William R. James
Canadian · 1892–1942 · Illustrator
William Roderick James was a Canadian-American artist and writer of the American West. He is known for writing Smoky the Cowhorse, for which he won the 1927 Newbery Medal, and… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Smoky and ClintScottsdale Art Auction · $990,000≈ £736,333≈ €845,359Sign up to see
A Heeler in the SlackScottsdale Art Auction · $156,000≈ £116,028≈ €133,208Sign up to see
Bull Dogger sketchScottsdale Art Auction · $90,000≈ £66,939≈ €76,851Sign up to see
William R. James’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 8 | 8 | 100% | $180kSign up | $61.9kSign up | $990kSign up |
| Oil | 5 | 5 | 100% | $271kSign up | $90kSign up | $990kSign up |
| Mixed media | 3 | 3 | 100% | $29.4kSign up | $33kSign up | $36kSign up |
| Works on paper | 34 | 34 | 100% | $22.1kSign up | $13.4kSign up | $66kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $18.3kSign up | $18.3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $10kSign up | $10kSign up | $10kSign up |
| Drawing | 30 | 30 | 100% | $23.3kSign up | $15kSign up | $66kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.