# James Lawson Balfour - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:05:44.051Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 14
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2003-04-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-18
- Median realised price: $180
- Price range: $40 to $2,160

## Market Takeaway
James Lawson Balfour has 14 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. 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 \($180\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($110 to $500\) 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: 83.3% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-18
- Days since latest sale: 316
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- JD's Auctions: 3 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 1 lots
- Andersons Art Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- DejaVu Estate Sales & Auctions: 1 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-18 | James Lawson Balfour \(1870\-1966\), | Aalders Auctions | A$50
2. 2024-06-26 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR \(1870\-1966\) Tea\-time in the Gardens 1925 watercolour 21 x 19.5cm \(44 x 42cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$200
3. 2024-05-14 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR, OIL STUDY OF HEAD WITH HAT, 1925 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
4. 2023-12-02 | James Lawson Balfour \(Australian, 1870\-1966\), Landscape with Pond | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $150
5. 2023-05-23 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR \- PORTRAIT \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | N/A
6. 2022-08-08 | James Lawson Balfour \(Australian, 1870\-1966\) Landscape Painting, 1950s | Kensington Estate Auctions | $130
7. 2021-03-22 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR ORIGINAL PAINTING 10" | DejaVu Estate Sales & Auctions | $40
8. 2020-11-08 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR \(1870\-1966\) Early Spring | Gibson's | A$180
9. 2018-03-31 | James Lawson Balfour O/C River Landscape | JD's Auctions | $275
10. 2017-12-02 | James Lawson Balfour O/C | JD's Auctions | $500
11. 2017-12-02 | James Lawson Balfour O/C | JD's Auctions | $500
12. 2012-06-24 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR \(1870\-1966\) Figure Resting by the Tree 1907 oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$2,160
13. 2012-05-30 | James Lawson Balfour \(1870\-1966\) Australian | Andersons Art Auctions | £110
14. 2003-04-02 | JAMES LAWSON BALFOUR \(1870\-1966\) | Christie's | $1,603

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