# James Mont artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/james-mont/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:03:26.747Z
Quality: low confidence, insufficient sources

## Artist identity



## About James Mont

James Mont is the name attached to this Appraisily auction-record directory, but the collected public evidence does not yet establish a dependable biographical identity. The source-resolution step linked the name to Wikidata and IdRef records for James Montgomery Flagg, an American illustrator whose identity should not be transferred to James Mont without supporting evidence. Several separate authority and museum endpoints are labeled James Mont in the source pack, but they were rate-limited or unavailable, so their biographical details could not be checked. Collectors may encounter objects catalogued under this name, yet dates, nationality, occupations, media, and artistic or design context remain intentionally unfilled here. This conservative treatment prevents Flagg's biography, poster work, and portrait from being attached to an insufficiently matched market identity.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence does not reliably identify the media or object types associated with James Mont. The illustration, painting, comics, and poster references in the resolved sources belong to James Montgomery Flagg and should not be presented as common works by James Mont. Auction categories must remain unclassified until artist-matching catalogues or institutional records are available.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's input associates 322 auction-directory records with the name James Mont, but that count does not prove that every record belongs to one correctly identified person. Until the authority records and underlying sale catalogues can be reconciled, appraisal research should begin by verifying the exact attribution on each object and its connection to the intended James Mont identity. No artist-specific price trend, scarcity statement, typical medium, or category hierarchy is supported by the present source pack. Comparable public sales should therefore be selected only after the name mismatch has been resolved and the relevant auction records have been checked for consistent authorship or maker attribution.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine cautious identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available and can be matched reliably. This profile currently preserves the unresolved identity gap instead of assigning unsupported biographical or market details.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537266
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/157894614
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/49456246/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82096252
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/1906
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/james-mont/