# James Turrell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:52:50.766Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 132
- Lots with prices: 100
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-18
- Median realised price: $4,466
- Price range: $100 to $337,000

## Market Takeaway
James Turrell shows solid auction liquidity with 131 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,466. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,466\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $220 and $16,250.
- 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: 34% (34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35% (35 sales)
- $10,000\+: 31% (31 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $7,000
- Previous 12 months median: $3,600
- Median shift: 94.4%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-18
- Days since latest sale: 92
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 41 lots
- Sworders: 35 lots
- Sotheby's: 14 lots
- Germann Auction House Ltd: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-18 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) 'Roden Crater Suite' Lithograph Assortment | Leonard Auction | $7,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-turrell-american-b-1943-roden-crater-suite-lithograph-assortment-143-c-0d05e43bb9
2. 2025-01-23 | James Turrell "Emblemata 1636" & "Penzance Eclipse" | Artemis Fine Arts | $1,600
3. 2025-11-06 | Emblemata signed by James Turrell | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-emblemata-signed-by-james-turrell-89-c-36948aa5b7
4. 2025-08-22 | James Turrell, Lapsed Quaker Ware cup and saucer | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,100
5. 2025-02-27 | JAMES TURRELL \(B. 1943\). 2\-O\-R. hologram and glass construction23 1/8 x 34 | Christie's | N/A
6. 2025-02-25 | James Turrell, From the Guggenheim, Set 1, General Color, Horizontal | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $13,000
7. 2024-11-20 | James Turrell \(b. 1943\) Mapping Spaces \(two pl.\), 1987 | Millon & Associes | €1,800
8. 2024-10-25 | JAMES TURRELL \(B. 1943\). Still Light. Each Image: 32 ¾ x 23 ½ in. \(832 x 59 | Christie's | $25,200
9. 2024-10-17 | James Turrell \(né en 1943\). Sans titre. hologramme et construction en verre | Christie's | €113,400
10. 2024-06-26 | James Turrell, 1943, Fumarole, from ?Mapping Spaces? | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 2,200
11. 2024-06-25 | James Turrell, 1943, Roden Crater | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 3,600
12. 2024-05-17 | JAMES TURRELL \(B. 1943\) 2\-O\-R hologram and glass construction 23 1⁄8 x 34 1 | Christie's | N/A
13. 2024-05-11 | James Turrell – Squat / Juke / Carn / Alta | Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen | €8,500
14. 2023-06-26 | JAMES TURRELL \(born 1943\) Four Lights Installations, Collector's Deluxe Edi | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €750
15. 2023-06-21 | James Turrell, 1943, Black Valcona | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
16. 2023-06-01 | James Turrell, Key Lime | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $5,500
17. 2023-03-08 | JAMES TURRELL \(B. 1943\) Image Stone: Moon Side Each Sheet: 18 3/8 x 15 in. | Christie's | $8,190
18. 2023-03-07 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £440
19. 2023-03-07 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £220
20. 2023-03-07 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £160
21. 2023-03-07 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £230
22. 2023-03-07 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £210
23. 2023-02-17 | JAMES TURRELL \(B. 1943\) The Crater, Before, 1982 | Bonhams | $8,000
24. 2023-01-31 | James Turrell \(American, b.1943\) | Sworders | £300

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