# Koichi Sakamoto - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:40:27.268Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2005-05-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-13
- Median realised price: $100
- Price range: $40 to $450

## Market Takeaway
Koichi Sakamoto has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. 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 \($100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($70 to $175\) 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: 100% (35 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $225
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 107
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Floating World Auctions: 6 lots
- Material Culture: 6 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 5 lots
- Woodblock Prints World: 5 lots
- Peachtree & Bennett: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 2 lots
- Barsby Auctions: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-13 | Koichi Sakamoto "Shadow of a Sunset" Etching | Auctions at Showplace | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-koichi-sakamoto-shadow-of-a-sunset-etching-331-c-ae47b76ab6
2. 2025-10-16 | Koichi Sakamoto "White Countryside" Etching | Auctions at Showplace | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-koichi-sakamoto-white-countryside-etching-266-c-58a4f51840
3. 2024-09-14 | Japanese woodblock Print Koichi Sakamoto | Woodblock Prints World | $180
4. 2024-09-14 | Japanese woodblock Print Koichi Sakamoto | Woodblock Prints World | $120
5. 2025-10-24 | KOICHI SAKAMOTO \(Japan, 1932\-\), Girl and Bird in Profile Under a Cloud\-Filled Blue Sky., Mezzotint on paper, 15" x 11". Matted 20" x 16". | Eldred's | $425
6. 2025-06-14 | Japanese woodblock Print Koichi Sakamoto | Woodblock Prints World | $225
7. 2025-04-13 | Koichi Sakamoto \(b. 1932\), Mezzotint | Locati LLC | $100
8. 2024-08-22 | Koichi Sakamoto Signed Mezzotint Bare Trees | Greenwich Auction | $50
9. 2024-08-08 | Koichi Sakamoto Signed Mezzotint Bare Trees | Greenwich Auction | N/A
10. 2024-08-02 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- Stand Still | Floating World Auctions | $50
11. 2024-08-02 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- Uncovered Sky | Floating World Auctions | $50
12. 2024-07-25 | Koichi Sakamoto Signed Mezzotint Bare Trees | Greenwich Auction | N/A
13. 2024-07-25 | Koichi Sakamoto Signed Engraving Night Bird | Greenwich Auction | $70
14. 2024-07-11 | Koichi Sakamoto Signed Mezzotint Bare Trees | Greenwich Auction | N/A
15. 2024-06-16 | Koichi Sakamoto \(1932 \-\) | Barsby Auctions | A$90
16. 2024-01-20 | Japanese woodblock Print Koichi Sakamoto | Woodblock Prints World | $180
17. 2024-01-20 | Japanese woodblock Print Koichi Sakamoto | Woodblock Prints World | $160
18. 2023-07-18 | Koichi Sakamoto "Late at Night" Etching | Revere Auctions | $300
19. 2022-07-10 | Koichi Sakamoto, Japanese Woodblock Print | Montgomery Auction | $175
20. 2021-05-19 | Koichi Sakamoto, Blue Wind | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
21. 2018-07-28 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- Village in Moonlight | Floating World Auctions | $75
22. 2018-07-28 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- Houses under a Full Moon | Floating World Auctions | N/A
23. 2018-07-28 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- House in Snow | Floating World Auctions | $75
24. 2018-07-28 | Koichi Sakamoto \- Japanese Print \- Farm House | Floating World Auctions | $100

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