# Willy James - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T23:15:49.446Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 35
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2006-12-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-07
- Median realised price: $3,125
- Price range: $120 to $10,625

## Market Takeaway
Willy James has 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,125. 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 \($3,125\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,000 to $3,750\) 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: 20.8% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $3,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-07
- Days since latest sale: 83
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 24 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Main Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-07 | Willy Rochat James \(French/Swiss, 1920\-2004\), "La Seine au pont de la Concorde" | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $3,500
2. 2024-01-07 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) Oils \(Swiss/France\) | Main Auction Galleries | $120
3. 2023-02-22 | Willy Rochat James \(French/Swiss, 1920\-2004\) Saint\-Germain des Pres | Hindman | $800
4. 2021-10-24 | WILLY JAMES SIGNED OIL, SNOWY PARIS STREET SCENE | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $250
5. 2019-08-08 | Willy Rochat James \(French/Swiss, 1920\-2004\) Notre Dame aux Bouquinistes, circa | Heritage Auctions | $250
6. 2019-06-30 | Willy James, Oil on Canvas, Paris Street Scene | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $450
7. 2019-06-17 | Willy James \(ps.\) \(Echallens 1920 \- ? 2004\) | AAG Auctioneers | €2,000
8. 2019-03-08 | WILLY ROCHAT JAMES \(FRENCH/SWISS, 1920\-2004\) NOTRE DAME AUX BOUQUINISTES, CIRCA | Heritage Auctions | N/A
9. 2018-12-07 | WILLY ROCHAT JAMES \(FRENCH/SWISS, 1920\-2004\) LA MAISON DE MIMI PINSON, MONTMARTR | Heritage Auctions | N/A
10. 2018-12-07 | WILLY ROCHAT JAMES \(FRENCH/SWISS, 1920\-2004\) NOTRE DAME AUX BOUQUINISTES, CIRCA | Heritage Auctions | N/A
11. 2016-11-03 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) Paris sous la neige | Christie's | £3,250
12. 2013-02-20 | Willy James \(French, 1920\-2004\) | Christie's | N/A
13. 2012-05-21 | Willy Rochat James \(French/Swiss, 1920 \- 2004\), pastel, winter scene featuring "Moulin de la Galette", windmill at center, figures o... | Winter Associates, Inc. | N/A
14. 2012-04-03 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | N/A
15. 2012-02-10 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | N/A
16. 2011-11-15 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | €5,190
17. 2011-06-24 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | £3,750
18. 2011-03-08 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | N/A
19. 2011-03-08 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | €2,206
20. 2010-04-21 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | £3,000
21. 2010-04-21 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | £2,500
22. 2009-04-29 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | N/A
23. 2009-04-29 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | £3,250
24. 2009-04-29 | Willy James \(1920\-2004\) | Christie's | £3,125

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