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- Estimate
- £150,000–£200,000 hammer ≈ $260,980–$347,973
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L06020 · 9 February 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3385279
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (bookshelves). Sotheby's, 9 Feb 2006, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3385279.
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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (bookshelves). Sotheby's, 9 Feb 2006, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3385279.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L06020 · Feb 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition en vert-eau | Serge Poliakoff | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Partie Liée au Sol | Jean Dubuffet | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Head of JYM III | Frank Auerbach | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Daffodils and Celery | Lucian Freud | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Island of Lights from Pinocchio | Paula Rego | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| Two Figures at a Window | — | £1,800,000–£2,500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Whiteread | Untitled (Six Spaces) | $510,071 | Sotheby's, Jun 2006 | |
| Rachel Whiteread | Untitled (Read) | Sotheby's, Nov 2005 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Beautiful Tropical, Jungle Painting (with pink snot) | Phillips, Jun 2022 | ||
| David Hockney | Peter on the balcony | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Rachel Whiteread | untitled (blue and green.1) | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Gerhard Richter | Grün-Blau-Rot, 1993 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2026 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Flowers | Christie's, Mar 2026 |
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.