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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $19,601–$26,135
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 11 October 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-169032
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Giorno, THE WORLD JUST MAKES ME LAUGH. Phillips, 11 Oct 2024, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-169032.
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John Giorno, THE WORLD JUST MAKES ME LAUGH. Phillips, 11 Oct 2024, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-169032.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ein Moderner Maler (Remix) | Georg Baselitz | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Stationen | Neo Rauch | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Frontal Lobotomy | Peter Saul | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Study for Frontal Lobotomy | Peter Saul | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The Words Fit the Picture | Wes Lang | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Pasolini | Richard Serra | £200,000–£300,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Giorno | Life Is a Killer | $20,882 | Phillips, Jun 2025 | |
| John Giorno | Prefer crying in a limo to laughing on a bus | Christie's, Jun 2021 | ||
| John Giorno | prefer crying in a limo to laughing on a bus | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| John Giorno | everyone is a complete disappointment | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| John Giorno | „Everyone Is a Complete Disappoinment“. 2012 | Grisebach, Jun 2025 | ||
| John Giorno | I Am Waiting in Line with My Groceries and I Want to Get Awa | Christie's, May 2017 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | 魚 (Kusama 88) | SBI Art Auction, Jul 2023 | ||
| John Giorno | We Gave a Party for the Gods | Christie's, Nov 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.