# Naoko Matsubara - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:58:13.455Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 56
- Lots with prices: 42
- First auction date: 2002-10-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-25
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $29 to $780

## Market Takeaway
Naoko Matsubara has 56 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. 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 \($150\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($75 to $260\) 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% (42 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: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 96
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 11 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 8 lots
- Skinner: 6 lots
- Waddington's: 6 lots
- RoGallery: 4 lots
- Floating World Auctions: 3 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 3 lots
- 4th Meridian Fine Art: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- Capo Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-24 | NAOKO MATSUBARA \(Canada, 1937\-\), "Fuyuyanagi" \(Winter Willow\)., Woodblock print, 18" x 14" sight. Framed 25" x 20.5". | Eldred's | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-naoko-matsubara-canada-1937-fuyuyanagi-winter-willow-woodblock-print-18-x-14-sight-framed-25-x-20-5-3674-c-4354d219d4
2. 2018-04-12 | Naoko Matsubara \(1937\-\), SOLITUDE \(A FOLIO OF 11 PLATES FROM WALDEN, SOLITUDE\), 1971, Folio of 11 colour and black and white woodcuts on japon paper contained in a hardcover folio box with block printed cover. Accompanied by the Japanese\-style bound | Waddington's | CA$780
3. 2026-01-25 | Naoko Matsubara \(Born 1937\) Japanese/Canadian, Signed and Numbered Woodblock | Sarasota Estate Auction | $225
4. 2025-10-24 | NAOKO MATSUBARA \(Canada, 1937\-\), "Sylvan Snow"., Woodblock, dai oban yoko\-e, 15" x 25" sight. Framed 21.5" x 31.5". | Eldred's | $550
5. 2025-01-25 | NAOKO MATSUBARA, CAT'S CRADLE, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
6. 2024-11-20 | Naoko Matsubara Signed & Numbered Litho | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $75
7. 2024-10-16 | Naoko Matsubara Signed Woodcut 1958 | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $150
8. 2024-10-16 | Naoko Matsubara Signed Woodcut | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $100
9. 2024-10-16 | Naoko Matsubara Signed Woodcut \[Weeping Beach\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $475
10. 2024-10-16 | Naoko Matsubara Signed Woodcut \[Solitude\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $200
11. 2024-10-16 | Naoko Matsubara Signed Woodcut \[Winter Serenity\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $75
12. 2024-07-01 | NAOKO MATSUBARA, CAT'S CRADLE, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2024-06-18 | Naoko Matsubara \(Japanese b. 1937\), Drop of Life, Shuzo Ikeda \(Japanese b. 1922\), Young Girl, and Eiichi Shibuya \(Japanese b. 1928\), Clown, Three Woodblock Prints in Color, Each Unframed, Mat of each: 20 x 16 in. \(50.8 x | Weschler's | $150
14. 2024-06-14 | Naoko Matsubara \(Japanese\-Canadian, B. 1937\) Woodblock Print, Ca. 1976, "A Happy 1976", H 10" W 8" | DuMouchelles | N/A
15. 2024-04-27 | NAOKO MATSUBARA, CAT'S CRADLE, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2024-03-20 | NAOKO MATSUBARA, CAT'S CRADLE, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2024-02-10 | Naoko Matsubara \(Japanese 1937\- \) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $200
18. 2024-01-18 | Naoko Matsubara \(Japanese \- Canadian, B. 1937\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $375
19. 2023-06-15 | NAOKO MATSUBARA \(Japan/Canada, 1937\-\), “Japanese Market”., Woodcut on tissue\-thin paper, 25" x 40". Unframed. | Eldred's | $100
20. 2022-04-28 | NAOKO MATSUBARA \(Japan/Canada, b. 1937\), “By the Morning Glory My well\-bucket was taken prisoner I had to go begging for water ..."., Woodcut on paper, 14” x 10” sight. Framed 21” x 16”. | Eldred's | $150
21. 2022-04-28 | NAOKO MATSUBARA \(Japan/Canada, b. 1937\), “Japanese Seaside Village”., Woodcut on paper, 14” x 10” sight. Framed 21” x 16”. | Eldred's | $175
22. 2022-02-25 | Naoko Matsubara for Caroline Garrett Book Cover | Keystone Auctions LLC | N/A
23. 2022-02-15 | Naoko Matsubara \(Japanese 1937\), Temple IV, Woodblock Print, Framed: 23 x 22 in | Weschler's | $75
24. 2020-09-27 | Naoko Matsubara, Spring Letter | 4th Meridian Fine Art | CA$260

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