# James May - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T20:09:05.384Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2011-06-08
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-29
- Median realised price: $100
- Price range: $8 to $600

## Market Takeaway
James May has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($40 to $220\) 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: 100% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $8
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-29
- Days since latest sale: 517
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Gormleys Art Auctions: 8 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 6 lots
- Chaucer Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-29 | James May signed Railways and Tramways FDC. 10/2/88 Douglas postmark. Good condition. All autographs | Chaucer Auctions | N/A
2. 2024-11-01 | James May signed 6x4 inch colour promo photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate | Chaucer Auctions | £8
3. 2018-06-05 | James May \- Fields of Colour | Gormleys Art Auctions | £340
4. 2018-03-13 | James May \- Two Bushes | Gormleys Art Auctions | £40
5. 2018-03-13 | James May \- Thunderstorm | Gormleys Art Auctions | £40
6. 2017-11-28 | James May \- The Message | Gormleys Art Auctions | N/A
7. 2017-09-05 | James May \- The Grey Gable | Gormleys Art Auctions | £600
8. 2017-02-28 | James May | Gormleys Art Auctions | £100
9. 2014-10-14 | James May \- Square and Circle | Gormleys Art Auctions | £160
10. 2014-09-10 | James May \- THE AGE OF CONSEIT \- Mixed Media \- 13 | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | £50
11. 2014-06-04 | James May \- THE AGE OF CONSEIT \- Mixed Media \- 13 | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2014-06-04 | James May \- TWO IN THE GREEN FIELD \- Mixed Media \- | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | £220
13. 2014-06-04 | James May \- WHEN SUMMER DIED \- Mixed Media \- 27 x | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | £100
14. 2014-06-04 | James May \- EMPTY & BEAUTIFUL \- Mixed Media \- 9 x | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | £70
15. 2011-10-25 | Sitting on the Fence | Gormleys Art Auctions | N/A
16. 2011-06-08 | James May | Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers | £300

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