# James Lee Byars - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T07:47:21.673Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 213
- Lots with prices: 145
- First auction date: 2001-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-05
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $60 to $460,000

## Market Takeaway
James Lee Byars shows deep auction liquidity with 213 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $300 and $2,800.
- 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: 53.8% (78 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37.9% (55 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (12 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 15
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $550
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 83.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 82 lots
- Wright: 30 lots
- Sotheby's: 13 lots
- Christie's: 10 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 7 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 6 lots
- Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer: 6 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 6 lots
- Piasa: 5 lots
- Phillips: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-05 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) – 3 Briefumschläge an Heliod Spiekermann \(3 envelopes to Heliod Spiekermann\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
2. 2025-11-26 | James Lee Byars, The black paper on art. 1982. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €110
3. 2025-10-22 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\). The Cube Book. marble, wood, glass and metal k | Christie's | £44,450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-lee-byars-1932-1997-the-cube-book-marble-wood-glass-and-metal-k-927-c-f2f5c1abea
4. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €500
5. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €600
6. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €550
7. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €500
8. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €500
9. 2025-09-20 | James Lee Byars \(1932 Detroit \- Kairo 1997\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,200
10. 2025-07-17 | James Lee Byars \(German, 1932 \- 1997\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-lee-byars-german-1932-1997-2-c-f664f038f0
11. 2025-06-23 | James Lee Byars, 1932\-1997, Brief No. 4 | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
12. 2025-06-23 | James Lee Byars, 1932\-1997, Brief No. 3 | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
13. 2025-06-05 | James Lee BYARS | Artcurial | €28,000
14. 2025-04-29 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,500
15. 2025-04-29 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €240
16. 2024-12-05 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €220
17. 2024-12-05 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €240
18. 2024-12-05 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €300
19. 2024-12-05 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €300
20. 2024-06-26 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £3,840
21. 2024-06-21 | JAMES LEE BYARS, LETTER TO RUDI FUCHS, POET RUBY FUCHS | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €440
22. 2024-06-20 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
23. 2024-06-19 | James Lee Byars 1932–1997 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 60,000
24. 2024-04-25 | JAMES LEE BYARS \(1932\-1997\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A

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