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Hiroshi Hamaya

Japanese · 1915–1999 · Photographer

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4auction results2008–2025years recorded100%sold (4)$2.3kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Hiroshi Hamaya, Lagoon Fishing: Hachirogata, Akita, Japan, 1955, Gelatin silver print; signed in Japanese and dated '1955' in pencil and the photographer's credit/copyright stamp, all on the reverseLagoon Fishing: Hachirogata, Akita, JapanBonhams · $4,608≈ £3,495≈ €4,152Sign up to see
  2. Hiroshi Hamaya, Boys singing to drive evil birds away, Japan 1940, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight glossy paper, in very good condition. Photographer's copyright stamp, handwritten dated "1940" and Japanese annotations in pencil on the revBoys singing to drive evil birds away, Japan 1940OstLicht Photo Auction · €2,600≈ $2,995≈ £2,289Sign up to see
  3. Hiroshi Hamaya, UNTITLED (VULCANO), Vintage gelatin silver printUNTITLED (VULCANO)Lempertz · €1,200≈ $1,520≈ £1,040Sign up to see

Hiroshi Hamaya’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Lots sold
4
of 4 offered · 2008–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k201020122014201620182020202220242008-12-06 · $1,5202025-04-03 · $4,6082025-04-03 · $1,2802025-11-21 · $2,995
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Photography44100%$2.6kSign up$2.3kSign up$4.6kSign up
Photograph44100%$2.6kSign up$2.3kSign up$4.6kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202533$3kSign up
200811$1.5kSign up

Related artists — Japanese, born 1890–1940