# Clifton Carhu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:38:00.355Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 227
- Lots with prices: 198
- First auction date: 2003-12-05
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $425
- Price range: $50 to $4,600

## Market Takeaway
Clifton Carhu shows deep auction liquidity with 225 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $425. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 28 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($425\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $275 and $650.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 90.8% (178 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.2% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 28
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $410
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Floating World Auctions: 45 lots
- Eldred's: 13 lots
- Woodblock Prints World: 13 lots
- Revere Auctions: 11 lots
- Affiliated Auctions & Realty LLC: 8 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 6 lots
- Sworders: 5 lots
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 5 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-11-13 | Clifton Karhu \(American / Japanese, 1927\-2007\) 'Kyoto I' Woodblock Print | Leonard Auction | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-clifton-karhu-american-japanese-1927-2007-kyoto-i-woodblock-print-171-c-1fb456a8d4
2. 2025-12-06 | Clifton Karhu \(Japanese, 1927\-2007\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $850
3. 2025-11-22 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $325
4. 2025-11-22 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $225
5. 2025-11-22 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $225
6. 2025-11-18 | Clifton Karhu "Kumadori III" Woodblock Print | Revere Auctions | $300
7. 2025-11-18 | Clifton Karhu "Kumadori II" Woodblock Print | Revere Auctions | $225
8. 2025-11-18 | Clifton Karhu "Kumadori I" Woodblock Print | Revere Auctions | $150
9. 2025-11-18 | Clifton Karhu "The Gate" Woodblock Print | Revere Auctions | $400
10. 2025-10-23 | Clifton Karhu, American/Japan 1927\-2007, “Katsura Rikyu”, color woodblock print on paper | Neal Auction Company | $715
11. 2025-10-23 | Clifton Karhu, American/Japan 1927\-2007, “Takayama I” and “Takayama II”, 2 color woodblock prints on paper | Neal Auction Company | $422
12. 2025-10-23 | Clifton Karhu, American/Japan 1927\-2007, “Takayama II” and “Takayama IV”, 2 color woodblock prints on paper | Neal Auction Company | $390
13. 2025-10-23 | Clifton Karhu, American/Japan 1927\-2007, “After the Rain”, color woodblock print on paper | Neal Auction Company | $625
14. 2025-10-16 | Clifton Karhu \(American/Japanese 1927\-2007\) "Shimabara\- Kyushu", Shop Front with Umbrellas, 1974 Woodblock, edition 66/80 Pencil signed lower right C.Karhu '74 12" x 16" image size, 15" x 18 1/2" sheet size | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $400
15. 2025-10-05 | CLIFTON KARHU 'TANI HOUSE' WOODBLOCK PRINT | Midnight Sun Antique Auction | $450
16. 2025-09-23 | Clifton Karhu "Tenryuji Rain" Woodblock Print | SebastianCharles Auctions | $425
17. 2025-09-23 | Clifton Karhu "Kitano Koshi" Woodblock Print | SebastianCharles Auctions | $400
18. 2025-09-20 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $700
19. 2025-09-20 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $225
20. 2025-09-17 | Clifton Karhu "Snow at Tango Cho" Woodblock Print | Revere Auctions | $750
21. 2025-09-10 | Clifton Karhu, Kyoto Woodblock Print | Caza Sikes | $406
22. 2025-09-09 | Clifton Karhu \(American 1927–2007\), Gifu Street, Woodblock Print, Signed and dated 72 l.r., titled l.c. and numbered 16/80 l.l., Frame: 14 1/4 x 16 in. \(36.2 x 40.6 cm.\) | Weschler's | $550
23. 2025-06-14 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | $250
24. 2025-06-14 | Japanese woodblock Print Clifton Karhu | Woodblock Prints World | N/A

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