# Toshio Shibata - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T20:20:13.141Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2001-11-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $2,750
- Price range: $70 to $210,000

## Market Takeaway
Toshio Shibata has 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,750. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 8 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 \($2,750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,300 to $6,000\) 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: 9.4% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75% (24 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.6% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-11
- Days since latest sale: 235
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Koller Auctions: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- District Auction: 2 lots
- GAIA SAS: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-11 | Toshio Shibata, Landscape photo book, Nazraeli Press | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
2. 2025-08-10 | TOSHIO SHIBATA "ASAHI VILLAGE" PHOTOGRAPH | District Auction | $1,300
3. 2025-08-10 | TOSHIO SHIBATA "ASAHI TOWN HOKKAIDO" LARGE PHOTO | District Auction | $3,250
4. 2025-07-31 | Toshio Shibata, Kawauchi Town, Ehime Prefecture | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,000
5. 2025-07-01 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(B. 1949\). Grand Coulee Dam, Douglas County, WA. gelatin sil | Christie's | £1,638
6. 2025-06-24 | Toshio Shibata \(Japanese, b.1949\) 'Enzan City, Yamanashi Prefecture' Gelatin Silver Print | Leonard Auction | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-toshio-shibata-japanese-b-1949-enzan-city-yamanashi-prefecture-gelatin-silver-print-151-c-0b343cc8ce
7. 2025-06-24 | Toshio Shibata \(Japanese, b.1949\) 'Tamayama Village' Gelatin Silver Print | Leonard Auction | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-toshio-shibata-japanese-b-1949-tamayama-village-gelatin-silver-print-150-c-d0f40c9946
8. 2025-06-10 | Toshio Shibata, Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $550
9. 2023-10-05 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(1949\- \) Kashima Town, Fukushima Prefecture. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
10. 2023-05-02 | Toshio Shibata \(born 1949\) Kamitakara Village, Gito Prefecture, 1995; and Shuto Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 2002 | Hindman | $4,500
11. 2023-05-02 | Toshio Shibata \(born 1949\) Enzan City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 2000; and Ekawasuchi Town, Ehima Prefecture, 1998 | Hindman | $2,750
12. 2019-09-27 | Toshio Shibata, C\-667 Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture | Mallet Auction | ¥110,000
13. 2019-01-07 | Toshio Shibata \(Japanese, b. 1949\) Gelatin Silver Print | Flannery's Estate Services | $2,000
14. 2018-10-18 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(1949\- \) Grand Coulee Dam, Douglas County, WA. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,250
15. 2018-06-28 | TOSHIO SHIBATA | Koller Auctions | N/A
16. 2018-06-28 | TOSHIO SHIBATA | Koller Auctions | N/A
17. 2018-06-28 | TOSHIO SHIBATA | Koller Auctions | N/A
18. 2018-02-15 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(1949\- \) Yunotani Village, Kitauonuma County, Niigata Prefecture. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
19. 2017-12-13 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(JAPANESE, B. 1949\) KASHIMA TOWN, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, 1990 GELA | Heritage Auctions | $1,900
20. 2017-12-13 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(JAPANESE, B. 1949\) GRAND COULEE DAM, DOUGLAS COUNTY, WA, 1996 GE | Heritage Auctions | $3,200
21. 2017-12-13 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(JAPANESE, B. 1949\) YUNOTANI VILLAGE, NIIGATA PREFECTURE, 1989 GE | Heritage Auctions | N/A
22. 2017-10-19 | TOSHIO SHIBATA \(1949\- \) Onokami Village, Gunma Prefecture. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
23. 2017-05-18 | Toshio Shibata \(b.1949\) and others \- A Collection of Japanese Books | Dreweatts 1759 | £868 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-toshio-shibata-b-1949-and-others-a-collection-of-japanese-books-167-c-3cb44bb882
24. 2017-04-22 | SHIBATA Toshio \- Work | SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd. | ¥138,000

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