# Louis James - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:21:39.308Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 118
- Lots with prices: 84
- First auction date: 2002-11-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-12
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $40 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Louis James shows solid auction liquidity with 118 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $540 and $3,000.
- 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: 39.3% (33 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.3% (49 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.4% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $850
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-12
- Days since latest sale: 190
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 21 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 16 lots
- Leonard Joel: 16 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 11 lots
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Menzies: 6 lots
- Gibson's: 5 lots
- Cheffins: 3 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-12 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920\-1996\), Landscape with Buildings | Gibson's | N/A
2. 2025-06-03 | LOUIS ROBERT JAMES \(1920\-96\) x 2, 'Drift 4' and 'Drift 5', 1968, oil and mixed media, signed and dated lower left, 22 x 16cm. Title | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$550
3. 2025-05-25 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920\-1996\), Landscape with Buildings | Gibson's | N/A
4. 2025-03-09 | LOUIS JAMES \- UNTITLED CROSSING \- MIXED MEDIA | GFL Fine Art | A$370
5. 2025-03-09 | LOUIS JAMES \- CITY \- MIXED MEDIA | GFL Fine Art | A$500
6. 2024-11-16 | Louis Robert James \(1920\-96\), | Aalders Auctions | A$1,000
7. 2024-10-16 | LOUIS JAMES \- VILLAGE LANDSCAPE \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$850
8. 2024-08-18 | LOUIS JAMES \- RED LANDSCAPE \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$2,800
9. 2024-05-21 | LOUIS JAMES \- LANDSCAPE \- A VILLAGE \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | N/A
10. 2024-05-05 | LOUIS JAMES, 1920\-1996, Abstract Kids, oil on board, 75x62cm | Lawsons | N/A
11. 2024-05-05 | LOUIS JAMES, 1920\-1996, Abstract, mixed media, 56x43cm | Lawsons | A$800
12. 2024-02-07 | Louis Robert James \(1920\-1996\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,050
13. 2023-11-28 | Louis Robert James \(1920\-1996\) Godzone: Beach Group, 1967 | Bonhams | A$7,500
14. 2023-11-20 | Louis James \(1920\-1996\) Red Landscape, 1979 | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$4,000
15. 2023-10-05 | LOUIS JAMES, MOTEL INSET 1971, OIL ON BOARD, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER LEFT, TITLED VERSO, 74.5 X 62CM, FRAME SIZE: 79 X 66CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
16. 2023-09-07 | LOUIS JAMES, MOTEL INSET 1971, OIL ON BOARD, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER LEFT, TITLED VERSO, 74.5 X 62CM, FRAME SIZE: 79 X 66CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
17. 2023-06-27 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920\-1996\) High Noon \(No Right Turn\) 1966 oil on board 68 x 79cm | Leonard Joel | A$3,600
18. 2023-05-23 | Louis James \(1920\-1996\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,200
19. 2023-03-21 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920\-1996\) Rainbow Landscape 1971 oil on board | Leonard Joel | A$1,800
20. 2022-10-27 | Louis James \(1920\-1996\) | Cheffins | N/A
21. 2022-08-21 | LOUIS JAMES \- STUDY REFLECTIONS NIGHT GARDEN \- Acrylic and gouache | GFL Fine Art | A$1,000
22. 2022-06-30 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920 \- 1996\) From a Window \(2\), No. E43, 1982 acrylic and pen 57 x 47 cm \(frame: 83 x 72 x 3 cm\) signed and dated lower... | Lawsons | A$350
23. 2022-06-20 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920\-1996\) By Pass 1968 | Gibson's | N/A
24. 2022-05-26 | LOUIS JAMES \(1920 \- 1996\) Bird, 1964 oil and enamel on masonite 24 x 49.5 cm \(frame: 30 x 56 x 5 cm\) signed and dated lower left | Lawsons | A$1,400

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