# James Wells Champney - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T20:02:41.437Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 72
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2002-12-08
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-29
- Median realised price: $720
- Price range: $125 to $10,665

## Market Takeaway
James Wells Champney shows solid auction liquidity with 72 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $720. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($720\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $375 and $1,610.
- 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: 55.3% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.4% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $312
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-29
- Days since latest sale: 173
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 10 lots
- Skinner: 8 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 6 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 2 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 2 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-29 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(AMERICAN, 1843\-1903\) "MOONLIT BANKS OF THE ST. JOHN" PAINTING | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $312
2. 2024-04-29 | James Wells CHAMPNEY \(1843–1903\) Mademoiselle Doré Pastel on paper 65.5 x 53cm, oval | Leonard Joel | A$1,000
3. 2023-07-29 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(1843\-1903\) | John McInnis Auctioneers | $1,800
4. 2023-06-13 | James Wells Champney, "Grandma's Valentine" | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | N/A
5. 2023-04-20 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(Massachusetts/New York, 1843\-1903\), “Parterre du Nord, Versailles”, 1893., Watercolor on cream wove paper, 14.75” x 21.25”. Unframed. | Eldred's | $425
6. 2023-04-07 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(Massachusetts/New York, 1843\-1903\), Riverside vista., Pastel, 11” x 16” sight. Framed 19” x 25”. | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2023-03-31 | James Wells Champney \(American, 1843\-1903\) Portrait of Madame Royale and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, After Lebrun | Cottone Auctions | $500
8. 2022-12-06 | James Wells Champney \(American, 1843\-1903\) At the Well | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
9. 2022-10-01 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(American 1843\-1903\) A PAINTING, "A Rug Seller," PROBABLY NEW YORK, | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $650
10. 2022-09-15 | James Wells Champney Oil Portrait Study of Peasant | Greenwich Auction | $125
11. 2022-04-01 | James Wells Champney | Charlton Hall | $125
12. 2022-01-27 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(Massachusetts/New York, 1843\-1903\), Riverside vista., Pastel, 11” x 16” sight. Framed 19” x 25”. | Eldred's | N/A
13. 2022-01-08 | James Wells Champney \(American, 1843\-1903\) | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $450
14. 2021-11-14 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(NY/MA, 1843\-1903\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $150
15. 2021-07-28 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(Massachusetts/New York, 1843\-1903\), "Never Too Late to Mend"., Oil on mahogany panel, 13” x 9.25”. Framed 17.25” x 14.25”. | Eldred's | N/A
16. 2021-07-28 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(Massachusetts/New York, 1843\-1903\), A young boy fishing for crab., Gouache, 9.25” x 7”. Framed 15.5” x 17.5”. | Eldred's | $250
17. 2021-01-28 | James Wells Champney oil on canvas interior scene | Pook & Pook Inc. | $475
18. 2020-11-21 | James Wells Champney oil, boy fishing | William Smith Auctions | $1,500
19. 2020-09-24 | James Wells Champney, sketchbook of Southern life | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800
20. 2020-09-23 | James Wells Champney, Versailles in Spring | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,200
21. 2020-08-29 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(MA/NY, 1843\-1903\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2020-04-05 | James Wells Champney \- River Seine | Westchester Fine Art | N/A
23. 2019-06-03 | James Wells Champney \(American, 1843\-1903\) after Jean\-Marc Nattier \(French, 1685\-1766\) Madame Sophie of France 25 x 22 1/2in \(63.5 x 57.2cm\) | Bonhams | $4,825
24. 2018-12-08 | JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY \(American, 1843\-1903\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $150

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