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- Estimate
- £35,000–£45,000 hammer ≈ $48,551–$62,423
- Result
- upcoming — 7 March 2018
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Post-War & Contemporary Art, London, New Bond Street · 7 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1152854
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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César, Compression of Silverware 1975. Bonhams, 7 Mar 2018, lot 13. estimate £35,000–£45,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1152854.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
70% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 69%, 65% sold.
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César, Compression of Silverware 1975. Bonhams, 7 Mar 2018, lot 13. estimate £35,000–£45,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1152854.
From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art · Mar 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diadema 1993 | Giulio Paolini | £28,000–£35,000 | |
| Little Nomad 2007 | Jaume Plensa | £25,000–£35,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled 1965 | Sigmar Polke | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Freundinnen II 1967 | Sigmar Polke | £65,000–£85,000 | |
| Untitled 1977 | Georg Baselitz | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Untitled 2001 | Günther Förg | £35,000–£45,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| César | Plaque Montcel | $53,745 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | |
| César | La Mouche | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| César | Plaque Berlingot | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| César | L'Homme qui marche | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| César | césar | ginette | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| César | césar | compression de bouchons de bouteilles | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| César | L'Aile | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| César | relief tôle | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 |
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.