# Masatoyo Kishi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:19:18.602Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2009-05-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-23
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $120 to $5,625

## Market Takeaway
Masatoyo Kishi has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($330 to $2,500\) 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: 54.5% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $250
- Previous 12 months median: $1,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-23
- Days since latest sale: 97
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Locati LLC: 2 lots
- Uniques & Antiques: 2 lots
- Bradford's: 1 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-23 | Masatoyo Kishi \(1924\-2017\) \- Opus No | Clars Auctions | $2,500
2. 2025-05-11 | MASATOYO KISHI \(Japanese, 1924\-2017\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $250
3. 2024-08-17 | Masatoyo Kishi \(Am. 1924\-2017\), "Opus No. 66\-H\-3" 1966, Oil on canvas, framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,400
4. 2023-10-10 | Masatoyo Kishi \(1924\-2017\), Kuki torso, Metal over cement, 21.25" H x 12" W x 10" D | John Moran Auctioneers | $330
5. 2023-08-19 | Masatoyo Kishi \(Am. 1924\-2017\), "Opus No. 62\-503" 1962, Oil on canvas, framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,300
6. 2023-07-16 | MASATOYO KISHI "KUKI" LIMITED EDITION SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $120
7. 2022-10-12 | MASATOYO KISHI \(KUKI\) STONE SCULPTURE. JAPANESE AMERICAN. | Uniques & Antiques | $350
8. 2022-10-12 | MASATOYO KISHI \(KUKI\) STONE SCULPTURE. JAPANESE AMERICAN. | Uniques & Antiques | $700
9. 2022-04-02 | 1924\-2017 MASATOYO KISHI "KUKI" ART SCULPTURE SIGNED | RB Fine Arts | $120
10. 2021-02-25 | Masatoyo Kishi \(1924\-2017\) Kuki lidded sculpture 28 1/2"w x 6 7/8"d x 16 1/4"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,000
11. 2020-03-28 | Masatoyo Kishi \(Kuki\) Sculpture | Searchlight Auction | $450
12. 2019-10-19 | MASATOYO KISHI \(KUKI\) JAPANESE STONE SCULPTURE | DuMouchelles | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masatoyo-kishi-kuki-japanese-stone-sculpture-1289-c-7014518b7d
13. 2019-05-18 | Masatoyo Kishi 2 cast stone | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $225
14. 2019-04-27 | MASATOYO KISHI \(JAPANESE / AMERICAN 1924\-2017\) MODERN ABSTRACT PAINTING | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $400
15. 2018-12-06 | MASATOYO KISHI \| Untitled | Sotheby's | $3,800
16. 2017-04-25 | Masatoyo Kishi \(1924\-\* California / Japan\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $562
17. 2016-09-10 | Masatoyo Kishi \(1924\-\* Grass Valley, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2016-06-20 | A KUKI Cast Stone Sculpture of a Bird of Prey by Masatoyo Kishi | Locati LLC | $200
19. 2016-05-16 | A KUKI Cast Stone Sculpture of a Bird of Prey by Masatoyo Kishi | Locati LLC | N/A
20. 2012-05-21 | Masatoyo Kishi \(born 1924\) | Bonhams | $3,500
21. 2011-11-22 | Masatoyo Kishi \(American, born 1924\) Opus No. 64\-83, 1964 70 x 44in | Bonhams | $5,625
22. 2009-09-20 | Masatoyo Kishi \(American, born 1924\) Untitled 30 x 40in | Bonhams | $1,952
23. 2009-09-11 | Masatoyo Kishi \(Japanese/American, b. 1924\) Opus No. 151 Signed, titled, dated, and ins... | Skinner | $5,333
24. 2009-07-19 | Masatoyo Kishi \(American, born 1924\) Untitled 30 x 40in | Bonhams | N/A

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