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- Estimate
- £150,000–£250,000 hammer ≈ $201,512–$335,854
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 18 October 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-154114
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-154114 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-154114
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fleas, Flies. Phillips, 18 Oct 2025, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-154114.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fleas, Flies. Phillips, 18 Oct 2025, lot 26. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-154114.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking on Water | Howard Hodgkin | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Figure 1972 | Roger Hilton | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| This Changing Crow of Mine | Georg Wilson | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Bork | Bernard Frize | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Shell | Poppy Jones | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Sliver Moon | Soumya Netrabile | £7,000–£9,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Dealer's dog | $261,046 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Jean-Michel Basquiat 尚・米榭・巴斯基亞 | Untitled (Karate III) 無題（空手 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled (Mother/Father) | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled | Phillips, Nov 2019 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled (Dumbbells) | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | untitled | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Free comb with Pagoda | Phillips, May 2024 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Windmill | Phillips, Mar 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.