# Akira Tanaka - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T17:59:11.136Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2006-11-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-02
- Median realised price: $2,016
- Price range: $60 to $1,200,000

## Market Takeaway
Akira Tanaka has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,016. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($2,016\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $10,000\) 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: 34.3% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 25.7% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $60
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-02
- Days since latest sale: 39
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Aguttes: 9 lots
- Mallet Auction: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Art International Auction House: 2 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Osenat: 2 lots
- Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd: 1 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-02 | Akira TANAKA \(1918 \- 1982\) Le marchand des quatre saisons, circa 1974 | Aguttes | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akira-tanaka-1918-1982-le-marchand-des-quatre-saisons-circa-1974-4-c-39d15f087c
2. 2025-12-07 | Akira TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Lecteur du Figaro | Osenat | €1,200
3. 2025-12-07 | Akira TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Femme à l’enfant | Osenat | €500
4. 2025-11-19 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918 \- 1982\) Le marchand des quatre saisons | Aguttes | €7,000
5. 2025-07-13 | Akira Tanaka | Tiroche Auction House | $750
6. 2024-06-08 | Akira Tanaka 1972 Exhibition Poster Galerie Herve | Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd | $60
7. 2024-04-23 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Sans titre Huile sur toile 73 x 60 cm. \(28.6/8 x | Christie's | €630
8. 2024-04-23 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Sans titre Huile sur toile 65 x 54 cm. \(25 5/8 x | Christie's | €1,386
9. 2024-04-23 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Sans titre Huile sur toile 65 x 81 cm. \(25 5/8 x 3 | Christie's | €2,016
10. 2023-12-12 | Akira Tanaka | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,750
11. 2023-12-12 | Akira Tanaka | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $4,000
12. 2023-10-14 | Akira Tanaka \(Japanese, 1918\-1982\), "Metro" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,200
13. 2023-07-04 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) | Tajan | €5,688
14. 2022-10-14 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918 \- 1982\) "Senza titolo". Olio su tela riportata su tavola. Cm 27x22. Opera firmata in basso a sinistra A. Tanaka. | Art International Auction House | N/A
15. 2022-10-14 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918 \- 1982\) "Senza titolo". Olio su tela. Cm 33x24,5. Opera firmata in basso al centro A. Tanaka. | Art International Auction House | €400
16. 2022-09-08 | Couple in the Market | Mallet Auction | ¥260,000
17. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Femme et enfant | Aguttes | €80
18. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Jeune fille | Aguttes | €600
19. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Le berger, 1969 | Aguttes | €6,000
20. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Les vases, 1980 | Aguttes | €12,500
21. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Dans le métro parisien, c. 1960 | Aguttes | €8,000
22. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) La corrida, c. 1970 | Aguttes | €10,000
23. 2022-04-28 | AKIRA TANAKA \(1918\-1982\) Le marché aux puces en Grèce, 1975 | Aguttes | €11,000
24. 2021-04-18 | Akira Tanaka \(Japanese, 1918\-1982\) Oil on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $1,300

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