# James Swann - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:55:22.311Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 79
- Lots with prices: 72
- First auction date: 2006-12-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $15 to $2,200

## Market Takeaway
James Swann shows solid auction liquidity with 79 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($150\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $100 and $300.
- 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: 97.2% (70 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 2.8% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $160
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 16 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 11 lots
- Armstrong Fine Art: 7 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.: 5 lots
- District Auction: 3 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 2 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 2 lots
- Leighton Galleries: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | James SWANN: "The Shedd Aquarium". | Armstrong Fine Art | $100
2. 2025-12-06 | James Swann \(American, 1905\-1985\) drypoint | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $450
3. 2025-11-14 | James Swann, American 1905\-1985, Willow, etching with drypoint | Link Auction Galleries | $15 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-swann-american-1905-1985-willow-etching-with-drypoint-730-c-bb82180c62
4. 2025-10-23 | JAMES SWANN \(Illinois/Texas, 1905\-1985\), Three views of Chicago:, Etchings, 4.25" x 3". Framed 23" x 8". | Eldred's | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-swann-illinois-texas-1905-1985-three-views-of-chicago-etchings-4-25-x-3-framed-23-x-8-3079-c-bcc45268ff
5. 2025-01-17 | James Swann \(Am 1905\-1985\) Cuernavaca 1939 | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $20
6. 2024-12-31 | James Swann \(1905\-1985\) Antique Listed Texas Landscape Signed Framed Original Etching | Curated Gallery Auctions | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-swann-1905-1985-antique-listed-texas-landscape-signed-framed-original-etching-167-c-daf439988e
7. 2024-12-31 | James Swann \(1905\-1985\) Antique Listed Texas Landscape Signed Framed Original Etching | Curated Gallery Auctions | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-swann-1905-1985-antique-listed-texas-landscape-signed-framed-original-etching-166-c-1174b669bd
8. 2024-08-23 | JAMES SWANN \(IL/TX, 1905\-1985\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $300
9. 2024-07-20 | James SWANN: "Chicago Harbor" | Armstrong Fine Art | $150
10. 2024-07-20 | James SWANN: "Chicago from Lincoln Park" | Armstrong Fine Art | N/A
11. 2024-06-30 | James Swann \(1905\-1985\) Owl Etching Mimi \- Zuku c1930s | California Historical Design, Inc | $150
12. 2024-06-01 | James Swann \(American, 1905\-1985\) drypoint | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $425
13. 2024-03-23 | James SWANN : "Chicago Harbor" | Armstrong Fine Art | $275
14. 2024-03-07 | James Swann, Night in Chicago | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $650
15. 2023-11-10 | JAMES SWANN \(IL/TX, 1905\-1985\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $750
16. 2023-11-01 | JAMES SWANN, GLEN GOLTON, TREVA WHEETE AND OTHERS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $500
17. 2023-10-07 | James SWANN: "Japanese Stone Lantern". | Armstrong Fine Art | $175
18. 2023-10-07 | James SWANN: "The Changing Skyline" | Armstrong Fine Art | $450
19. 2023-07-22 | James Swann Etching, Lake Jara. | Direct Auction Galleries, Inc. | $450
20. 2023-07-08 | James Swann \(1905\-1985\), Valley Farm, 1941 | Peterborough Auctions | $90
21. 2023-06-16 | JAMES SWANN \(1905\-1985\) ETCHING PPM GIFT PRINT FOR 1964 | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $500
22. 2023-06-16 | JAMES SWANN \(1905\-1985\) ETCHING PPM GIFT PRINT FOR 1953 | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $180
23. 2023-03-28 | James Swann \(1905\-1985\) Etching | Akiba Galleries | N/A
24. 2023-03-19 | James Swann \(American, 1905\-1984\) Etchings | Leonard Auction | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-swann-american-1905-1984-etchings-141-c-03549f2b77

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