Lot 1 · Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
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- Estimate
- HK$600,000–HK$900,000 hammer ≈ $76,486–$114,730
- Result
- upcoming — 30 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 30 September 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17808782
- Record
- first seen 15 Sep 2026 · updated 15 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Atsushi Kaga, The Uncomplete Encyclopedia of Ideas and Wisdom. Phillips, 30 Sep 2026, lot 1. estimate HK$600,000–HK$900,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808782.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 383 held-out evening-sale lots the model scored about 90%, 91% sold.
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Atsushi Kaga, The Uncomplete Encyclopedia of Ideas and Wisdom. Phillips, 30 Sep 2026, lot 1. estimate HK$600,000–HK$900,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808782.
From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Sep 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopped Hands | Julie Curtiss | HK$480,000–HK$680,000 | upcoming |
| On the other side | Xue Ruozhe | HK$200,000–HK$400,000 | upcoming |
| Python! You could've asked! Pedestals! | Issy Wood | HK$800,000–HK$1,200,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (WE ARE NOT) | Adam Pendleton | HK$2,000,000–HK$3,000,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Ayako Rokkaku | HK$2,400,000–HK$4,000,000 | upcoming |
| Abstraktes Bild (522-1) | Gerhard Richter | HK$18,000,000–HK$25,000,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atsushi Kaga | Night Surfers | $89,771 | Christie's, Sep 2025 | |
| Atsushi Kaga | September, Kyoto, Days are Shorter Now | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | The Legend Portraits – Kumacchi (AK-725-10) | Christie's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | Katz vs Tuyman | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | Usacchi and Robert with Two Boiled Eggs | Usacchi、羅伯特及兩隻水煮蛋 | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | 15th of September, Kyoto | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | What are you afraid of? Trust me. I'm Bunny. | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Atsushi Kaga | Golden Quintet | Phillips, May 2025 |
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.