# Thomas Kakinuma - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:19:21.775Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 5
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2017-04-27
- Latest auction date: 2024-01-24
- Median realised price: $250
- Price range: $150 to $650

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Kakinuma has 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. 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 \($250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $390\) 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% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-01-24
- Days since latest sale: 875
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- 4th Meridian Fine Art: 2 lots
- Abington Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Maynards Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots
- Waddington's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-01-24 | Tommy Kakinuma | Maynards Fine Art & Antiques | CA$650
2. 2021-06-06 | Thomas Kakinuma, Blue Vase | 4th Meridian Fine Art | CA$150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-kakinuma-blue-vase-49-c-1344211aaa
3. 2021-06-06 | Thomas Kakinuma, lidded jar with a decorative ring of flying birds | 4th Meridian Fine Art | CA$250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-kakinuma-lidded-jar-with-a-decorative-ring-of-flying-birds-47-c-06849578e5
4. 2019-07-18 | 2 Pieces of Pottery by Thomas Kakinuma | Abington Auction Gallery | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-2-pieces-of-pottery-by-thomas-kakinuma-264-c-66e4a2e9ae
5. 2017-04-27 | THOMAS KAKINUMA \(CANADIAN, 1908\-1982\), PENGUIN FAMILY, CERAMIC SCULPTURE \(11.5” x 9” x 6”\) WITH ONYX BASE \(10” x 10” x 3/4”\) | Waddington's | CA$390

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