# Hiroshi Sugimoto - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T05:18:55.291Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,470
- Lots with prices: 1,096
- First auction date: 1998-04-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $16,250
- Price range: $20 to $2,900,000

## Market Takeaway
Hiroshi Sugimoto shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,301 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $17,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 41 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($17,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $7,500 and $30,240.
- 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: 8.8% (89 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.2% (213 sales)
- $10,000\+: 70% (705 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 41
- Previous 12 months sales: 70
- Recent 12 months median: $8,000
- Previous 12 months median: $4,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 624 lots
- Sotheby's: 251 lots
- Phillips: 144 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 86 lots
- Bonhams: 59 lots
- Maison Verneuil: 32 lots
- Mallet Auction: 26 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 25 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 17 lots
- Artcurial: 13 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(1948 Tokio – lebt in New York\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
2. 2025-10-16 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(1948\) \- Time Exposed \(selected works\), 1991 | Finarte | €3,500
3. 2025-10-16 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(1948\) \- Elizabeth Taylor, 1994 | Finarte | €2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hiroshi-sugimoto-1948-elizabeth-taylor-1994-12-c-b38467c9ce
4. 2025-10-09 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Mediterranean Sea, Crete I, 1990. signed, title | Christie's | $48,260
5. 2025-10-09 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Two Selected Prints from Time Exposed, 1991. ea | Christie's | $4,826
6. 2025-10-09 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). North Pacific Ocean, Iwate, 1986. signed, title | Christie's | $76,200
7. 2025-10-09 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Rockefeller Center—Raymond Hood, 2001. signed i | Christie's | $57,150
8. 2025-08-16 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(Jap. 20th Century\), "Time Exposed \#324: Mediterranean Sea La Ciotat" 1989, Offset lithograph, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $800
9. 2025-04-17 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Gorilla, 1994. signed in pencil \(mount, recto\); | Christie's | $10,710
10. 2025-04-17 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Bay of Sagami, Atami, 1997. signed in pencil \(m | Christie's | $21,420
11. 2025-04-17 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Mediterranean Sea, Cassis, 1989. signed in penc | Christie's | $35,280
12. 2025-04-12 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO 'THEATRE' PHOTO\-LITHO | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
13. 2025-02-19 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(born 1948\) White Mantled Colobus, 1977 | Piasa | €7,000
14. 2025-02-19 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(born 1948\) Sea of Japan \- Oki V, 1980 | Piasa | €25,000
15. 2025-02-13 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(1948\- \) The Brides in the Bath Murderer. 1994. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
16. 2024-12-18 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). The Electric Chair. gelatin silver print 16 ½ x | Christie's | $3,000
17. 2024-12-18 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano. gelatin silver print la | Christie's | $22,000
18. 2024-12-10 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(né en 1948\) Sea of Japan Oki V, 1987 tirage argentique im | Christie's | €30,240
19. 2024-12-02 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \(Japanese 1948\). Canton Palace Theatre, Ohio, 1980. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €9,500
20. 2024-11-11 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO 'THEATRE' PHOTO\-LITHO | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
21. 2024-11-11 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO 'IN PRAISE OF SHADOW' PHOTO\-LITHO | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $250
22. 2024-10-03 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(B. 1948\). Elizabeth II., 1999. signed in ink, credited, t | Christie's | N/A
23. 2024-09-24 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \(born 1948\) Time exposed, 1991 | Bonhams | €15,000
24. 2024-08-02 | Hiroshi Sugimoto \- Irish Sea, Isle of Man | Sotheby's | £21,600

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