James Meese Paintings & Artwork for Sale | James Meese Art Value Price Guide

May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $100 - $300
"Hunting With..." Gouache on paper. Signed lower right. 23 x 18 inches. Well annotated in pencil. Note: likely a study for publication (the publication title is possibly written on the top).
Vallot Auctioneers
May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $300 - $500
'Western Pulp Theme.' Pulp illustration. Oil on board. 32 5/8 x 24 1/2 inches (overall.). Framed. No apparent signature found. Possibly a study for a pulp cover.
Vallot Auctioneers
May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $300 - $500
'Sail Boat Race.' Mid-century palette knife oil and pencil on board. Signed lower right. 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (overall). Framed.
Vallot Auctioneers
May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $300 - $500
Two portraits. Oil on board. One signed lower right. No apparent signature found on other. 25 7/8 inches x 21 1/2 inches (largest and overall.) Both framed. (An unusual, and possibly queer Pulp depiction of the same subject.)
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May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $300 - $500
'Man with Sword.' Oil on board. 25 x 16 inches. Possibly a study for a pulp cover.
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May. 18, 2022
James Meese (American, 1917 - 1971)
Est: $300 - $500
'Female Figure on Bed.' Pulp illustration. Oil on board. 17 1/4 x 15 inches (overall.) No apparent signature.
Vallot Auctioneers
Jul. 16, 2020
JAMES MEESE. "Strange Woman."
Est: $400 - $600
JAMES MEESE. "Strange Woman." Possible study for proposed cover illustration of The Strange Woman by Ben Ames Williams, unknown or unrealized edition. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 270x160 mm; 10 3/4x6 1/4 inches, mounted to 12 1/4x7 3/4-inch board. Signed "Meese" at lower right. Minor wrinkling to paper from mounting.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 16, 2020
JAMES MEESE. Time to step up. [PULP FICTION]
Est: $800 - $1,200
JAMES MEESE. Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335x198 mm; 13 1/4x7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4x8 3/4-inch board. Signed "Meese" at lower right. Wrinkling to paper from mounting.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2018
James A Meese O/artist board portrait, 15"h
Est: $300 - $500
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist board, mid-20th century, depicting a half length portrait of a young woman wearing a blue dress with a white color and a hooded cloak with a red lining, having a gallery label and artist's name verso; 11.5"h x 9.5"w, overall dimensions with frame, 14.5"h x 12.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Feb. 25, 2018
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl. Measures 19 x 15 inches including professionally done frame. Painted on canvas.
Greenwich Auction
Jan. 28, 2018
James A Meese O/artist board, 34"h
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist's board, depicting a man in a suit holding a little girl in this arms with a church and a mob in the background, signed 'Meese' lower right, and having a gallery label verso; 26"h x 17.25"w, overall dimensions with frame, 33.5"h x 24.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Jan. 01, 2018
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl. Measures 19 x 15 inches including professionally done frame. Painted on canvas.
Greenwich Auction
Dec. 17, 2017
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese - Portrait Painting of a Girl. Measures 19 x 15 inches including professionally done frame. Painted on canvas.
Greenwich Auction
Aug. 27, 2017
James A Meese O/artist board portrait, 15"h
Est: $600 - $800
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist board, mid-20th century, depicting a half length portrait of a young woman wearing a blue dress with a white color and a hooded cloak with a red lining, having a gallery label and artist's name verso; 11.5"h x 9.5"w, overall dimensions with frame, 14.5"h x 12.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Apr. 01, 2017
James A Meese O/artist board, 34"h
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist's board, depicting a man in a suit holding a little girl in this arms with a church and a mob in the background, signed 'Meese' lower right, and having a gallery label verso; 26"h x 17.25"w, overall dimensions with frame, 33.5"h x 24.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Dec. 09, 2016
James A Meese O/artist board portrait, 15"h
Est: $600 - $800
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist board, mid-20th century, depicting a half length portrait of a young woman wearing a blue dress with a white color and a hooded cloak with a red lining, having a gallery label and artist's name verso; 11.5"h x 9.5"w, overall dimensions with frame, 14.5"h x 12.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Oct. 16, 2016
James A Meese O/artist board, 34"h
Est: $800 - $1,200
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist's board, depicting a man in a suit holding a little girl in this arms with a church and a mob in the background, signed 'Meese' lower right, and having a gallery label verso; 26"h x 17.25"w, overall dimensions with frame, 33.5"h x 24.5"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Aug. 27, 2016
James Meese O/board pulp novel cover, 25"h
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
James Alfred Meese (American 1917-1971), oil on artist's board, depicting a lady in a red bandeau top and skirt speaking to a police officer, original cover art for the Signet pulp fiction novel 'A Private Stair,' 1955, with artist's name and gallery label verso; 19"h x 14.5"w, overall dimensions with frame, 25"h x 20"w.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Oct. 11, 2015
James A. Meese Portrait of a Girl
Est: $400 - $600
James A. Meese portrait of a girl. Oil on canvas painting. Measures 15" W x 19" H.
Greenwich Auction
May. 03, 2015
James A. Meese - Portrait of a Girl
Est: $100 - $150
Portrait of a girl by James A. Meese. Measures 20 by 15 inches. Good condition.
Greenwich Auction
Aug. 17, 2010
JAMES MEESE (American, 20th Century) Dark Dream, paperb
Est: $800 - $1,200
JAMES MEESE (American, 20th Century) Dark Dream, paperback cover, 1952 Gouache on board 24 x 16.5 in. Signed lower left This illustration appeared on the cover of Robert Martin's novel, Dark Dream, Pocket Books #913, 1952. "To possess her body, men would murder." From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Heritage Auctions
Feb. 22, 2010
MEESE, JAMES (AMERICAN, 20TH C.): Pencil and gouache illustration on board. Racecar scene.
Est: $200 - $400
MEESE, JAMES (AMERICAN, 20TH C.): Pencil and gouache illustration on board. Racecar scene. Signed lower right. 12.5 x 16.5" sight.
Braswell Galleries
Feb. 22, 2010
MEESE, JAMES (AMERICAN, 20TH C.): Oil on masonite. Marina on the Hudson.
Est: $300 - $500
MEESE, JAMES (AMERICAN, 20TH C.): Oil on masonite. Marina on the Hudson. Signed lower right. 18 x 24."
Braswell Galleries
Oct. 27, 2009
JAMES MEESE (American, 20th Century-) Paperback
Est: $300 - $500
JAMES MEESE (American, 20th Century-) Paperback cover preliminary, 1958 Gouache on board 23.5 x 15 in. Signed lower right This piece is most likely a cover preliminary for Bad Girls, edited by Leo Margulies, Crest Books #254, 1958. "Eleven masterpieces of today's Beat Generation by America's top writers. as selected by Leo Margulies." From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Heritage Auctions
Feb. 27, 2004
James Meese Magazine cover: Landing crew losing grip as dirigible floats skyward. "The Appalling Akron Jinx" Real magazineFebruary, 1961; gouache, 19.75 x 16.5in, not signed Condition: Lightly foxed, not framed
Est: $600 - $900
James Meese Magazine cover: Landing crew losing grip as dirigible floats skyward. "The Appalling Akron Jinx" Real magazineFebruary, 1961; gouache, 19.75 x 16.5in, not signed Condition: Lightly foxed, not framed
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