# Iwao Akiyama - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:08:37.322Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 30
- First auction date: 2011-05-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-21
- Median realised price: $190
- Price range: $90 to $1,397

## Market Takeaway
Iwao Akiyama has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $190. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($190\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $285\) 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: 90% (27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 10% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $349
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-21
- Days since latest sale: 38
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Ripley Auctions: 4 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 3 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 2 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-25 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Friendly," 1976 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,206
2. 2026-03-21 | Iwao Akiyama signed print | Schultz Auctioneers | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-iwao-akiyama-signed-print-1479-c-7c97d45e9e
3. 2026-01-14 | Iwao Akiyama Signed & Numbered Woodblock Print | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $200
4. 2025-11-09 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\) Japanese, Nude Art Woodblock Print on High Pulp Paper | Sarasota Estate Auction | $100
5. 2025-05-21 | Iwao Akiyama \(b.1921\-2014\) くるみそ \(Kuroneko\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £280
6. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Running Horse," 1972 | John Moran Auctioneers | $285
7. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Owl and Girl," 1972 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,397
8. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Guardian Deity," 1972 | John Moran Auctioneers | $349
9. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Aizen Myo'o," 1976 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "To the Sea," 1971 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2025-04-08 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), "Two Owls," 1971 | John Moran Auctioneers | $476
12. 2024-07-13 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\). | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
13. 2024-05-15 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921 \- 2014\) | Roseberys | £150
14. 2024-03-24 | IWAO AKIYAMA \- Owl | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$1,100
15. 2024-03-07 | Iwao Akiyama, Nine Works | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $550
16. 2023-10-19 | Iwao Akiyama | Brunk Auctions | $250
17. 2023-09-06 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\) Remembrance of the Spring | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
18. 2023-07-12 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\) Remembrance of the Spring | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
19. 2022-12-15 | Iwao Akiyama \(Japanese, 1921\-2014\) Owl and Temple \(two works\) , 1979 Woodcut in | Heritage Auctions | $140
20. 2022-12-15 | Iwao Akiyama \(Japanese, 1921\-2014\) Seated Nude, 1982 Woodcut in colors on paper | Heritage Auctions | $140
21. 2022-04-28 | Iwao Akiyama | Brunk Auctions | $200
22. 2022-02-15 | Iwao Akiyama \(Japanese b. 1921\), Bull, Lino Cut, Framed: 15\-3/4 x 20\-1/2 in | Weschler's | $225
23. 2021-06-24 | Iwao Akiyama | Hindman | N/A
24. 2021-06-07 | Iwao Akiyama \(1921\-2014\), Japa | Historia Auctionata | €160

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