# Shozo Shimamoto - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:21:32.719Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 134
- Lots with prices: 81
- First auction date: 2008-05-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $118,750
- Price range: $62 to $23,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Shozo Shimamoto shows solid auction liquidity with 134 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $118,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($118,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $18,000 and $1,000,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 4.9% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.9% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 85.2% (69 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $15,000
- Previous 12 months median: $20,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 28 lots
- Mallet Auction: 22 lots
- Sotheby's: 15 lots
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- Capitolium Art: 9 lots
- Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste: 7 lots
- Finarte: 7 lots
- SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.: 6 lots
- Aste Boetto SRL: 4 lots
- Art\-Rite: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2015-03-26 | Shozo Shimamoto, Piece from Soredemu Chikyu wa ugoku 18, 1999 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | €25,712
2. 2025-12-12 | Shozo Shimamoto \(Osaka, 1928 \- 2013\) \- Senza titolo, 2003 | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €10,000
3. 2025-12-04 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\) Heiwa No. Akashi 2007\-10 2007 | Bonhams | €18,000
4. 2025-12-04 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\) Nyotaku\-Uzumaki 8 1990\-2009 | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2025-12-04 | Shozo Shimamoto \(1928\-2013\). Sans titre. | Christie's | €33,020
6. 2025-12-03 | SHIMAMOTO SHOZO \(1928 \- 2013\) \- FELISSIMO 005 | Capitolium Art | €1,500
7. 2025-11-10 | Shozo Shimamoto \(1928 \- 2013\) \- Untitled, 2000s | Finarte | €150
8. 2025-10-27 | SHIMAMOTO Shozo, Carta | Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste | €3,000
9. 2025-07-17 | Shozo Shimamoto \(Japan, 1928\-2013\) \- Bottle Crash in Venice 08 \(2007\) | Templum Fine Art Auctions | N/A
10. 2025-06-05 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\) & MASANORI NAKAO \(N. 1984\) Silk Road 22 2006\-2007 | Bonhams | €15,000
11. 2025-06-05 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\) Uzumaki 1965 | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2025-06-05 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\) Gutai 01 1950 | Bonhams | €28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shozo-shimamoto-1928-2013-gutai-01-1950-66-c-c9241d1b15
13. 2025-05-22 | Shozo Shimamoto \(Japan, 1928\-2013\) \- Bottle Crash in Venice 08 \(2007\) | Templum Fine Art Auctions | N/A
14. 2025-05-15 | Untitled | Mallet Auction | ¥1,000,000
15. 2025-04-15 | SHIMAMOTO Shozo, Itami | Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste | N/A
16. 2024-12-03 | Shozo Shimamoto \(1928\-2013\) \- Lancio di Loco \- Cup R2, 2000 | Finarte | N/A
17. 2024-11-12 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\). Untitled. acrylic and broken glass on canvas 2 | Christie's | HK$16,380
18. 2024-11-05 | SHIMAMOTO Shozo, Uzumaki on paper 1 | Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste | N/A
19. 2024-09-27 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \(1928\-2013\). Nihon Television 08. acrylic and glass on line | Christie's | HK$252,000
20. 2024-06-18 | Shozo Shimamoto \(1928\-2013\) \- Untitled, 2000s | Finarte | N/A
21. 2024-04-27 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \- Crush bottle, 2000 | Meeting Art Casa D'Aste | N/A
22. 2024-03-02 | SHOZO SHIMAMOTO \- Bottle crash, 2008 | Meeting Art Casa D'Aste | €20,000
23. 2023-12-20 | UNTITLED SHIM\-49 by SHIMAMOTO Shozo | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | HK$200,000
24. 2023-12-12 | Shozo Shimamoto \(1928\-2013\) \- Untitled \(Performance\), 1999 | Finarte | N/A

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