# Ben Kamihira - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T10:27:52.547Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2000-12-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-24
- Median realised price: $1,600
- Price range: $500 to $4,687

## Market Takeaway
Ben Kamihira has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,600. 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 \($1,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $2,300\) 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: 23.8% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 76.2% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-24
- Days since latest sale: 310
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Freeman's: 10 lots
- Kamelot Auctions: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 2 lots
- Material Culture: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-24 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\) In the Forest | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,200
2. 2024-02-08 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\), Untitled | Freeman's | $1,300
3. 2023-12-05 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\) \- Lemon in a Silver Creamer \(Lemon and cut\-glass compote\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-kamihira-american-1925-2004-lemon-in-a-silver-creamer-lemon-and-cut-glass-compote-152-c-2f34bf1a04
4. 2023-10-20 | Ben Kamihira | Brunk Auctions | $2,000
5. 2023-06-06 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\) August 25 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $3,750
6. 2023-04-03 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\) | Material Culture | $1,700
7. 2021-05-23 | Ben Kamihira "Spanish Castle" Oil on Canvas | Auctions at Showplace | $500
8. 2020-11-18 | BEN KAMIHIRA "THE DREAM" OIL ON CANVAS | Kamelot Auctions | $1,000
9. 2020-11-17 | Ben Kamihira \(American, 1925\-2004\), , Figure in Interior | Freeman's | $4,687
10. 2019-06-02 | Ben Kamihira "Still Life with Knife" Oil on Canvas | Auctions at Showplace | $900
11. 2019-05-05 | Ben Kamihira \(1925\-2004\) Lithograph, AP | Material Culture | $600
12. 2018-09-16 | BEN KAMIHIRA OIL ON CANVAS "BRIDAL FITTING" | DuMouchelles | $3,750
13. 2018-06-14 | BEN KAMIHIRA "RED HEAD IN MATADOR SUIT" SIGNED | Kamelot Auctions | $550
14. 2016-03-22 | BEN KAMIHIRA OIL ON CANVAS THE DREAM | Kamelot Auctions | $1,600
15. 2011-05-17 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American, b. 1925\) Seville Oil on canvas | Heritage Auctions | N/A
16. 2011-01-23 | Ben Kamihira \(American, born 1925\) Two figures seated under a tree 16 x 19 1/4in | Bonhams | $1,342
17. 2008-05-18 | BEN KAMIHIRA painting | Freeman's | N/A
18. 2003-06-22 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) SEATED WOMAN BY A TABLE | Freeman's | $1,800
19. 2002-12-08 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) THE CARD PLAYERS signed 'KAMIHIRA' bottom right, oil on canvas 24 x 35 in. \(61 x 88.9 cm\). Estimate | Freeman's | $2,702
20. 2002-12-08 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) THE CARD PLAYERS | Freeman's | $2,300
21. 2001-12-09 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) STILL LIFE WITH LEMON | Freeman's | $1,600
22. 2001-12-09 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) STILL LIFE WITH LEMON | Freeman's | $1,600
23. 2000-12-10 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) STILL LIFE | Freeman's | N/A
24. 2000-12-10 | BEN KAMIHIRA \(American b. 1925\) STILL LIFE | Freeman's | $2,400

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