Lot 51 · Photographies
l'll Write Whenever I Can, 1965
Peter Beard · tirage Platinum-Palladium postérieur, avec collage de peau de serpent et dessins au crayon
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- Estimate
- €20,000–€30,000 hammer ≈ $21,366–$32,049
- Result
- upcoming — 6 June 2023
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographies, Paris · 6 June 2023
- Dimensions
- image : 34,5 x 52cm. (13
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3356584
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3356584 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3356584
Peter Beard, l'll Write Whenever I Can, 1965. Christie's, 6 Jun 2023, lot 51. estimate €20,000–€30,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3356584.
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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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Peter Beard, l'll Write Whenever I Can, 1965. Christie's, 6 Jun 2023, lot 51. estimate €20,000–€30,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3356584.
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Beard | PETER BEARD © (New York, 1938 - Montauk, 2020) | $28,819 est. | Bertolami Fine Art, Apr 2025 | |
| Peter Beard | 756 elephants on the TSAVO Border in "STARVO" / for The End | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| Peter Beard | peter beard | 'loliondo, lion charge', 1964 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Peter Beard | Female Gerenuk on the Tiva, Tsavo North, near Kathamula (bef | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Peter Beard | 'Orphaned Cheetah Cubs at Mweiga Nr. Nyeri, Kenya' | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Peter Beard | Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga nr. Nyeri | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Peter Beard | 150-160 Iber, Tsavo North, Feb. | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Peter Beard | Kaputi Plains / Athi River at Philip Percival's "Potha" Esta | Christie's, Apr 2024 |
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.