# Jay Contway - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:31:50.270Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2005-08-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-31
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $100 to $1,800

## Market Takeaway
Jay Contway has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($325 to $800\) 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: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 17.6% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $325
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-31
- Days since latest sale: 272
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Waddington's: 5 lots
- Davis Brothers Auction: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 2 lots
- North American Auction Company: 2 lots
- Allard Auctions: 1 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Jackson Hole Art Auction: 1 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-31 | Jay Contway "Texas Longhorn" 1969 Bronze Sculpture | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $325
2. 2024-12-01 | Jay Contway Oil on Board Painting | Davis Brothers Auction | $900
3. 2024-06-08 | Jay Contway Oil on Board Painting | Davis Brothers Auction | $800
4. 2023-05-25 | JAY CONTWAY \(AMERICAN 1935\-;2019\) | Chiswick Auctions | £100
5. 2023-02-26 | JAY CONTWAY \(MT, 1935 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,800
6. 2023-02-18 | Jay Contway \(1935\-\), Wyoming Centennial \- 1990 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $1,100
7. 2022-08-13 | Jay Contway \(1935\-2019\) Bill Linderman Bronze | North American Auction Company | $100
8. 2022-04-30 | JAY CONTWAY OIL ON BOARD INDIAN PAINTING | Davis Brothers Auction | $700
9. 2020-06-19 | Jay Contway \| Turnin 'Em North | Altermann Galleries | $600
10. 2019-11-08 | Jay Contway \| Bronc Rider | Altermann Galleries | $800
11. 2017-04-29 | Jay Contway "New Life" Original Bronze Sculpture | North American Auction Company | $200
12. 2016-02-14 | JAY CONTWAY \(MT, 1935 \- \) \- "Saddle Bronc", painted cast bronze, signed on base and numbered 10/24, mounted on a wooden base with a concealed turntable, titled on brass tag. 19 1/2" x 16" x 11". Fine condition. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $500
13. 2015-11-15 | JAY CONTWAY \(MT, 1935 \- \) \- "Saddle Bronc", painted cast bronze, signed on base and numbered 10/24, mounted on a wooden base with a concealed turntable, titled on brass tag | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2015-06-25 | Jay Contway \(American, b.1935\), BRONCO BUSTER, height 13.25" \- 33.7 cm. | Waddington's | CA$330
15. 2015-06-25 | Jay Contway \(American, b.1935\), ROY ROGERS AND TRIGGER, height 17" \- 43.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$168
16. 2015-04-30 | Jay Contway \(American, b.1935\), HOWLING COYOTES, height 5.20" — 13.2 cm. \(3 Pieces\) | Waddington's | CA$348
17. 2015-04-30 | Jay Contway \(American, b.1935\), ROY ROGERS AND TRIGGER, height 17" — 43.2 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
18. 2015-04-30 | Jay Contway \(American, b.1935\), BRONCO BUSTER, height 13.25" — 33.7 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
19. 2011-11-21 | Jay Contway \(American, born 1935\) Cattle drive height with base: 18 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2011-08-09 | Jay Contway \(American, born 1935\) Indians on horseback, 1982 height with base: 22 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2011-08-09 | Jay Contway \(American, born 1935\) The rep, 1982 height with base: 15in | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2011-07-17 | Jay Contway \(American, born 1935\) Lookin' for bad guys, 1984 height with base: 12in | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2011-06-26 | Jay Contway \(American, born 1935\) Bust of a smiling cowboy height with base: 10 1/2in | Bonhams | $488
24. 2005-08-13 | Jay Contway | Allard Auctions | $1,400

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