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- Estimate
- £800,000–£1,200,000 hammer ≈ $1,253,822–$1,880,733
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 13 October 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4038947
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie II. Sotheby's, 13 Oct 2011, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4038947.
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie II. Sotheby's, 13 Oct 2011, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4038947.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Oct 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheops | Andreas Gursky | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Untitled (Many Figures) | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Subject and Object Self-Defined | Joseph Kosuth | £100,000–£120,000 | |
| Swear | Gilbert And George | £220,000–£280,000 | |
| Charmant eight | Chris Ofili | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Plants in Jamaica | Lucian Freud | £400,000–£600,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated | $1,396,006 | Christie's, Oct 2022 | |
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated |《J.Y.M.坐像》 | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | To the Studios | Sotheby's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Head of Gerda Boehm | Christie's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated II | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | e.o.w. on her blue eiderdown iv | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | head of j.y.m. | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated in the Studio VI 1988 | Bonhams, Oct 2020 |
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.