# Tadao Ando - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:32:52.666Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 87
- Lots with prices: 64
- First auction date: 2011-04-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-17
- Median realised price: $644
- Price range: $60 to $150,000

## Market Takeaway
Tadao Ando has 87 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $644. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 21 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 \($644\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($350 to $1,600\) 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: 60.9% (39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26.6% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.5% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 21
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $60
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-17
- Days since latest sale: 71
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Setdart Auction House: 29 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 22 lots
- Piasa: 8 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Sala Retiro Subastas: 3 lots
- Artcurial: 2 lots
- Mallet Auction: 2 lots
- 33 Auction: 1 lots
- Ald Fryslan: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-17 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) "Desings sight", 2021. Waxes on paper. Signed, titled and dated. | Setdart Auction House | €130
2. 2026-02-17 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Concept sketch for the Times II Project Nakagyo, Kyoto", 1986. Colored pencils on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €375 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tadao-ando-osaka-1941-concept-sketch-for-the-times-ii-project-nakagyo-kyoto-1986-colored-pencils-on-paper-signed-166-c-a3cd20cf74
3. 2026-01-20 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). Untitled. Marker and crayon on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €350
4. 2026-01-20 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Church of light". Marker on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €325
5. 2026-01-05 | TADAO ANDO, ATTRIBUTED TO, ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH | China Arts Auction | N/A
6. 2025-12-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). Untitled. Marker and crayon on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €225
7. 2025-12-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). Untitled. Marker and crayon on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
8. 2025-12-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). Untitled. Inks, markers, crayons and collage on paper \(x5\). Signed \(x5\). | Setdart Auction House | €1,000
9. 2025-11-04 | Tadao ANDO | Artcurial | €350
10. 2025-10-15 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Naoshima Ando Museum". Mixed media on paper. Signed and titled. | Setdart Auction House | €300
11. 2025-10-15 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) "Desings sight", 2021. Waxes on paper. Signed, titled and dated. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
12. 2025-10-15 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) Untitled. Mixed media on paper. Signed in the lower right area. | Setdart Auction House | €300
13. 2025-10-15 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Paris". Waxes on paper. Signed and titled. | Setdart Auction House | €500
14. 2025-10-15 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Forest of children's books Nakanoshima": Waxes on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | €325
15. 2025-09-23 | Japanese book about architect Tadao Ando | Ald Fryslan | N/A
16. 2025-09-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) Untitled. Wax and ink on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | €225
17. 2025-09-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) "Naoshima". Wax and ink on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | €550
18. 2025-09-16 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\) Untitled. Wax and ink on paper. Signed in the lower area. | Setdart Auction House | €400
19. 2025-05-20 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Chieko". Waxes and ink on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €475
20. 2025-05-20 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Punta della Degan". Waxes on lithographic base on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €425
21. 2025-05-20 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). "Mount of Buddha". Waxes and ink on paper. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | €425
22. 2025-03-12 | TADAO ANDO \(B. 1941\). Blue Rose in the Cube Study 1. acrylic glass and fabr | Christie's | £88,200
23. 2024-10-11 | Naoshima. | Arenberg Auctions | €60
24. 2024-10-08 | TADAO ANDO \(Osaka, 1941\). Untitled. Set of six drawings \(mixed media and markers on paper\). Signed. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tadao-ando-osaka-1941-untitled-set-of-six-drawings-mixed-media-and-markers-on-paper-signed-129-c-73844b0b57

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