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Milt Kobayashi

American · b. 1950 · Painter, Illustrator

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10auction results2012–2026years recorded90%sold (9)$2.8kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Milt Kobayashi, Evening SettingEvening SettingBonhams · $4,480≈ £3,351≈ €3,927Sign up to see
  2. Milt Kobayashi, Do I Dare?Do I Dare?Bonhams · $3,840≈ £2,873≈ €3,366Sign up to see
  3. Milt Kobayashi, Her LookHer LookBonhams · $3,188≈ £2,301≈ €2,691Sign up to see

Milt Kobayashi’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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Average price
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median $2.8kfree account
High
$4.5kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
9
of 10 offered · 2012–2026
Sell-through
90%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k2015201720192021202320252013-02-24 · $1,1252019-04-17 · $3,1622019-04-17 · $2,1632021-07-13 · $3,1882021-07-13 · $2,2952021-07-13 · $2,8052025-10-12 · $5002026-07-22 · $3,8402026-07-22 · $4,480
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
Paintings5480%$1.7kSign up$1.6kSign up$3.2kSign up
Oil5480%$1.7kSign up$1.6kSign up$3.2kSign up
Other55100%$3.3kSign up$3.2kSign up$4.5kSign 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
202622$4.2kSign up
202511$500Sign up
202133$2.8kSign up
201922$2.7kSign up
201311$1.1kSign up
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Related artists — American, born 1925–1975