# Masao Yamamoto - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T08:06:24.439Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2012-04-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-16
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $100 to $2,400

## Market Takeaway
Masao Yamamoto has 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 9 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 \($800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($425 to $1,000\) 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: 65.8% (25 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.2% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-16
- Days since latest sale: 221
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Brunk Auctions: 14 lots
- Antenor Auction: 6 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 4 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 3 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Finarte: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-02-27 | MASAO YAMAMOTO, A BOX OF KU PHOTOGRAPH | Converse Auctions | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-a-box-of-ku-photograph-296-c-2cb4f66815
2. 2025-10-16 | Masao Yamamoto \(1957\) \- Nakazora \#1139, 2000 | Finarte | €750
3. 2025-09-15 | Masao Yamamoto \(Japanese 1957\) . \#1198, from the series 'Nakazora'. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-japanese-1957-1198-from-the-series-nakazora-385-c-37e4758af4
4. 2025-09-15 | Masao Yamamoto \(Japanese 1957\) . \#1428, from the series 'Nakazora'. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-japanese-1957-1428-from-the-series-nakazora-384-c-02f41fc966
5. 2025-09-15 | Masao Yamamoto \(Japanese 1957\) . \#911, from the series 'Nakazora'. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-japanese-1957-911-from-the-series-nakazora-383-c-96543ad9cd
6. 2025-09-11 | Signed by Masao Yamamoto | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-masao-yamamoto-454-c-b52410ba2e
7. 2025-09-11 | Bird photography by Masao Yamamoto | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bird-photography-by-masao-yamamoto-453-c-be74cbfbb9
8. 2025-09-11 | Signed by Masao Yamamoto | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-masao-yamamoto-452-c-79b4d47b3f
9. 2025-09-11 | Complimentary copy from Masao Yamamoto | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-complimentary-copy-from-masao-yamamoto-451-c-7584ffc9c4
10. 2025-08-21 | Masao Yamamoto "Mamma \#3030" Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-mamma-3030-silver-print-31-c-5a2454a804
11. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-115-c-f6e4729986
12. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $700
13. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-113-c-c574fc282f
14. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $2,000
15. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $650
16. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-110-c-3a148e4a22
17. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-109-c-0004203946
18. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $650
19. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $800
20. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $400
21. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-98-c-5254baca3b
22. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-97-c-7b04731b73
23. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masao-yamamoto-96-c-54f417eb0a
24. 2023-10-20 | Masao Yamamoto | Brunk Auctions | N/A

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