLOUDS, signed and titled lower right. Oil on board. | Sloans & Kenyon | $135 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-american-1875-1974-desert-clouds-signed-and-titled-lower-right-oil-on-board-715-c-08d47c4b74
17. 2014-12-17 | JAMES GUILFORD SWINNERTON \(1875\-1974\). A CALIFORNIA BEAR CALENDAR. 1898. 22x16 inches, 56x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-1875-1974-a-california-bear-calendar-1898-22x16-inches-56x40-cm-205-c-72812f6041
18. 2014-03-15 | James Guilford Swinnerton | Brunk Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-519-c-6de3167bb1
19. 2013-04-14 | James Guilford Swinnerton, Painting, "On the Gold Trail Near Ely, Nevada" | Clars Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-painting-on-the-gold-trail-near-ely-nevada-2169-c-22121c5df7
20. 2004-06-29 | JAMES GUILFORD SWINNERTON 1875\-1974 | Sotheby's | $4,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-1875-1974-251-c-7onxbwssvg
21. 2006-07-16 | James Guilford Swinnerton \(American 1875\-1974\) Joshua Tree, California 12 x 16in | Bonhams | $418 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-american-1875-1974-joshua-tree-california-12-x-16in-7028-c-ec7v9yai9x
22. 2006-07-16 | James Guilford Swinnerton \(American 1875\-1974\) Desert Palms Near Indio, California 12 x 16in | Bonhams | $508 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-american-1875-1974-desert-palms-near-indio-california-12-x-16in-7027-c-ocbcnx6q8q
23. 2006-01-22 | James Guilford Swinnerton \(American 1875\-1974\) Desert Greys 12 x 16in | Bonhams | $568 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-american-1875-1974-desert-greys-12-x-16in-7039-c-ptsjzhqgs1
24. 2005-04-11 | James Guilford Swinnerton \(1875\-1974\) Humphrey's Peak, San Francisco Mountains, Arizona signed 'Swinnerton' \(lower right\) oil on masonite 16 x 11in E3000\-5000 Provenance: Property from a San Francisco Estate | Bonhams | $2,938 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-guilford-swinnerton-1875-1974-humphrey-s-peak-san-francisco-mountains-arizona-signed-swinnerton-lower-right-oil-on-masonite-16-x-11in-e3000-5000-provenance-property-from-a-san-francisco-estate-194-c-dbr67knany

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