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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,741–$16,112
- Result
- upcoming — 16 October 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , London · 16 October 2025
- Dimensions
- 36 ¼ x 19 ¼ x 16 1/8in. (92 x 49 x 41cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3135883
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3135883 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3135883
Tony Matelli, Shallow Grave. Christie's, 16 Oct 2025, lot 136. estimate £8,000–£12,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3135883.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
89% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Tony Matelli, Shallow Grave. Christie's, 16 Oct 2025, lot 136. estimate £8,000–£12,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3135883.
From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Oscar Murillo | £15,000–£20,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Justin Caguiat | £50,000–£70,000 | upcoming |
| Yellow Pot | Nicolas Party | £40,000–£60,000 | upcoming |
| Groß er Frauenkopf (Large Female Head) | Thomas Schütte | £400,000–£600,000 | upcoming |
| Distinguished Relation at Ejogu Gardens (Amara Palace) | Toyin Ojih Odutola | £300,000–£500,000 | upcoming |
| Keith and His Baby | Antonia Showering | £50,000–£70,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Matelli | Double Veg Head 2 | $14,190 | Phillips, Feb 2026 | |
| Tony Matelli | Weed #200 | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Tony Matelli | Bart | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Tony Matelli | Vegetable Man | Phillips, Jul 2021 | ||
| Tony Matelli | Fucked (Leg) | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Tony Matelli | Yesterday | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Tony Matelli | Asparagus Head | Phillips, Sep 2022 | ||
| Tony Matelli | abandon | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 |
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.