James Prestini: career timeline

American · 1908–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 31 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.

James Prestini: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Other
1940s	6	6	$1kSign up	Other
1950s	4	4	$1.6kSign up	Other
1960s	2	2	$1.9kSign up	Sculpture
1970s	8	6	$2.9kSign up	Other
1980s	2	2	$2.6kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1936 Turned wood tray$1.2kSign up

1940s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 21 in (39 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Other (6)
Subjects: —

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 1 × 9.5 in (2 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Other (4)
Subjects: —

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1963 Untitled$2.1kSign up
c. 1968 Collection of five prototype models$1.7kSign up

1970s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 11 in (19 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Untitled (391)$1.9kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (391)Unsold
c. 1970 Bowl$2.5kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (391)$2kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (255)$10kSign up
c. 1970 untitled (#311)$12kSign up
c. 1972 Construction, no. 282 CUnsold
c. 1974 Untitled #1-120$3.3kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 2 × 11.5 in (5 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1985 Bowl$4.4kSign up
c. 1988 Bowl #2$762Sign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2007 Sculpture #157$8.4kSign up
sold 2007 Turned wood bowl$2.2kSign up
sold 2007 Turned wood bowl$3.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 2 × 8 in (6 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Photograph (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Group of three turned wood platters and ephemera$2.8kSign up
sold 2022 Turned wood plates, three$3kSign up
sold 2024 Bowls, set of two$1.6kSign up
sold 2025 Hand$508Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled (343)$3.6kSign up

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 Prestini auction results →