# Shomei Tomatsu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T06:41:34.204Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2006-05-18
- Latest auction date: 2024-05-26
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $80 to $37,800

## Market Takeaway
Shomei Tomatsu has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($105 to $2,000\) 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: 59.4% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.3% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.4% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $110
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-05-26
- Days since latest sale: 719
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Morgan Auctions: 19 lots
- Christie's: 14 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
2. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $100
3. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $110
4. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
5. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
6. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
7. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $110
8. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
9. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $110
10. 2024-05-26 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $105
11. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $105
12. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
13. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | N/A
14. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $100
15. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Train Troops" Print | Morgan Auctions | $100
16. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Untitled" Print. | Morgan Auctions | $100
17. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Graffiti" Print | Morgan Auctions | N/A
18. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Graffiti" Print | Morgan Auctions | $100
19. 2024-05-12 | Shomei Tomatsu "Farmer and Plane" Print | Morgan Auctions | $100
20. 2023-10-05 | SHOMEI TOMATSU \(1930\-2012\) Off\-Track Betting Window, Tokyo. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2023-04-27 | SHOMEI TOMATSU \(1930\-2012\) Chewing Gum & Chocolate, Yokosuka. | Swann Auction Galleries | $23,750
22. 2022-11-08 | SHOMEI TOMATSU \(1930\-2012\) Untitled \(series 'Chewing Gum and Chocolate, Yok | Christie's | €37,800
23. 2018-10-10 | Shomei Tomatsu, Skin of the Nation. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2004. Hardcover. Arno Fischer, Fotografie. Hatje Cantz, 2009. Hardcover. Bengal Stream, The Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh. Merian Verlag, 2017. Hardcover. Clare Richardson, Beyond the forest. SteidlMack, 2007. Hardcover. Denise Colomb, Aux Antilles. Filligranes Ed, 2009. Hardcover. Dirk Reinartz, New York 1974. Steidl, 2007. Hardcover \(linen\). Eugene Richards, Cocaine true cocaine blue. Aperture, 1994. Francois\-Marie Banier, Beckett. Steidl, 2009. Hardcover. Georges Platt Lynes, The Photographs of. Twin Palms, 1994. Hardcover. Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun, Behind the mask, another mask. National Portrait Gallery, London, 2017. Hardcover. Henry Frank, father photographer 1890\-1976 \(ed. Robert Frank\). Steidl, 2009. Hardcover. Hugh Foote, Booth\-Clibborn Ed, 2000. Hardcover. Jacques Henri Lartigue, L’album d’une vie 1894\-1986. Seuil, 2003. Jacques Henri Lartigue, La traversée du siècle. Bordas, Paris, 1990. Hardcover. Jean Bernard, Karl Kugel & Bernard Lesang. Ile de la Réunion. Trwa Kartié. Editions de La Martinière, 1994. Joan Colom, Raval. Steidl, 2006. Hardcover. John Deakin, Photographien. Schirmel/ Mosel, 1996. Hardcover. John Gutmann, The photographer at work. Yale Press, 2009. Hardcover. Minor White, Life is like a cinema of stills. Baldine & Castoldi, 2000. Mitch Epstein, Work 1973\-2006. Steidl, 2006. Hardcover. \(met dvd\). Roe Ethridge, Rockaway, NY. SteidlMack, 2007. Hardcover. Walker Evans, Walker Evans & Company. MoMA, NY, 2000. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shomei-tomatsu-skin-of-the-nation-san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-2004-hardcover-arno-fischer-fotografie-hatje-cantz-2009-hardcover-bengal-stream-the-vibrant-architecture-scene-of-bangladesh-merian-verlag-2017-hardcover-clare-richardson-beyond-the-forest-steidlmack-2007-hardcover-denise-colomb-aux-antilles-filligranes-ed-2009-hardcover-dirk-reinartz-new-york-1974-steidl-2007-hardcover-linen-eugene-richards-cocaine-true-cocaine-blue-aperture-1994-francois-marie-banier-beckett-steidl-2009-hardcover-georges-platt-lynes-the-photographs-of-twin-palms-1994-hardcover-gillian-wearing-and-claude-cahun-behind-the-mask-another-mask-national-portrait-gallery-london-2017-hardcover-henry-frank-father-photographer-1890-1976-ed-robert-frank-steidl-2009-hardcover-hugh-foote-booth-clibborn-ed-2000-hardcover-jacques-henri-lartigue-l-album-d-une-vie-1894-1986-seuil-2003-jacques-henri-lartigue-la-traversee-du-siecle-bordas-paris-1990-hardcover-jean-bernard-karl-kugel-bernard-lesang-ile-de-la-reunion-trwa-kartie-editions-de-la-martiniere-1994-joan-colom-raval-steidl-2006-hardcover-john-deakin-photographien-schirmel-mosel-1996-hardcover-john-gutmann-the-photographer-at-work-yale-press-2009-hardcover-minor-white-life-is-like-a-cinema-of-stills-baldine-castoldi-2000-mitch-epstein-work-1973-2006-steidl-2006-hardcover-met-dvd-roe-ethridge-rockaway-ny-steidlmack-2007-hardcover-walker-evans-walker-evans-company-moma-ny-2000-631-c-4fd4a89938
24. 2018-10-04 | SHOMEI TOMATSU \- Oshima Eiko, Actress, 1961 and Kabuki Stage Hand, Tokyo, 1964 | Phillips | $4,000

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