Lot 178 · Post War & Contemporary Art
Sauberes Auto - Gute Laune (Clean Car - Good Mood)
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Rago — Post War & Contemporary Art, Chicago · 19 May 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1043720
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sigmar Polke, Sauberes Auto - Gute Laune (Clean Car - Good Mood). Rago, 19 May 2021, lot 178. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1043720.
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Sigmar Polke, Sauberes Auto - Gute Laune (Clean Car - Good Mood). Rago, 19 May 2021, lot 178. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1043720.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigmar Polke | Freundinnen I | $22,956 | Lempertz, Jun 2023 | |
| Sigmar Polke | Sigmar Polke: Freundinnen I | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2024 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Eisberg. 2001 | Grisebach, Nov 2019 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Leiko Ikemura: Sleeping Head (S-09-03) | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023 | ||
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| Sigmar Polke | Untitled (Deutsche Dokumente) | Lempertz, May 2025 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Kristallkugel, 1989 | Ketterer Kunst, Jul 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.