# Minoru Niizuma - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:53:59.938Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2004-05-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-02
- Median realised price: $4,250
- Price range: $20 to $180,000

## Market Takeaway
Minoru Niizuma has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,250. 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 \($4,250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,000 to $6,500\) 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: 20% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $2,200
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 10%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-02
- Days since latest sale: 147
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Doyle New York: 4 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2005-05-24 | Minoru Niizuma | Doyle New York | $5,700
2. 2025-12-02 | Minoru Niizuma, 1930\-1998, Untitled | Abell Auction | $4,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-minoru-niizuma-1930-1998-untitled-69-c-f6bd12fea3
3. 2025-09-30 | Minoru Niizuma, Obelisk | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,200
4. 2025-02-01 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese / American 1930\-1998\) "White Wind", 1965 White marble on lacquered wood pedestal Marble 18 3/4" x 18 1/2" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $19,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-minoru-niizuma-japanese-american-1930-1998-white-wind-1965-white-marble-on-lacquered-wood-pedestal-marble-18-3-4-x-18-1-2-329-c-bfa4519978
5. 2024-11-07 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\), CASTLE OF EYE CUBE | Waddington's | CA$2,000
6. 2024-07-25 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930\-1998\) Castle of the Eye1972patinated bronze, signed and numbered '8/10'height 15 1/4in \(38.7cm\); width 4 3/4in \(12cm\); depth 4 3/4in \(12cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2024-05-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930 \- 1998, JAPANESE\) Floating Cube. | Swann Auction Galleries | $468
8. 2024-05-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930 \- 1998, JAPANESE\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
9. 2024-05-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930 \- 1998, JAPANESE\) Castle of Eye Cube. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
10. 2024-05-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930 \- 1998, JAPANESE\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
11. 2024-05-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930 \- 1998, JAPANESE\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
12. 2023-10-05 | Love/ Work | Mallet Auction | ¥180,000
13. 2023-04-28 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese 1930\-1998\) White Castle II, 1973 | Lyon & Turnbull | £6,500
14. 2023-04-19 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\) Castle of the Eye, 1974 | Hindman | $6,000
15. 2023-03-29 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(1930–1998\) Untitled1969marble, incised with artist's mark and datedheight 10 3/4in \(27.3cm\); width 10 3/4in \(27.3cm\); depth 10 3/4in \(27.3cm\) | Bonhams | $5,000
16. 2021-12-18 | JAPANESE WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY MINORU NIIZUMA | Antique Arena Inc | $20
17. 2021-12-14 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\) Castle of the Eye, 1974 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $6,000
18. 2021-09-25 | JAPANESE WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY MINORU NIIZUMA | Antique Arena Inc | $50
19. 2021-04-11 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\), "Thunderstorm" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $8,500
20. 2021-03-21 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(Japanese/Amer..1930\-1998\) SCULPT\- | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $2,500
21. 2020-03-22 | MINORU NIIZUMA \(JAPANESE 1930\-1998\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
22. 2017-03-02 | MINORU NIIZUMA \| Untitled  | Sotheby's | $9,375
23. 2013-12-11 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\) | Christie's | N/A
24. 2013-07-23 | Minoru Niizuma \(Japanese, 1930\-1998\) | Christie's | $2,375

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