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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $8,676–$12,147
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century British Art, London · 14 March 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3398377
- Record
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Michael Ayrton, Maze Head. Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2006, lot 92. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3398377.
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Michael Ayrton, Maze Head. Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2006, lot 92. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3398377.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Mar 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talos Armed Head II | Michael Ayrton | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Wasps | Graham Sutherland O.m. | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Tulips | Sir Matthew Smith | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Study of a Girl (Edie McNeill) | Augustus Edwin John O.m., R.a. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Incised Stone | Alexander Mackenzie | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| The Window | Peter Potworowski | £4,000–£6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ayrton | Figure with Skein 1972 | $17,575 | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | |
| Michael Ayrton | Crouched Minotaur 78.7 cm. (31 in.) wide | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Invader | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Conversation 91.3 x 71.2 cm. (36 x 28 in.) | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Advancing Figure | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Carapace 20.3 cm. (8 in.) wide | Bonhams, Jun 2017 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | The Track to Chanctonbury | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Once The City | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 |
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.