James Bama: career timeline
American · 1926–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 41 lots (74% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $123kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 12 | 12 | $34.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 8 | 8 | $41.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 8 | 7 | $38.7kSign up | Oil |
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Enter what you know about a work by James Bama to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $123kSign up
- Average
- $123kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 33.5 in (57 × 85 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1969 Mountain Man, Anson Eddy$123kSign up
1970s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $34.4kSign up
- Average
- $38.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 18 in (51 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (9), Watercolor (3)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
1972 Timber Jack Joe$36kSign up
1974 Bronc Rider – Cody, Wyoming$30.3kSign up
1975 Faith Sings Good in Profile$19.4kSign up
1975 Gary Fales Trapping$37.4kSign up
1976 An Arapahoe Woman, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming$16.3kSign up
1976 Francis Setting Eagle - Oldest Living Arapahoe, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming$52.6kSign up
1976 Sage Grinder$32.7kSign up
1976 Cal Todd – A Cowboy$19kSign up
1976 Sage Grinder$19.9kSign up
1976 Sioux Indian Wearing Ribbon Shirt$84kSign up
1978 Slim Warren – The Old Cowboy$66.5kSign up
1979 Mountain Man$43.9kSign up
1980s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $41.6kSign up
- Average
- $37.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 19 in (56 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Etching (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1980 Sioux Indian$307Sign up · sold 2×
1980 Don [Smaltz], Outfitter & Guide$50.6kSign up
1980 At a Mountain Man Wedding$55.6kSign up
1981 Indian Boy at Crow Fair$30.3kSign up
1981 Sioux Indian with Eagle Feather$44.6kSign up · sold 2×
1981 Bob Edgar with Sharps Rifle$50kSign up
1983 Young Ogalalla Sioux Indian$38.7kSign up
1986 Mountain Man from Meeteetse$27.2kSign up
1990s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $38.7kSign up
- Average
- $37.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 19.5 in (48 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1990 Conestoga Wagon, Wyoming Centennial Ride 1990Unsold
1994 The Old Ox Yoke$45kSign up
1994 Crow Elder$10.7kSign up
1995 Blackfoot Ceremonial Headdress$38.7kSign up
1995 The Gunfighter$46.8kSign up
1996 Mountain Man - Wintertime$64.3kSign up
1997 The Shaman$25.2kSign up
1999 The Hunter$33.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
10 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $4.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 17.5 in (69 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2009 Portrait of a Model in a Pin Stripe Suit$4.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $31.6kSign up
- Average
- $31.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 14.5 in (46 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2018 Old Civil War Scout$31.6kSign up
sold 2019 Portrait of a ManUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $19.3kSign up
- Average
- $18.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 15 in (51 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Mixed media (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2020 Richard Smith – “Flaming Rainbow”, Part Arapahoe, Part Sioux Indian$12.9kSign up
sold 2020 Jack Brown, Cody WY$35.1kSign up
sold 2020 Making Horse Medicine$29.3kSign up
sold 2020 Old Corral in Winter$25.7kSign up
sold 2021 Couple$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Purple Scarf$8.8kSign up
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Rugged CowboyUnsold
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All James Bama auction results →