# Robert James Day - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T08:38:02.514Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 8
- Lots with prices: 3
- First auction date: 2009-04-03
- Latest auction date: 2020-04-30
- Median realised price: $450
- Price range: $200 to $1,100

## Market Takeaway
Robert James Day has 8 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($450\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $1,100\) 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: 66.7% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2020-04-30
- Days since latest sale: 2,191
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 7 lots
- Old Kinderhook Auction Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-04-30 | Robert Day Original Illustration Art | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $450
2. 2017-03-09 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, Six original illustrations., Ink on paper, from 8" x 8" to 16" x 12". Unframed. | Eldred's | $1,100
3. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, Two original magazine illustrations:, Both ink on paper, the largest 8" x 9½" sight. Unframed... | Eldred's | N/A
4. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, "Police up that mess, Fowler",, Ink on paper, 13" x 12" sight. Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A
5. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, A man battles smoke as he attempts to cook on a backyard grill., Ink on paper, 8" x 8" sight.... | Eldred's | N/A
6. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, "Twenty\-seven years and I've never known him to have a good day, Ink on paper, 7½" x 12" sigh.. | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, "This is the big one folks ... Now he's sighting the putt, Ink on paper, 10½" x 12". Unframed.. | Eldred's | $200
8. 2009-04-03 | ROBERT JAMES DAY, American, 1900\-1985, "Baghad Vespa Agency",, Ink on paper, 16" x 12" sight. Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A

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