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- Estimate
- $140,000–$190,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Art for One Drop, New York · 21 September 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-246386
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ai Weiwei, Wave Plate. Phillips, 21 Sep 2018, lot 50. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-246386.
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From the same sale Art for One Drop · Sep 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Tropics of Love series) | Camille Henrot | $40,000–$50,000 | |
| Three Part Soul | Lorna Simpson | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Fold | Anish Kapoor | $180,000–$250,000 | |
| Psalm 69: Salvum me fac. | Damien Hirst | $185,000–$230,000 | |
| Experience Guy Laliberte’s Hawaiian Estate | — | — | |
| Transit of Venus (Painted White Sand SF #1B, Black and Orange-to-Lave… | Jennifer Guidi | $50,000–$70,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Weiwei | Colored Vases | $162,346 | Christie's, Mar 2025 | |
| Ai Weiwei | Surfing (After Hokusai) | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Two works: (i) Coloured Vases (2 works) ; (ii) Coloured Vase | Phillips, Mar 2024 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Flowers (No.31) | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Table with Two Legs on the Wall | Christie's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | flowers (no. 8) | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | marble chair | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Divina Proportione | Phillips, Nov 2017 |
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.