# Reuben Tam - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T05:38:03.126Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 59
- Lots with prices: 52
- First auction date: 2003-10-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-24
- Median realised price: $2,370
- Price range: $300 to $8,887

## Market Takeaway
Reuben Tam has 59 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,370. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($2,370\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,125 to $4,000\) 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: 19.2% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 80.8% (42 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-24
- Days since latest sale: 107
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Barridoff Auctions: 24 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- James D. Julia: 3 lots
- Weiss Auctions: 3 lots
- Doyle New York: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Alderfer Auction: 1 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-24 | Reuben Tam \(Am. 1919\-1996\), "Morning Wave" 1949, Oil on canvas, framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-08-16 | Reuben Tam \(Am. 1916\-1991\), "White Sea, Monhegan \#5" 1977, Acrylic on paper, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $1,100
3. 2025-03-29 | Reuben Tam \(Am. 1916\-1991\), "Headland \- Dark Strata", Monhegan, Acrylic on paper, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $1,900
4. 2024-11-10 | REUBEN TAM \(ME/HI/CA, 1916\-1991\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,500
5. 2024-05-11 | Reuben Tam \(1916 \- 1991\). Abstract Landscape. | Casco Bay Auctions | $650
6. 2024-04-07 | REUBEN TAM \(AMERICAN, 1916\-1991\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $6,000
7. 2023-08-19 | Reuben Tam \(Am. 1916\-1992\), Blue Harbor \(Maine\), Oil on masonite, framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,900
8. 2023-06-14 | REUBEN TAM \(Maine/Hawaii/California, 1916\-1991\), Maine landscape., Ink on paper, 15" x 17.5". Unframed. | Eldred's | $425
9. 2023-04-01 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, Gull at Sunset, Monhegan, 1960, Oil on masonite, framed in Badura frame, 16 1/4" x 20 3/8" actual, 21 9/16" x 25 5/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $4,000
10. 2023-04-01 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, Sailboat and Moon, Monhegan, Oil on masonite, framed, 24" x 32" actual | Barridoff Auctions | $8,000
11. 2023-04-01 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Island of Monhegan 7", Oil on paper, framed under glass, 2 1/4" x 4 5/16" sight, 13 1/4" x 14 3/4" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,200
12. 2023-04-01 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Northern Lights, White Flares" Monhegan, 1978, Oil on paper, framed under glass, 6 3/4" x 7 3/4" sight, 13 7/8" x 15 5/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,300
13. 2023-02-28 | REUBEN TAM \- TOWARD EVENING \- O/B | Litchfield Auctions | $2,700
14. 2022-12-03 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, Black and Green Forms, 1950, Watercolor and ink on paper, framed under glass, 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" sight, 14 3/4" x 16 3/4" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $300
15. 2022-10-19 | Reuben Tam, "Tree and Weather", Oil on Board | Nye & Company | $1,100
16. 2022-07-27 | Reuben Tam, Abstract Pen & Ink Drawing | Weiss Auctions | $700
17. 2022-03-19 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Breaking Wave" 1948, Oil on board, framed, 16" x 20" actual, 20 7/8" x 24 3/4" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $4,250
18. 2021-10-07 | Reuben Tam, Abstract Ink Drawing | Weiss Auctions | $440
19. 2021-02-13 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "The Moon\-Driven Sea" 1954, Oil on canvas, framed, 23 1/2" x 35 3/8" actual, 32 3/4" x 44 5/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $8,500
20. 2021-02-13 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Breaking Wave" 1948, Oil on board, framed, 15 1/2" x 19 3/8" sight, 20 7/8" x 24 3/4" framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
21. 2021-02-13 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Rising Sea", Goauche on paper, matted and framed, 8 1/2" x 10" 1/4 sight, 16 3/4" x 17" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,300
22. 2021-02-10 | Reuben Tam \(1916 \- 1991\), "Cliffs & Dark Sky" | Weiss Auctions | N/A
23. 2020-08-15 | Reuben Tam, Am. 1916\-1991, "Surf and Clouds" 1957, Oil on masonite, 10" x 14" actual, 17.5" x 21.5" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $4,880
24. 2020-07-30 | REUBEN TAM \(American, 1916\-1991\). HAENA MOUNTAINS, signed and dated '49 lower right. Oil on board. | Sloans & Kenyon | $1,500

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