# James Waltham Curtis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T09:12:35.936Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 64
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2003-05-08
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $1,703
- Price range: $240 to $11,000

## Market Takeaway
James Waltham Curtis shows solid auction liquidity with 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,703. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,703\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,080 and $5,736.
- 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: 15.8% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 76.3% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.9% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,400
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 10 lots
- Gibson's: 7 lots
- Lawsons: 7 lots
- Kim's Auction: 6 lots
- Leonard Joel: 6 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 4 lots
- Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Clark's Auction Company: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\), watercolour, Colonial Landscape, 23cm x 32cm | Woodlands Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-10-19 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\), On the Track to the Dandenong Ranges | Gibson's | A$5,500
3. 2025-10-19 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\), Drover and Horses by a Creek 1887 | Gibson's | A$2,000
4. 2025-10-19 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\), The Wagon Team in the Forest 1888 | Gibson's | N/A
5. 2025-08-20 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\), Escaping the Blaze 1895\-96 | Menzies | A$11,000
6. 2025-08-03 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS, 1839\-1901, Colonial Scene, oil on board, 12x32cm | Lawsons | N/A
7. 2025-06-25 | James Waltham Curtis \(Australian, 1839\-1901\) | Cheffins | N/A
8. 2024-06-02 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\) "SETTLERS HUT" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2024-03-23 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\) \- Droving them Home, watercolour, | Kim's Auction | A$1,400
10. 2024-01-28 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\)\-Droving them Home | Kim's Auction | A$1,500
11. 2023-10-29 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839\-1901\), Droving Home 1889 | Gibson's | A$2,600
12. 2023-10-01 | James Waltham Curtis watercolour 'Horses' | Kim's Auction | A$1,500
13. 2023-04-27 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \- DRY BLOWER KALGOORLIE \- Pencil drawing | GFL Fine Art | A$240
14. 2023-04-16 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\) ''On the road. | E J Ainger | A$2,200
15. 2023-04-16 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(CIRCA 1839\-1901\), Potato Farm, Burke Road, 1888 | Gibson's | A$7,000
16. 2023-02-20 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\) On the road, Fernshawe,oil on board, initialled lower left and dated 88 and inscribed in ink to verso\-see photos | Artvisory | N/A
17. 2022-10-16 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS "GALLOPING FOR LIFE" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$8,000
18. 2022-03-06 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS "RETURNING HOME"Superb large Australian Colonial oil painting on canvas signed lower left. 91cm x 71cm | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$11,000
19. 2021-11-28 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\)\- Horses Grazing | Kim's Auction | A$1,750
20. 2021-11-23 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \- RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH FARM \- Oil on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$6,500
21. 2021-08-21 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\) Australia, untitled view, watercolour on paper pasted down, signed lower left and dated 89, Ex Athenaeum Club, Castlereagh St, Sydney, saved from The Great fire of Sydney… | Vickers & Hoad | N/A
22. 2021-08-08 | James Waltham Curtis \(1839\-1901\) Settlers Shack | Kim's Auction | A$1,600
23. 2021-08-08 | James Waltham Curtis \( 1839\-1901\) By the Camp Fire | Kim's Auction | A$2,400
24. 2021-07-29 | JAMES WALTHAM CURTIS \(1839 \- 1901\) Horses Grazing watercolour 50 x 31 cm \(frame: 70 x 85 x 4 cm\) signed lower left | Lawsons | N/A

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