# Rinko Kawauchi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T20:56:48.976Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2008-11-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-04
- Median realised price: $700
- Price range: $80 to $150,000

## Market Takeaway
Rinko Kawauchi has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $2,500\) 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: 66.7% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $150,000
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 195
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Artcurial: 6 lots
- Piasa: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam: 1 lots
- Mallet Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-04 | Rinko Kawauchi\_from 'Illuminance'/ 'Iridescence' | Mallet Auction | ¥150,000
2. 2024-11-21 | Rinko Kawauchi \(b. 1972\): Utatane \(69\) | STAIR | $900
3. 2024-06-20 | Rinko Kawauchi \(b. 1972\): Utatane \(78\) | STAIR | $500
4. 2024-04-03 | RINKO KAWAUCHI \(B. 1972\) Untitled, \(from the series Utatane\), 2001 signed | Christie's | N/A
5. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2001 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
6. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2003 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
7. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2001 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
8. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2004 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
9. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2004 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
10. 2023-06-08 | Rinko KAWAUCHI \(Né en 1972\) Untitled \(from the series "Aila"\) \- 2001 C\-print sur Aludibond | Artcurial | N/A
11. 2021-09-23 | Rinko Kawauchi \(born 1972\) Aila, \(94\), 2004 | Piasa | N/A
12. 2021-09-23 | Rinko Kawauchi \(born 1972\) Aila \(41\), 2004 | Piasa | N/A
13. 2021-09-23 | Rinko Kawauchi \(born 1972\) Aila \(22\), 2004 | Piasa | N/A
14. 2021-09-23 | Rinko Kawauchi \(born 1972\) Aila \(37\), 2004 | Piasa | N/A
15. 2021-05-28 | Rinko Kawauchi b.1972 | Chiswick Auctions | £700
16. 2021-05-28 | Rinko Kawauchi b.1972 | Chiswick Auctions | £700
17. 2021-05-28 | Rinko Kawauchi b.1972 | Chiswick Auctions | £680
18. 2019-05-16 | RINKO KAWAUCHI \- Untitled from Utanane, 2001 | Phillips | N/A
19. 2019-05-16 | RINKO KAWAUCHI \- Untitled from Utanane, 2001 | Phillips | N/A
20. 2018-10-10 | Rinko Kawauchi, Cui cui. FOIL/Cartier, Paris, 2005. Alexey Brodovitch, Alexey Brodovitch, Phaidon, 2002. Hardcover. André Kertész, Kertész, Jeu de Paume/Hazan, 2010. Hardcover. Benjamin Katz, Photographien, Wienand, 2010. Hardcover. François\-Marie Banier, Past Present. Hearst Books, NY, 1996. Hardcover. Hans\-Peter Feldmann, 272 pages. Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2001. Helmut & Johanna Kandl, business or pleasure. Fotohof, 2005. Hardcover. Lyonel Feininger, Photographs, 1928\-1939. Hatje Cantz, 2011. Hardcover. Robert Frank, Robert Frank in America. Steidl, 2014. Hardcover. Thomas Leininger, silent emotion. Metadesign, Berlin, 2007. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rinko-kawauchi-cui-cui-foil-cartier-paris-2005-alexey-brodovitch-alexey-brodovitch-phaidon-2002-hardcover-andre-kertesz-kertesz-jeu-de-paume-hazan-2010-hardcover-benjamin-katz-photographien-wienand-2010-hardcover-francois-marie-banier-past-present-hearst-books-ny-1996-hardcover-hans-peter-feldmann-272-pages-fotomuseum-winterthur-2001-helmut-johanna-kandl-business-or-pleasure-fotohof-2005-hardcover-lyonel-feininger-photographs-1928-1939-hatje-cantz-2011-hardcover-robert-frank-robert-frank-in-america-steidl-2014-hardcover-thomas-leininger-silent-emotion-metadesign-berlin-2007-642-c-45646aaa14
21. 2017-04-05 | Rinko Kawauchi: photobook | Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam | N/A
22. 2015-10-28 | RINKO KAWAUCHI | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | N/A
23. 2015-10-28 | RINKO KAWAUCHI | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | N/A
24. 2014-11-21 | RINKO KAWAUCHI \* | WestLicht | €600

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