# James Thurber - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:53:57.595Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 28
- First auction date: 2006-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-17
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $140 to $7,500

## Market Takeaway
James Thurber shows developing auction liquidity with 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $460 and $2,400.
- 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: 53.6% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.4% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $750
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-17
- Days since latest sale: 246
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 6 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Illustration House: 2 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 2 lots
- RR Auction: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots
- Apple Tree Auction Center: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-20 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) The War Between Men and Women. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
2. 2025-06-17 | JAMES THURBER \(1894 \- 1961\) Civilization. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
3. 2025-03-27 | James Thurber \(American, 1894–1961\) A Pair of Fencing Illustrations | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,000
4. 2022-12-15 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) "Lady Macbeth." \(SHAKESPEARE\) | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
5. 2022-12-15 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) \(THE NEW YORKER\) "Her Maid Told Ours That She Has a Red Heart Tattooed Above Her Knee." | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,900
6. 2022-12-15 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) "Romeo and Juliet." \(SHAKESPEARE\) | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,040
7. 2022-10-27 | JAMES THURBER \(1894 \- 1961\): DOG ON WALK | Abell Auction | $7,500
8. 2022-06-09 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) "The Elephant and the Hunter." | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
9. 2022-06-02 | James Thurber & E.B. White PRESENTATION COPIES WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS | Christie's | $6,930
10. 2021-06-24 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) “Laissez faire and let laissez faire is what I believe in.” \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,500
11. 2018-11-20 | James Thurber \(1894\-1961\) \- Now don't you worry for a minute ... I'll drive the car. | Christie's | £6,500
12. 2018-11-14 | JAMES THURBER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $140
13. 2018-06-10 | JAMES THURBER \(AMERICAN, 1894\-1961\) THURBER AND HIS CIRCLE PENCIL ON PAPER 10\-1/ | Heritage Auctions | $2,400
14. 2017-12-20 | JAMES THURBER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $180
15. 2017-10-15 | James Thurber \(Ohio, 1894 \- 1961\), "Atonement," \(Picking a Flower\), ink on paper | Huntington Museum of Art | $1,800
16. 2017-09-07 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\) INK ON PAPER, "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN", IMAGE SIZE 7.5" X 10.25" | Apple Tree Auction Center | $450
17. 2017-05-25 | JAMES THURBER \(1894\-1961\). WASHINGTON SQUARE / OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION. 1935. 14x11 inches, 35x28 cm. Irons\-Snell Printing Co., New York | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
18. 2016-06-25 | James Thurber \(1894\-1961\) pair of ink drawings \(in one frame\), Cartoon sketches "Chop 4 Worms" and Chop 2 "First You Get a Dog", bot... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $720
19. 2016-04-20 | Pen and Ink Drawing by James Thurber | Litchfield Auctions | $650
20. 2016-04-20 | James Thurber, Am., 1894\-1961, "The Sleepwalker" | Litchfield Auctions | $500
21. 2015-11-15 | JAMES THURBER \(OH/NY, 1894\-1961\) \- "The story really goes back to when I was a teensy\-weensy little girl | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,100
22. 2015-07-09 | JAMES THURBER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $260
23. 2014-09-10 | JAMES THURBER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $800
24. 2012-08-15 | James Thurber | RR Auction | $198

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