Sori Yanagi Auction Prices and Value Guide
Sori Yanagi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 171 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Sori Yanagi auction prices: quick answer
Sori Yanagi auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Sori Yanagi
- Source records
- 171
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Sori Yanagi market snapshot
Sori Yanagi shows solid auction liquidity with 124 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (31.2% · 34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (67.0% · 73 sales)
- $10,000+ (1.8% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,800
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 16
- Median shift vs prior year
- +20.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-27
Artist context
About Sori Yanagi
Born
1915
Died
2011
Nationality
Japanese
Also known as
Sōri Yanagi, Yanagi Munemichi, 柳 宗理
Sori Yanagi (1915–2011), also identified in authority records as Yanagi Munemichi and 柳 宗理, was a Japanese industrial and product designer associated with the development of modern Japanese design after the Second World War. Public biographical sources describe his work as modernist while emphasizing its combination of practical simplicity with ideas drawn from Japanese craft traditions. His career extended into Japan's postwar high-growth era, when industrial production and modern domestic design became increasingly prominent. International reference sources particularly associate Yanagi with furniture and seating, although his professional identity encompasses product design more broadly. Collectors may therefore encounter his name attached to functional design objects rather than conventional paintings or sculpture. Reliable identification depends on connecting an object to a documented design, production context, and credible attribution, not merely on resemblance to Yanagi's visual language or the presence of his name in a sale description.
ModernismPostwar Japanese modern designIndustrial product designFurniture and seating design
Common works and media
Auction and appraisal contexts may include chairs and other seating furniture, together with functional objects classified as Japanese industrial or product design. The present source pack supports Yanagi's broad connection with seating and postwar product design but does not establish a complete catalogue of models, manufacturers, materials, editions, or production dates. Each object's specific design and production history should be verified independently.
Market and appraisal context
Sori Yanagi's auction context includes seating furniture and other industrial-design objects. Appraisal should begin by identifying the object type and determining whether a genuinely comparable example of the same design or model appears in public auction records. Sale date and realized price can provide context, but the collected sources do not supply the lot-level details needed to compare manufacturers, production periods, materials, condition, provenance, editions, or markings. Those distinctions may materially affect how two visually similar objects are assessed. Attribution should therefore be documented rather than inferred from appearance alone. This profile does not support a general price trend, scarcity claim, or price prediction; conclusions should be based on the individual object and appropriately matched public sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Seating furniture
- Industrial-design objects
Value drivers
- Object type and comparison with auction records for the same design or closely related model
- Strength of the object's documented attribution to Sori Yanagi
- Relevant public sale dates and realized prices when comparable auction records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not provide lot-level manufacturer, production-date, material, condition, provenance, edition, or realized-price details.
- No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or price prediction can be supported from this source pack alone.
- A designer attribution does not by itself establish that a particular object is authentic, correctly dated, or produced by an authorized manufacturer.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Sori Yanagi worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Sori Yanagi artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.