# James Lee - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:09:13.842Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2015-04-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $762
- Price range: $10 to $70,000

## Market Takeaway
James Lee has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $762. 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 \($762\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($120 to $5,000\) 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: 52.2% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.8% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $65
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 160
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 8 lots
- Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG: 8 lots
- Black Art Auction: 3 lots
- Bradford's: 3 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-02 | James Lee Byars: 24hrs of Byars at Bellamy | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €1,200
2. 2024-05-31 | 2 Whale Ear Bone & Ivory Statues of Whales by James Lee | Artemis Gallery | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-2-whale-ear-bone-ivory-statues-of-whales-by-james-lee-180-c-8dd472489c
3. 2023-07-04 | James Lee Byars: Gold Dust | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | N/A
4. 2023-06-16 | James Lee Byars: Planet Sign | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 70,000
5. 2023-06-15 | James Lee Byars: The Black Giant with Ruby Glasses | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 16,000
6. 2023-06-15 | James Lee Byars: The Signature of the Artist | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 20,000
7. 2023-06-15 | James Lee Byars: Goldflügel | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 7,000
8. 2023-06-15 | James Lee Byars: Diamond Dust | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 5,000
9. 2023-06-15 | James Lee Byars: Gold Dust | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | N/A
10. 2021-09-16 | James Lee Byars: The 5 Continent Documenta 7 | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 5,500
11. 2025-11-19 | James Lee \(b. 1952\), "Sunset Shadows" | John Moran Auctioneers | $762
12. 2025-10-25 | James Lee \(b.1952\) Desert Landscape Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $65
13. 2024-02-24 | James Lee “Winter Monuments” Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $120
14. 2024-01-20 | James Lee \(b.1952\) 'Big Lawn' Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $85
15. 2024-01-13 | James Lee “Winter Monuments” Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $170
16. 2024-01-06 | James Lee \(b.1952\) Signed Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $45
17. 2023-07-29 | James Lee \(b.1952\) Desert Landscape Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $50
18. 2023-05-20 | James Lee, b. 1927, untitled, Abstract Composition | Black Art Auction | $2,800
19. 2022-06-04 | James Lee, b. 1927, untitled, Abstract Composition | Black Art Auction | $1,800
20. 2022-06-04 | James Lee, b. 1927, untitled, Abstract Composition | Black Art Auction | N/A
21. 2022-05-22 | JAMES LEE "QUAIL & CACTUS" MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $3,550
22. 2022-05-22 | JAMES LEE "QUAIL & POTTERY" MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $220
23. 2021-04-25 | JAMES LEE "POTS & QUAILS" MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $580
24. 2019-05-11 | James Lee \( Born 1952\), Mixed Media On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10

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