# Shima Tamami - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T06:39:14.408Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 42
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2012-12-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-03
- Median realised price: $160
- Price range: $40 to $650

## Market Takeaway
Shima Tamami has 42 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $160. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($160\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $250\) 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% (37 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $175
- Median shift: 14.3%
- Latest sale date: 2026-05-03
- Days since latest sale: 8
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 3 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 2 lots
- Blackwell Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- Westport Auction: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-05-03 | Tamami Shima \(1937 \- 1999 \) Vintage Japanese Original Woodblock Print "Houses on a Riverbank" | Curated Gallery Auctions | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tamami-shima-1937-1999-vintage-japanese-original-woodblock-print-houses-on-a-riverbank-524-c-52b8b6ab6e
2. 2026-04-14 | Shima Tamami \(Japanese 1937\-1999\), Trees and Birds, Woodblock Print, 1961, Numbered 2/50, Frame: 22 x 27 1/4 in. \(55.9 x 69.2 cm.\) | Weschler's | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shima-tamami-japanese-1937-1999-trees-and-birds-woodblock-print-1961-numbered-2-50-frame-22-x-27-1-4-in-55-9-x-69-2-cm-373-c-e6a94b2ffb
3. 2025-08-08 | Shima Tamami signed print | Schultz Auctioneers | $225
4. 2025-05-21 | Tamami Shima "Quiet Morning" Woodblock Print 1958 | Revere Auctions | $650
5. 2025-05-02 | TAMAMI SHIMA \(JAPAN, 1937\-1999\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $300
6. 2024-10-17 | Shima Tamami, pair woodblock prints, 1961 | Millea Bros Ltd | $175
7. 2024-01-30 | Tamami Shima \(Japanese 1937\-1999\), 'Shamo' \(Game Fowl\), 1959, Woodblock in Color, from Edition of 100 Frame: 28 x 22 in. \(71.1 x 55.9 cm.\) | Weschler's | $150
8. 2023-07-16 | Tamami Shima \(1937\-1999\) Japanese Woodblock Print Three Horses | Denise Ryan Auction Co. | $60
9. 2023-07-16 | TAMAMI SHIMA "ROAD FOR RETURN" WOODBLOCK PRINT | Bradford's | $500
10. 2023-04-24 | Tamami Shima \(Japanese, 1937\-1999\) | Material Culture | $450
11. 2023-04-16 | TAMAMI SHIMA \(Japanese, 1937\-1999\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $150
12. 2022-12-08 | SHIMA TAMAMI \(Japan, 1937\-1999\), Dream Bird., Woodblock print, oban yoko\-e, 10” x 15” sight. Framed 16” x 21”. | Eldred's | $375
13. 2022-10-26 | Tamami Shima, Pair of Japanese Woodblocks | Caza Sikes | $225
14. 2022-06-18 | TAMAMI SHIMA, Color Woodblock Print, 1960 | Blackwell Auctions LLC | $250
15. 2022-06-18 | TAMAMI SHIMA, Color Woodblock Print, 1966 | Blackwell Auctions LLC | $250
16. 2022-06-05 | TAMAMI SHIMA \(Japanese, 1937\-1999\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $250
17. 2022-05-22 | Tamami Shima \(1937\-1999\) Japanese, Woodblock | Sarasota Estate Auction | $125
18. 2021-10-28 | TAMAMI SHIMA \(JAPAN, B. 1937\), WOODBLOCK PRINT | Everard Auctions and Appraisals | $150
19. 2021-09-25 | JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT HOUSE BY SHIMA TAMAMI | Antique Arena Inc | $100
20. 2021-03-24 | Tamami Shima \(Japanese, 1937\-99\), | Bargain Hunt Auctions | A$220
21. 2020-04-23 | Tamami Shima \(1937 \- 1999\) \- Bell Tower, Shoro, 1959 53 x 37.5 cm \(frame: 73 x 36 x 2 cm\) | Lawsons | A$240
22. 2020-01-10 | Tamami Shima, woodblock print | Millea Bros Ltd | $80
23. 2019-06-23 | TAMAMI SHIMA "Cup" Japanese Abstract 1961 Woodcut | Jonah Fine Art | N/A
24. 2019-05-09 | SHIMA TAMAMI \(Japanese, 1937\-1999\) Origami Birds 1958 woodblock | Leonard Joel | A$160

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