# James Welling - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:01:00.179Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 184
- Lots with prices: 118
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $3,840
- Price range: $60 to $35,000

## Market Takeaway
James Welling shows deep auction liquidity with 184 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,840. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,840\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,500 and $7,800.
- 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: 21.2% (25 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 59.3% (70 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19.5% (23 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $3,250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 71 lots
- Phillips: 28 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 7 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 5 lots
- Piasa: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | James Welling, War | Wright | $100
2. 2025-12-16 | JAMES WELLING \(B. 1951\). 6618 \(From the series Painted Glass House\). acryli | Christie's | $1,524
3. 2025-12-11 | James Welling, Hooks | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $400
4. 2025-12-10 | James Welling, polaroid polapan print | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,500
5. 2025-07-18 | JAMES WELLING \(B. 1951\). 011. chromogenic print14 x 11 in. \(35.6 x 27.9 cm. | Christie's | $6,048
6. 2025-06-18 | JAMES WELLING \(°1951\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €600
7. 2025-06-18 | JAMES WELLING \(°1951\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €600
8. 2025-05-23 | James Welling, Glass House | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
9. 2025-04-17 | JAMES WELLING \(B.1951\). Untitled \(a group of six Polaroids\), 1987. some ini | Christie's | $6,300
10. 2025-04-15 | James Welling \(American, b. 1951\) Finishing Room, Jacquartronic Bobbin Array \#2, and Quality Control \(a group of 3 works\), 1993 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $400
11. 2025-02-13 | JAMES WELLING \(1951\- \) 6 Railroads. Circa 1987; printed 1991. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-welling-1951-6-railroads-circa-1987-printed-1991-221-c-9df4f82999
12. 2024-11-14 | JAMES WELLING \- NIGHT | Capsule Gallery Auction | $750
13. 2024-10-25 | James Welling, CP Local Freight Buckingham Quebec | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $700
14. 2024-10-22 | James Welling \- Ellwood Beach 25 \- 2011 Giclee \- SIGNED 11" x 17" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-10-03 | JAMES WELLING \(B. 1951\). H1. chromogenic print, in artist's frame image: 93 | Christie's | €8,820
16. 2024-10-03 | JAMES WELLING \(B. 1951\). Mystery \#14. chromogenic print, in artist's frame | Christie's | €4,788
17. 2024-06-18 | James Welling \- Ellwood Beach 25 \- 2011 Giclee \- SIGNED 11" x 17" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
18. 2024-04-05 | James Welling \(born 1951\); 7484; | Bonhams | $6,500
19. 2023-12-07 | James Welling, Ellwood Beach 25 | Wright | $350
20. 2023-12-06 | JAMES WELLING \(°1951\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2023-12-05 | James Welling \- Ellwood Beach 25 \- 2011 Giclee \- SIGNED 11" x 17" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
22. 2023-11-19 | James Welling \(American b. 1951\) | Fine Estate Inc. | $850
23. 2023-11-19 | James Welling \(American b. 1951\) | Fine Estate Inc. | $850
24. 2023-11-15 | James Welling \(b. 1951\) "Cornerstone, Immanuel Baptist Church, Newton MA" | Veritas Art Auctioneers | N/A

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