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- Estimate
- $300,000–$500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale, New York · 19 November 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-130946
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ernie Barnes, In the Beginning. Bonhams, 19 Nov 2025, lot 26A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-130946.
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Ernie Barnes, In the Beginning. Bonhams, 19 Nov 2025, lot 26A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-130946.
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From the same sale 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale · Nov 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muntu in My Garden | Suzanne Jackson | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Ch9 | László Moholy-nagy | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Sueño de navegante | Roberto Fabelo | $150,000–$200,000 | |
| Promeneuse et promeneur | Jean Dubuffet | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| New things are a foot. | Jim Nutt | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Small Phonograph | Gertrude Abercrombie | $70,000–$100,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Barnes | Untitled (The Stare) | $312,500 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, Sep 2022 | |
| Ernie Barnes | Games and Shines, circa 1970 | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | The Leap, 1972 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | The Trick Shot | Heritage Auctions, May 2026 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | The Stroll | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | Easy Shot | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | My First Dunk | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | aka Punch from the heavens | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 |
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.