# James Tormey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T00:01:12.745Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2016-06-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-29
- Median realised price: $350
- Price range: $50 to $800

## Market Takeaway
James Tormey has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($350\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $450\) 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% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $250
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-29
- Days since latest sale: 12
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Auction: 4 lots
- Market Auctions: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- California Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- Willow Auction House: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-24 | James Tormey \(American, 1938\-2017\) 'Myriad Reflections' Oil on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-tormey-american-1938-2017-myriad-reflections-oil-on-canvas-162-c-4cc5a6c5e9
2. 2024-08-28 | James Tormey \(American, b.1938\) "Candyland" Oil on Canvas | Market Auctions | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-tormey-american-b-1938-candyland-oil-on-canvas-118-c-07949699e6
3. 2024-06-26 | James Tormey \(American, b.1938\) "Candyland" Oil on Canvas | Market Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-tormey-american-b-1938-candyland-oil-on-canvas-27-c-7744031a86
4. 2026-04-29 | James Tormey \(American, 1938\-2017\) 'Myriad Reflections' Oil on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-tormey-american-1938-2017-myriad-reflections-oil-on-canvas-142-c-6a4384982f
5. 2025-09-05 | JAMES TORMEY \(1938\-2017\) STILL LIFE PAINTING, CITRUS URN, 23" x 26" | Austin Auction Gallery | $250
6. 2025-06-10 | James Tormey \(American, b. 1938\), Apples, Lithograph, Signed and dated 76 l.r. and titled l.l., Frame: 15 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. \(39.4 x 46.4 cm.\) | Weschler's | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-tormey-american-b-1938-apples-lithograph-signed-and-dated-76-l-r-and-titled-l-l-frame-15-1-2-x-18-1-4-in-39-4-x-46-4-cm-337-c-fec4a5da0f
7. 2024-08-26 | James Tormey \(American, 1938\-2017\), oil on canvas, still life of a backlit green cabbage beneath an architectural motif, signed lower right, inscribed verso, framed, wear consistent with age, including paint splatter ... | Winter Associates, Inc. | N/A
8. 2024-04-07 | James Tormey Oil on Canvas 'Citrus Urn' | California Auctioneers | $350
9. 2024-01-31 | James Tormey 1938\-2017 Eggs on a Aqueduct Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $650
10. 2023-09-17 | James Tormey \(American, 1938\-2017\) 'Pears' Oil on Board | Leonard Auction | $800
11. 2022-11-11 | JAMES TORMEY \(US, 1938\-2017\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $400
12. 2022-06-23 | James Tormey Oil on Canvas Still Life | Willow Auction House | $250
13. 2021-09-19 | James Tormey \(American, b.1938\) 'Crystal Facets with Pears' Oil on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $225
14. 2019-11-17 | JAMES TORMEY \(American, b. 1938\). SUNNY SIDE UP, signed and dated '71 lower right. Oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | $200
15. 2016-06-28 | James Tormey \(American, b 1938\), oil on canvas, Watermelon, signed lower right, 14" x 15" canvas, 15" x 16" overall | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $450

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