# George Tsutakawa - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:30:28.410Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2010-10-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $2,100
- Price range: $55 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
George Tsutakawa has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,100. 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 \($2,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($700 to $4,000\) 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: 31.6% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.2% (24 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 155
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 25 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 8 lots
- District Auction: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Keystone Auctions LLC: 1 lots
- Sunset Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | George Tsutakawa "Sun and Star Forms" Ink on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $700
2. 2025-12-11 | George Tsutakawa "Mountains and Clouds" 1960 Ink on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | N/A
3. 2025-12-11 | George Tsutakawa "Mountain and Moon" Sumi Ink on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
4. 2025-06-15 | GEORGE TSUTAKAWA \(WA\) "WHIDBEY ISLAND" INK & WATERCOLOR, 1965 | District Auction | $8,500
5. 2025-06-15 | GEORGE TSUTAKAWA \(WA\) "AFTERMATH \(MT. ST. HELENS\)" INK AND GOUACHE ON PAPER, 1981 | District Auction | $9,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-george-tsutakawa-wa-aftermath-mt-st-helens-ink-and-gouache-on-paper-1981-592-c-0354d87bdb
6. 2025-01-25 | George Tsutakawa \(AM 1910\-1997\) Signed Litho Print | Keystone Auctions LLC | $300
7. 2024-07-18 | George Tsutakawa ''Late Afternoon Tide'' 1984 Sumi | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $7,000
8. 2024-05-11 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997\). Untitled Bronze Sculpture. | Casco Bay Auctions | $1,100
9. 2024-03-28 | George Tsutakawa ''The Mill'' 1934 Linocut | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,600
10. 2023-09-26 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997\), Untitled from the "Hood Canal Series," 1970, Sumi ink on mulberry paper, Sheet: 19" H x 23.75" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,445
11. 2022-09-29 | George Tsutakawa ''Northwest Seafood'' Sumi Ink | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $4,000
12. 2022-09-29 | George Tsutakawa ''Celestial Dust'' 1958 Mixed Media | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,750
13. 2022-07-28 | GEORGE TSUTAKAWA \(1910\-1997\) Dune Grass1980sumi ink on Hosho paper, signed 'Tsutakawa' and ink stamped lower left, signed, titled and dated on backing board13 1/2 x 29in \(34.3 x 73.7cm\) | Bonhams | $2,500
14. 2021-07-22 | George Tsutakawa ''Bonsai'' Sumi on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | N/A
15. 2021-07-22 | George Tsutakawa ''Pink Clouds'' 1968 Sumi and Gansai | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $4,000
16. 2021-03-18 | George Tsutakawa ''Cascade Mountains'' 1962 Sumi | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,600
17. 2021-03-18 | George Tsutakawa ''Late Afternoon Tide'' 1984 Sumi | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $4,750
18. 2020-12-17 | George Tsutakawa ''Moving Human Forms'' 1948 Linocut | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $600
19. 2020-12-17 | George Tsutakawa ''Crawfish'' Sumi Ink on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $7,000
20. 2020-12-17 | George Tsutakawa ''Dusk'' 1985 Sumi Ink and Wash | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,750
21. 2020-05-07 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997 Washington\) ''A Felicitous'' 1986 Woodcut 4''x5.25'' Sight. A scarce woodcut of a tiger. Signed l.l. with title card on verso. Plasteel fine framing 15.5''x12''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $700
22. 2020-03-05 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997 Washington\) ''Transmission No.2'' 1952 Oil on Board 27''x34.5'' Image. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $16,000
23. 2019-12-05 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997 Washington\) ''Seven Shrimp'' 1977 Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper 13.5''x25.5'' Sight. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,750
24. 2019-09-19 | George Tsutakawa \(1910\-1997 Washington\) ''Two Shrimp'' Gansai Watercolor on Paper 9''x10'' Sight. Signed with chop seal l.l. Original framing 15''x16.5''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,400

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