# Toshimitsu Imai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T20:35:57.619Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 338
- Lots with prices: 249
- First auction date: 2001-12-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-11
- Median realised price: $160,000
- Price range: $130 to $31,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Toshimitsu Imai shows deep auction liquidity with 336 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $160,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 21 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($160,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $11,476 and $520,300.
- 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: 8.8% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.9% (37 sales)
- $10,000\+: 76.3% (190 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 21
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $4,200
- Previous 12 months median: $50,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-12
- Days since latest sale: 37
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallet Auction: 158 lots
- Sotheby's: 27 lots
- Christie's: 23 lots
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 13 lots
- SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.: 11 lots
- Setdart Auction House: 9 lots
- Artcurial: 8 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 8 lots
- Art\-Torg: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-12 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(Kyoto, 1928 \- 2002\) Untitled. Silkscreen on 270 grams vélin d'Arches paper, copy 116/250. Signed, dated and justified by hand. | Setdart Auction House | €425
2. 2025-12-17 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(1928 \- 2002\) \- SOLEIL FENDU | Capitolium Art | €20,000
3. 2025-12-04 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(1928\-2002\) Sans titre 1982 | Bonhams | €2,600
4. 2025-11-25 | Toshimitsu Imai "Pittura" 1958 oil on canvas 50x61 cm Signed and dated August 1958 on the reverse Provenance Private collection, Turin Exhibitions "Undicesima Mostra d'arte Contemporanea" August 20\-September 6, 1960: Collegio Valdese, Tor... | Il Ponte Auction House | €20,000
5. 2025-11-18 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI | International Art Sale Italy | N/A
6. 2025-11-18 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI | International Art Sale Italy | N/A
7. 2025-11-18 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI | International Art Sale Italy | N/A
8. 2025-11-08 | Toshimitsu Imai \(1928\-2002\) \- Untitled, 1981 | Aurora & Athena | €1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-toshimitsu-imai-1928-2002-untitled-1981-6-c-204526a82d
9. 2025-09-16 | IMAI TOSHIMITSU \(1928\-2002\). Autumn Grass and River. Acrylic on unstretched | Christie's | N/A
10. 2025-07-17 | Musashino | Mallet Auction | N/A
11. 2025-06-19 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(Kyoto, 1928 \- 2002\) Untitled, 1992. Silkscreen on 270 grams vélin d'Arches paper, copy P.A. 35/50. Signed, dated and numbered by hand. | Setdart Auction House | €350
12. 2025-06-05 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(1928\-2002\) Sans titre 1963 | Bonhams | €18,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-toshimitsu-imai-1928-2002-sans-titre-1963-69-c-4964549870
13. 2025-06-05 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(1928\-2002\) Victoire 1963 | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2025-05-31 | WORK | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥240,000
15. 2025-05-31 | WORK | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥55,000
16. 2025-05-31 | UNTITLED | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥500,000
17. 2025-03-28 | Toshimitsu Imai \(Japanese, 1928 \- 2002\), Untitled | Sloane Street Auctions | £3,000
18. 2025-03-06 | Fleurs de cerisier | Mallet Auction | ¥220,000
19. 2025-03-06 | Maple | Mallet Auction | N/A
20. 2025-02-20 | Composition bleue | Sotheby's | €4,200
21. 2025-02-20 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(Kyoto, 1928 \- 2002\) Untitled, 1992 Silkscreen on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 69/250. Signed, dated and justified by hand. | Setdart Auction House | €300
22. 2024-12-18 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(Kyoto, 1928 \- 2002\) Untitled, 1992 Silkscreen on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 69/250. Signed, dated and justified by hand. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
23. 2024-09-27 | TOSHIMITSU IMAI \(1928\-2002\). Untitled. oil on canvas 80.5 x 100 cm. \(31 3⁄4 | Christie's | HK$189,000
24. 2024-08-31 | YAMABUKI PAINTING | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥115,000

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