Jim Lambie Auction Prices and Value Guide

Jim Lambie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 161 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Jim Lambie auction prices: quick answer

Jim Lambie auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Jim Lambie
Source records
161
Market update
2026-02-06

Jim Lambie market snapshot

Jim Lambie shows solid auction liquidity with 112 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,360. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (12.2% · 9 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (39.2% · 29 sales)
  • $10,000+ (48.6% · 36 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$889
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+11.1%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-10

Artist context

About Jim Lambie

Born

1964

Nationality

British

Also known as

James Lambie

Jim Lambie, born in 1964, is a British contemporary visual artist associated with installation art and the use of adhesive tape to transform architectural surfaces. Collectors and exhibition audiences commonly encounter his name in connection with context-specific floor environments, where tape becomes both material and a means of reorganizing how a room is perceived. Lambie was shortlisted for the 2005 Turner Prize with the installation Mental Oyster, an important recognition in his public career. His identity is represented by records at Tate, Wikidata, MoMA, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, RKD, and Art UK, giving search engines and collection systems several stable references for entity matching. The available source material is strongest on his identity, birth year, installation practice, and Turner Prize association. It is less complete on his full chronology, broader range of media, and individual bodies of work, so those areas should be expanded only when stronger institutional documentation becomes available.

Contemporary artAdhesive tapeInstallation

Common works and media

The collected sources most clearly document installation art and the use of adhesive tape, including context-specific floor installations that respond to the shape of an exhibition space. Mental Oyster is the named installation associated with Lambie's 2005 Turner Prize shortlist. This source pack does not establish a comprehensive list of his other media, editions, sculptures, paintings, drawings, or print types, so an appraisal should identify the particular object's materials and relationship to any installation before assigning it to a broader category.

Market and appraisal context

Jim Lambie's installation practice makes precise object identification especially important in an appraisal. A complete installation, an authorized component, installation documentation, and an unrelated tape-based object are not necessarily equivalent forms of property. Comparable research should therefore begin with the exact work type and medium, followed by the sale date and lot context recorded by the auction house. Appraisily associates the artist with a substantial auction-record set, but the collected source material does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, edition information, or provenance. Those records should be reviewed directly before drawing conclusions about value. The available evidence supports comparison and classification, not a prediction of future prices or an assumption that every object connected with an exhibition is independently marketable.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Installation art
  • Tape-based works

Value drivers

  1. Confirm whether the property is an installation, an installation component, or another tape-based work type before selecting comparable records
  2. Compare the work with relevant public auction records by work type, medium, sale date, and comparable lot context when those details are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected market source provides an auction-record signal but no lot-level excerpts, realized prices, condition reports, edition details, or provenance evidence.
  • Installation documentation and loose components should not automatically be treated as complete or independently marketable artworks.
  • No price trend or future-price conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Jim Lambie

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Jim Lambie worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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