Lot 10 · First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
Activist
Sarah Ball · oil on panel, in artist's frame
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $15,236–$22,854
- Result
- upcoming — 5 July 2023
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, London · 5 July 2023
- Dimensions
- in. (19.6 x 14.7cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3345904
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3345904 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3345904
Sarah Ball, Activist. Christie's, 5 Jul 2023, lot 10. estimate £12,000–£18,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3345904.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
88% 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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Sarah Ball, Activist. Christie's, 5 Jul 2023, lot 10. estimate £12,000–£18,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3345904.
From the same sale First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online · Jul 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibes | EKENE STANLEY EMECHETA (B. 1994) | £3,000–£5,000 | upcoming |
| Digesting, Creating, Becoming | ANNE SPEIER (B. 1977) | £1,000–£2,000 | upcoming |
| Your Daughter's Daughter' (or 'Carlos') | France-lise Mcgurn | £15,000–£20,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Winston Branch | £20,000–£30,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Chris Ofili | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Desert Abduction | Dan Attoe | £7,000–£10,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Ball | Damaged Humans: Soldier (Civil War) | $20,614 | Sotheby's, Jan 2026 | |
| Sarah Ball | Anarchist | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Sarah Ball | Ac16 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Sarah Ball | Burglar | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Sarah Ball | Untitled | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Sarah Ball | Marie | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Sarah Ball | Fraudster | Chiswick Auctions, Jun 2026 | ||
| Thierry Noir | Elephant Key | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 |
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.