# Akio Makigawa - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T15:06:41.869Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2003-04-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-05
- Median realised price: $4,000
- Price range: $260 to $85,909

## Market Takeaway
Akio Makigawa has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($4,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($900 to $78,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 27.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.4% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $4,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-05
- Days since latest sale: 358
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 11 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 4 lots
- Menzies: 4 lots
- Smith & Singer: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Artvisory: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-09-19 | Akio Makigawa, Australian 1948\-1999, Spirit of Fire 1991, Galvanized steel, fibreglass, epoxy resin and pigments, 279cm high 241cm wide 100cm deep | Artvisory | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akio-makigawa-australian-1948-1999-spirit-of-fire-1991-galvanized-steel-fibreglass-epoxy-resin-and-pigments-279cm-high-241cm-wide-100cm-deep-4-c-90e4a8ca64
2. 2025-05-05 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(1948\-1999\) Untitled 1986 oil on paper \(8\) 21 x 14.5cm \(each\), 46 x 69cm \(sheet, reveal\) | Leonard Joel | A$4,000
3. 2020-11-13 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\) cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\) cm | Lawsons | N/A
4. 2020-06-11 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\)cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\)cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
5. 2020-05-14 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\)cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\)cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
6. 2020-03-26 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\)cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\)cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
7. 2020-02-27 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\)cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\)cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
8. 2020-01-30 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- 1999\) \- No. 47 21.5 \(h\) x 50 \(l\) x 27.5 \(d\)cm \(base: 30 \(l\) x 50 \(w\) x 2 \(d\)cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
9. 2017-05-11 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(1948\-1999\), Seer 1990 | Menzies | A$85,909
10. 2017-01-12 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- \) \- Study of Recollections II, 1998 55.5 x 37cm | Lawsons | N/A
11. 2016-11-22 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(JAPAN/AUSTRALIA\) \- FORM \- Soapstone | GFL Fine Art | A$2,100
12. 2016-11-22 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(JAPAN/AUSTRALIA\) \- FORM \- Soapstone | GFL Fine Art | A$3,400
13. 2016-10-27 | Akio Makigawa \(1948 \- \) \- Study of Recollections II, 1998 55.5 x 37cm | Lawsons | N/A
14. 2016-08-21 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \- MEMORY AND SPIRIT | GFL Fine Art | A$260
15. 2016-05-31 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \- UNTITLED \- Stone sculpture | GFL Fine Art | A$9,000
16. 2014-12-11 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(1948\-1999\) Seer 1990 | Menzies | A$67,500
17. 2014-05-13 | AKIO MAKIGAWA 1948\-1999 Untitled 1999 stainless steel | Smith & Singer | N/A
18. 2013-05-14 | Akio Makigawa 1948\-1999 UNTITLED 1999 stainless steel | Smith & Singer | N/A
19. 2012-06-20 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(1948\-1999\) Seer 1990 oil and gold | Menzies | A$79,773
20. 2011-11-22 | Akio Makigawa 1948\-1999 GARDEN OF DESIRE 1995 Carrara marble | Smith & Singer | N/A
21. 2011-11-22 | Akio Makigawa 1948\-1999 UNTITLED 1999 stainless steel | Smith & Singer | N/A
22. 2010-12-15 | AKIO MAKIGAWA \(1948\-1999\) Seer | Menzies | A$78,000
23. 2010-08-29 | Akio Makigawa \(1948\-1999\) Omoide I and II 1998 etching 2/30, 3/30 \(pair\) | Leonard Joel | A$720
24. 2003-04-15 | Akio Makigawa \(1948\-\) Study of Recollections of Memory III etching ed. 21/30 55.7 x 37cm. signed lower left: Akio Makigawa | Lawsons | N/A

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