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- Estimate
- HK$1,000,000–HK$1,500,000 hammer ≈ $127,477–$191,216
- Result
- upcoming — 30 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 30 September 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17808799
- Record
- first seen 15 Sep 2026 · updated 15 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Kim Tschang-yeul, Waterdrops. Phillips, 30 Sep 2026, lot 18. estimate HK$1,000,000–HK$1,500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808799.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
88% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 383 held-out evening-sale lots the model scored about 88%, 90% sold.
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Kim Tschang-yeul, Waterdrops. Phillips, 30 Sep 2026, lot 18. estimate HK$1,000,000–HK$1,500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808799.
From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Sep 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Uncomplete Encyclopedia of Ideas and Wisdom | Atsushi Kaga | HK$600,000–HK$900,000 | upcoming |
| 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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Untitled (Waterdrops) | $161,978 | Christie's, Mar 2025 | |
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Waterdrop Series ENS 50 | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Kim Tschang-Yeul 金昌烈 | Water Drops 水珠 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Kim Tschang-Yeul | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Recurrence SH2013003 | Christie's, May 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Gouttes d’eau (Waterdrops) | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Untitled (Water drops), 1973 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 |
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.