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- Estimate
- $300,000–$500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale, New York · 14 May 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-133147
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ernie Barnes, Oh Happy Day. Bonhams, 14 May 2025, lot 22A. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-133147.
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Ernie Barnes, Oh Happy Day. Bonhams, 14 May 2025, lot 22A. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-133147.
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From the same sale 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale · May 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Ron Gorchov | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| The Maids-in-Waiting (Las Meninas; B) | Salvador Dalí | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Study for Portrait of Holly | Christo | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Red Abstraction | Alma Thomas | $350,000–$550,000 | |
| Untitled | Emmi Whitehorse | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled | Lauren Halsey | $40,000–$60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Barnes | The Stroll | $396,664 | Christie's, Feb 2023 | |
| Ernie Barnes | My First Dunk | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | The Leap, 1972 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | Pool Hall | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | Country Layup 1979 | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | At Last | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | Games and Shines, circa 1970 | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Ernie Barnes | The Tunesmith | 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.