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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York, New York · 16 September 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-160656
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Melike Kara, The Vegetable Lamb. Phillips, 16 Sep 2025, lot 12. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-160656.
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Melike Kara, The Vegetable Lamb. Phillips, 16 Sep 2025, lot 12. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-160656.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York · Sep 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back To The Future | Claudia Comte | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| The Past | Friedrich Kunath | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Two works: (i) Untitled (Le livre blanc) ; (ii) Untitled (Study for L… | Steve Wolfe | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Natalie walking. 2. | Julian Opie | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| #31 | Sean Scully | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Variation D | Ilya Bolotowsky | $12,000–$18,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melike Kara | House of Base. 2017 | $7,246 | Grisebach, Jun 2025 | |
| Melike Kara | Beside His Left Ear | Rago, Nov 2024 | ||
| Melike Kara | Your Choice (Deine Wahl) | Rago, Dec 2024 | ||
| Melike Kara | reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsi | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Melike Kara | The English One | Phillips, Dec 2023 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| Melike Kara | „what they say“. 2015 | Grisebach, Sep 2025 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Spin for Robbie | Bonhams, Jun 2026 |
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.