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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — S/O Buhl Collection, New York · 13 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4136687
- Record
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Jean Painlevé, Pince de Galathée. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2012, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4136687.
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Jean Painlevé, Pince de Galathée. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2012, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4136687.
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From the same sale S/O Buhl Collection · Dec 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corona del Mar, California | Dennis Stock | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| The Chain #14 | Chien-chi Chang | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'New York City, USA' (Suspect in the Back of a Police Car) | Leonard Freed | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Svolgere la propria pelle (To unravel one's own skin) | Giuseppe Penone | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Barcelona | Robert Frank | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Untitled | Sandra Cinto | $3,000–$5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Painlevé | le pieuvre, 1927oeil de crabe, 1930 | $4,664 | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | |
| Jean Painlevé | tête d'un jeune hippocampe à la naissance, 1931 | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | Bourdon, 1929 | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | Araignée, 1929 | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | two male seahorses, 1931 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | poisson, années 1930hippocampe, années 1930 | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| Brassaï | 'Canal de l'Ourcq, quai de la Marne' | Bonhams, Oct 2025 | ||
| Brassaï | A Monastic Brothel, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, Paris | Phillips, Apr 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.