# James Lesesne Wells - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:22:59.008Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 94
- Lots with prices: 69
- First auction date: 2004-09-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-13
- Median realised price: $2,200
- Price range: $375 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
James Lesesne Wells has 94 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,200. 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 \($2,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,375 to $4,500\) 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: 14.5% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 79.7% (55 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.8% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $375
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 136
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 60 lots
- Black Art Auction: 18 lots
- Weschler's: 10 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | James Lesesne Wells \(after\), 1902\-1993, lot of two posters | Black Art Auction | $375
2. 2024-10-03 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Aspiration. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
3. 2024-04-04 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Steel Mill II. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,500
4. 2023-10-19 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Profile No. 2. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2025-10-07 | James Lesesne Wells \(1902\-1993\), African Phantasy, 1928. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,540
6. 2025-04-03 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) African Phantasy. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
7. 2025-03-15 | James Lesesne Wells, 1902\-1993, collection of 6 drawings and a watercolor | Black Art Auction | $4,500
8. 2024-12-14 | James Lesesne Wells, 1902\-1993, Sisters | Black Art Auction | $1,000
9. 2024-10-03 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Untitled \(World War II Scene\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2024-10-03 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Looking Upward. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
11. 2024-10-03 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) The Winding Road. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
12. 2024-09-14 | James Lesesne Wells, 1902\-1993, Circus Riders | Black Art Auction | N/A
13. 2024-09-14 | James Lesesne Wells, 1902\-1993, Orpheus and the Musicians | Black Art Auction | $850
14. 2024-04-04 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Jonah and The Whale. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
15. 2023-12-08 | James Lesesne Wells \(American 1902\-1993\), Jonah and the Whale, Linoleum cut on Japan paper, 1963, Sight size: 381 x 279 mm \(15 x 11 in\) | Weschler's | $500
16. 2023-12-08 | James Lesesne Wells \(American 1902\-1993\), Interlude, Oil on linen, 40 x 30 in \(101.6 x 76.2 cm\) | Weschler's | $4,000
17. 2023-10-19 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Star Gazing. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
18. 2023-06-16 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS, STILL LIFE WITH VIOLIN, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A
19. 2023-05-20 | James Lesesne Wells, 1902\-1993, Portrait of a Young Man | Black Art Auction | $7,000
20. 2023-04-06 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Looking Upward. | Swann Auction Galleries | $8,125
21. 2023-04-06 | JAMES LESESNE WELLS \(1902 \- 1993\) Carousel. | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,875
22. 2023-03-10 | James Lesesne Wells \(American 1902\-1993\), Vase of Flowers, Woodcut in color on Japan paper, circa 1972, Sight size: 768 x 432 mm \(30\-1/4 x 17 in\) | Weschler's | $1,700
23. 2023-03-10 | James Lesesne Wells \(American 1902\-1993\), Husband and Wife, Senegal, Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 in \(88.9 x 61 cm\) | Weschler's | $5,000
24. 2023-03-10 | James Lesesne Wells \(American 1902\-1993\), Untitled: Group of Six Illustrations, Each ink on paper with page numbers, inscriptions and layout directions inscribed in graphite, Largest: 14\-1/2 x 15\-1/2 in \(36.8 x 39.4 cm\) | Weschler's | $900

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