# Masuo Ojima - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:46:23.661Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2017-06-25
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-06
- Median realised price: $180
- Price range: $60 to $550

## Market Takeaway
Masuo Ojima has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($180\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $275\) 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% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $175
- Previous 12 months median: $160
- Median shift: 9.4%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-06
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Hill Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 3 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 2 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-06 | MASUO OJIMA \(JAPANESE\-AMERICAN, B. 1949\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-japanese-american-b-1949-275-c-bdb27d7907
2. 2025-08-16 | Masuo Ojima \(Born 1949\) Japanese American, Large Post Modern Ceramic Pottery Vessel | Sarasota Estate Auction | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-born-1949-japanese-american-large-post-modern-ceramic-pottery-vessel-536-c-48a4611901
3. 2025-08-13 | Masuo Ojima b.1949 Japanese Pottery Lidded Vessel | Hill Auction Gallery | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-b-1949-japanese-pottery-lidded-vessel-252-c-b1f444b854
4. 2025-01-29 | Masuo Ojima b.1949 Pottery Wall Charger 3pc LOT | Hill Auction Gallery | $300
5. 2025-01-29 | Masuo Ojima b.1949 Modern Studio Art Pottery Box | Hill Auction Gallery | $100
6. 2024-11-02 | Masuo Ojima \(b. 1949\) Japanese/American, Ceramic Decorative Art Plate | Sarasota Estate Auction | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-b-1949-japanese-american-ceramic-decorative-art-plate-659-c-f9942ad80b
7. 2024-10-15 | Masuo Ojima \(b. 1949\), A ceramic pottery vessel, early 21st century | John Moran Auctioneers | $231
8. 2024-06-27 | MASUO OJIMA \(Japanese/American b. 1949\). PURPLE GLARED BALUSTER FORM TEAPOT WITH COVER. Art pottery teapot with lift cover, in purple\-b | Sloans & Kenyon | $80
9. 2024-06-27 | MASUO OJIMA \(Japanese/American, b. 1949\). Art pottery charger. Palette of purple with green; gilt highlights. Signed under base. | Sloans & Kenyon | $70
10. 2024-06-27 | MASUO OJIMA \(Japanese, born 1949\). Art pottery vase with Japanese inspired lift cover; mottled, textured surface shaded purple to green | Sloans & Kenyon | $160
11. 2023-11-08 | Masuo Ojima \(B. 1949\) Studio Pottery Sculptural Vessel | Material Culture | $275
12. 2023-08-25 | MASUO OJIMA \(CA/JAPAN, 1949\- \) ART POTTERY | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-ca-japan-1949-art-pottery-1400-c-fe54e708de
13. 2023-03-31 | MASUO OJIMA \(B.1949\) CERAMIC SCULPTURAL BOWL | Austin Auction Gallery | $175
14. 2023-02-26 | MASUO OJIMA \(CA/JAPAN, 1949\- \) ART POTTERY | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-ca-japan-1949-art-pottery-3194-c-0b047f7bf0
15. 2021-02-25 | MASUO OJIMA \(B. 1949\): CERAMIC VASE | Abell Auction | $550
16. 2020-01-16 | Masuo Ojima, Memphis Art Pottery Center Bowl | Leland Little Auctions | $180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-masuo-ojima-memphis-art-pottery-center-bowl-1061-c-0154e238fb
17. 2020-01-16 | Masuo Ojima, Large Memphis Art Pottery Center Bowl | Leland Little Auctions | $210
18. 2017-06-25 | MASUO OJIMA 9'' POTTERY VASE. Condition: Age appropriate wear; All items sold as is. | Dargate Auction Galleries | $60

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