# Hajime Sorayama - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T01:46:54.323Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 278
- Lots with prices: 200
- First auction date: 2008-09-05
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-18
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $12 to $5,750,000

## Market Takeaway
Hajime Sorayama shows deep auction liquidity with 277 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 56 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $300 and $2,400.
- 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: 64.3% (128 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.6% (47 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.1% (24 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 56
- Previous 12 months sales: 52
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $330
- Median shift: 21.2%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-18
- Days since latest sale: 31
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Louiza Auktion & Associés: 51 lots
- Absolute Auction: 28 lots
- Christie's: 25 lots
- Ravenel: 23 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 19 lots
- TGP Auction: 16 lots
- Goldfield Auction: 14 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 13 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 13 lots
- Pasadena Auction House: 12 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-10 | Hajime Sorayama, Framed Signed & Numbered Lithograph Framed | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hajime-sorayama-framed-signed-numbered-lithograph-framed-43-c-8764194815
2. 2024-06-15 | Hajime Sorayama, Framed Signed & Numbered Lithograph | Joshua Kodner | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hajime-sorayama-framed-signed-numbered-lithograph-210-c-dfc4dfdbd7
3. 2024-06-15 | Hajime Sorayama 'Squid' Signed & Numbered Lithograph | Joshua Kodner | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hajime-sorayama-squid-signed-numbered-lithograph-191-c-67d42f7a24
4. 2018-12-02 | HAJIME SORAYAMA \(JAPANESE, B. 1947\) 空山基 | Ravenel | NT$220,000
5. 2026-01-18 | Hajime Sorayama \(b. Japan, 1947\) Untitled\_Sexy Robot\_Floating\_Type II 1/4 Scale \(Silver\), 2024 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hajime-sorayama-b-japan-1947-untitled-sexy-robot-floating-type-ii-1-4-scale-silver-2024-149-c-277400c81b
6. 2025-12-20 | Hajime Sorayama \(b. 1947\) Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $12
7. 2025-12-20 | Hajime Sorayama \(b. 1947\) Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $80
8. 2025-12-20 | Hajime Sorayama \(b. 1947\) Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $50
9. 2025-12-10 | Hajime Sorayama \(Japanese 1947\-\), Sexy Robot Floating 1/4 Scale \(Black\)', 2020 | Tate Ward Auctions | £600
10. 2025-12-10 | Hajime Sorayama \(Japanese 1947\-\), Sexy Robot Floating \(Silver\)', 2020 | Tate Ward Auctions | £800
11. 2025-12-10 | Hajime Sorayama \(Japanese 1947\-\), Sexy Robot Floating \(Gold\)', 2020 | Tate Ward Auctions | £500
12. 2025-11-26 | Hajime Sorayama, 1947, Lucky Strike | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 600
13. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $115
14. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $235
15. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $370
16. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $240
17. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $500
18. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $440
19. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $395
20. 2025-11-22 | Hajime Sorayama \(b.1947\) Signed Color Print | Joshua Kodner | $485
21. 2025-11-06 | Hajime Sorayama \(Japanese, b. 1947\), "Nude Woman with Squid," Sight\- H.\- 26 1/4 in, W.\-36 1/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 35 1/4 in., W.\- 45 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $224
22. 2025-10-05 | UNTITLED | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | N/A
23. 2025-10-05 | GICLEE \# 024 | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | HK$1,000
24. 2025-10-05 | GICLEE \#SHW014 | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | HK$500

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