# Will James - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T23:12:12.095Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2005-05-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-27
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $40 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
Will James shows developing auction liquidity with 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,700\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $100 and $7,875.
- 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: 36% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $95
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-27
- Days since latest sale: 22
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- North American Auction Company: 8 lots
- Jackson Hole Art Auction: 7 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 5 lots
- Davis Brothers Auction: 3 lots
- Brian Lebel's Old West Events: 2 lots
- Coeur d’Alene Art Auction: 2 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- California Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-27 | \(4 Pc\) Will James \(1892\-1942\) Cowboy Ink Drawings | Akiba Galleries | $700
2. 2025-06-21 | Ca. 1930 Original Will James Signed Etching Plate | North American Auction Company | $500
3. 2025-03-29 | Will James "Lone Cowboy" & "Cow Country" Books | North American Auction Company | N/A
4. 2024-09-07 | Ca. 1930\- Will James Original Etched Copper Plate | North American Auction Company | N/A
5. 2024-07-13 | Will James \(1892\-1942\) Original Signed Copper Etching Plate | North American Auction Company | N/A
6. 2024-03-23 | Will James "Sun Up Tales Of The Cow Camps" | North American Auction Company | N/A
7. 2024-03-02 | 1926 Will James Photo Montana Signed | Davis Brothers Auction | $95
8. 2023-09-16 | Will James \(1892\-1942\), Young Cowboy Scout | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $2,500
9. 2023-09-16 | Will James \(1982\-1942\), Come to Rest | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $3,250
10. 2023-09-16 | Will James \(1892\-1942\), Handwritten Letter and Drawing to Friend Jack | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $8,000
11. 2023-09-16 | Will James \(1892\-1942\), Handwritten Letter and Drawing to Friend Charlie | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $6,500
12. 2023-06-02 | WILL JAMES PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1892\-1942 | Davis Brothers Auction | $40
13. 2022-04-30 | WILL JAMES DRAWING STEER TOSSING WOLF MONTANA | Davis Brothers Auction | $2,000
14. 2022-03-19 | Will James \(1892\-1942\) Signed Framed Photograph | North American Auction Company | $60
15. 2022-03-19 | 1927 Cow Country by Will James | North American Auction Company | $70
16. 2021-11-22 | Will James 1942 Cowboy in The Making Book w/ Dust Jacket Illustrated FIRST EDITION | One Source Auctions | $100
17. 2021-09-11 | 1942 1st Ed. The American Cowboy by Will James | North American Auction Company | $50
18. 2021-06-12 | WILL JAMES \(1892\-1942\) A FRIST EDITION BOOK, "Lone Cowboy, My Life Story," NEW YORK, AUGUST 1930, | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $125
19. 2019-11-08 | Will James \| Get Along Big Boy | Altermann Galleries | $2,700
20. 2019-09-14 | Matched | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $9,000
21. 2019-05-31 | Will James \| Seeing 'em First | Altermann Galleries | $3,000
22. 2018-09-15 | Illustration for "Sand" by Will James | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $13,000
23. 2018-09-15 | Bronc Rider by Will James | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $18,000
24. 2018-05-19 | WILL JAMES \(American 1892\-1942\) A DRAWING, "Prospectors Camp," | Simpson Galleries, LLC | N/A

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