# Reika Iwami - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:05:30.721Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2011-02-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-07
- Median realised price: $170
- Price range: $57 to $762

## Market Takeaway
Reika Iwami has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $170. 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 \($170\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($125 to $345\) 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% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $340
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-07
- Days since latest sale: 172
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Farmer Auctions: 5 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 5 lots
- Lion and Unicorn: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-07 | REIKA IWAMI \(JAPANESE, 1927\-2020\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £340
2. 2025-10-24 | REIKA IWAMI \(Japan, 1927\-2020\), Tranquility of Water B \(Mizu no An B\)., Woodblock print, 12.5" x 17" sight. Framed 18" x 22". | Eldred's | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-reika-iwami-japan-1927-2020-tranquility-of-water-b-mizu-no-an-b-woodblock-print-12-5-x-17-sight-framed-18-x-22-3596-c-35242b4a3a
3. 2025-04-13 | Reika Iwami, "Liberty Bell', Block Print | Kaminski Auctions | $125
4. 2025-04-08 | Reika Iwami \(1927\-2020\), Moon and butterfly, 1973 | John Moran Auctioneers | $762
5. 2024-09-27 | REIKA IWAMI \(Japan, 1927\-2020\), Abstract with Gold Orb., Woodblock print, 18" x 12" sight. Framed 27" x 21". | Eldred's | $175
6. 2024-09-18 | REIKA IWAMI \- WINTER COMPOSITION NO. 2 | Capsule Gallery Auction | $150
7. 2024-06-30 | Reika Iwami, Original Woodblock on Paper, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-reika-iwami-original-woodblock-on-paper-signed-348-c-12c47db90f
8. 2024-06-30 | Reika Iwami, Original Woodblock on Paper, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $130
9. 2024-06-30 | Reika Iwami, Original Woodblock on Paper, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-reika-iwami-original-woodblock-on-paper-signed-346-c-dad4bf19a8
10. 2024-05-30 | Reika Iwami Signed Numbered Wood Block 1964 | Greenwich Auction | $250
11. 2024-04-11 | Reika Iwami Signed Numbered Wood Block 1964 | Greenwich Auction | N/A
12. 2024-03-28 | Reika Iwami Signed Numbered Wood Block 1964 | Greenwich Auction | N/A
13. 2024-03-14 | Reika Iwami Signed Numbered Wood Block 1964 | Greenwich Auction | N/A
14. 2024-03-03 | REIKA IWAMI \(1927 \- 2020, japanische Künstlerin\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €650
15. 2024-01-18 | Reika Iwami Signed Numbered Wood Block 1964 | Greenwich Auction | $300
16. 2024-01-10 | Reika Iwami \(1927\-2020\): Ode to the Water | Abell Auction | $275
17. 2021-10-26 | Reika Iwami: Moon and water. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $170
18. 2017-04-27 | REIKA IWAMI \(JAPANESE, 1927\-\), DIALOGUE WITH WATER \- D; DIALOGUE WITH WATER \- E, TWO JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS WITH EMBOSSING AND GOLD METALLIC INK; EACH TITLED \(in Japanese\), NUMBERED 8/50 & 7/50, SIGNED AND DATED ‘74 IN PENCIL \(Each image, | Waddington's | CA$390
19. 2016-02-23 | Reika Iwami \(Japanese, b 1927\), woodblock, Moon Over Mountain, edition 35/80, pencil signed and dated '81 lower right, 21\-1/2" x 13\-.. | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $350
20. 2016-01-18 | Reika Iwami \(Japanese, 1927\) Woodblock Print | Locati LLC | $175
21. 2016-01-01 | Reika Iwami wood block on paper and collage | Stephenson's Auction | $150
22. 2013-07-14 | Reika Iwami \(Japanese | Neal Auction Company | $123
23. 2013-02-24 | Reika Iwami \(Japanese, b. 1927\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
24. 2012-10-04 | Reika Iwami, Water Ripples, Woodblock | RoGallery | $400

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