# John Wells James - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:56:15.393Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 51
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2003-06-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-22
- Median realised price: $2,223
- Price range: $225 to $6,490

## Market Takeaway
John Wells James has 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,223. 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 \($2,223\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($994 to $4,250\) 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: 25% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,700
- Previous 12 months median: $400
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-22
- Days since latest sale: 344
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 7 lots
- Alderfer Auction: 6 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 5 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 3 lots
- Weschler's: 3 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 2 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-22 | John Wells James, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,700
2. 2024-06-23 | John Wells James 1873\-1951 Antique Important Jewish Jerusalem View Framed Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $400
3. 2023-12-05 | John Wells James \(American, 1873–1951\) \- Pennsylvania Row Homes | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,750
4. 2023-11-21 | John Wells James \(1873 \- 1951\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $550
5. 2023-06-06 | John Wells James \(American, 1873–1951\) Summer | Freeman's \| Hindman | $2,000
6. 2023-06-06 | John Wells James \(American, 1873–1951\) Village Path | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,250
7. 2023-06-04 | John Wells James \(American, 1873–1951\) Solebury Valley | Freeman's \| Hindman | $5,000
8. 2022-08-24 | John Wells James \(1873\-1951\) Still Life of Flowers 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. \(51.1 x 41 cm.\) | Bonhams | $4,200
9. 2022-06-06 | JOHN WELLS JAMES \(AMERICAN, 1873–1951\) LAMBERTVILLE | Freeman's \| Hindman | $5,000
10. 2022-04-05 | John Wells James \(American 1873 \- 1951\) oil on board, Pennsylvania Landscape, 23\-1/4 x 26 inches. Overall framed size 26 x 30 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $1,100
11. 2022-03-04 | John Wells James \(American 1873\-1951\), Still Life of Wildflowers in a White Vase, Oil on Canvas, 25 x 21\-1/2 in | Weschler's | $4,200
12. 2022-02-27 | John Wells James \(1873 \- 1951\)" Untitled" | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-02-02 | John Wells James \(1873 \- 1951\) American " Untitled" | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
14. 2021-12-18 | JOHN WELLS JAMES PAINTING OVERLOOKING THE DELAWARE | Manor Auctions | $3,600
15. 2021-12-13 | JOHN WELLS JAMES \(AMERICAN, 1873\-1951\) BRIDGE OVER CANAL AT NEW HOPE | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,000
16. 2021-12-08 | John Wells James, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
17. 2021-09-28 | John Wells James Oil on Board "The Walls of | Clarke Auction Gallery | $425
18. 2021-06-09 | John Wells James, Deserted House | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
19. 2021-06-09 | John Wells James \(American, 1873\-1951\) Village Scene | Freeman's \| Hindman | $2,800
20. 2020-12-17 | John Wells James Painting in His Impressionist Style | Nate D Sanders Auctions | N/A
21. 2020-11-13 | John Wells James, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
22. 2019-09-08 | JOHN WELLS JAMES \(AMERICAN, 1873 \- 1951\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | N/A
23. 2019-08-24 | John Wells James \(1873\-1951\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $6,000
24. 2018-06-03 | JOHN WELLS JAMES \(PA/NY/FRANCE, 1873\-1951\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,100

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