# James Mcbey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:03:02.585Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 611
- Lots with prices: 465
- First auction date: 1988-09-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-24
- Median realised price: $460
- Price range: $20 to $38,000

## Market Takeaway
James Mcbey shows deep auction liquidity with 335 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($450\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $220 and $1,250.
- 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: 69.3% (185 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.8% (77 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.9% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $140
- Median shift: 7.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lyon & Turnbull: 124 lots
- Christie's: 63 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 48 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 47 lots
- McTear's: 30 lots
- Sotheby's: 30 lots
- Bonhams: 29 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 18 lots
- Phillips: 12 lots
- Skinner: 10 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | James McBey 1883\-1959 Battle Scene Etching SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-mcbey-1883-1959-battle-scene-etching-signed-605-c-7717aa5024
2. 2025-10-19 | James McBey \(1883\-1959\), Etching | Locati LLC | $60
3. 2025-09-12 | James McBey Etching, "Sinai, Midday Halt" | Neue Auctions | $200
4. 2025-08-03 | James McBey \(1883\-1959, USA, UK\) Etching of Port Scene | Main Auction Galleries | $60
5. 2025-04-29 | JAMES MCBEY \(England/America, 1883\-1959\), Three landscapes:, Etchings on laid paper, sheets from 7.75" x 11" to 10.25" x 14.25". Matted. | Eldred's | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-mcbey-england-america-1883-1959-three-landscapes-etchings-on-laid-paper-sheets-from-7-75-x-11-to-10-25-x-14-25-matted-7049-c-cd241e3b0d
6. 2025-03-06 | JAMES MCBEY \(1883 \- 1959\) Five traveling sketchbooks. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,340
7. 2025-02-16 | James McBey \(1883\-1959, USA, UK\) Etching of Port Scene | Main Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2024-12-12 | James McBey \(Scottish, 1883\-1959\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $90
9. 2024-08-27 | James McBey, "Portrait of George Willets Davison" | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $150
10. 2024-08-20 | James McBey \(Scottish 1883\-1959\), The Bridge by Night, Drypoint Etching, Signed l.r., Frame: 20 x 15 in. \(50.8 x 38.1 cm.\) | Weschler's | $65
11. 2024-06-25 | James McBey \(Scottish, 1883\-1959\), 'The Passing Gondola', dry point etching, 21 x 26.5cm | Gorringes | N/A
12. 2024-06-23 | JAMES MCBEY, Etchings and Dry Points From 1902 to 1924... | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$220
13. 2024-06-11 | James McBey, | Roseberys | £320
14. 2024-04-12 | JAMES MCBEY ETCHING | Wiederseim Associates, Inc. | N/A
15. 2024-02-27 | James McBey \- Ebbsfleet near Sandwich, Kent  | Roseberys | £140
16. 2024-02-09 | JAMES MCBEY ETCHING | Wiederseim Associates, Inc. | $200
17. 2024-02-09 | JAMES MCBEY ETCHING | Wiederseim Associates, Inc. | $325
18. 2024-01-29 | JAMES MCBEY \(England/America, 1883\-1959\), "Artist and Model", 1925., Etching, sheet 11" x 6.5". Matted 16" x 11". | Eldred's | N/A
19. 2023-11-10 | JAMES MCBEY \(UK, 1883\-1959\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $100
20. 2023-07-26 | James McBey 1883\-1959 Antique Landscape Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $550
21. 2023-07-19 | James Mcbey \(1883\-1959\), 'The Letter', a study of a pensive female figure, watercolour, signed, 10" x 11" \(26 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £750
22. 2023-07-08 | James McBey \(1883\-1959\), Gerona, c.1921 | Peterborough Auctions | N/A
23. 2023-06-14 | JAMES MCBEY \(America/United Kingdom, 1883\-1959\), “Havana Harbor”, 1940., Etching on laid paper, 6.75” x 12.75”. Framed 16.75” x 21.75”. | Eldred's | $80
24. 2023-06-14 | JAMES MCBEY \(England/America, 1883\-1959\), New York City scene, 1930., Watercolor on paper, 18" x 11.5". Framed 26.5" x 19.5". | Eldred's | $250

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