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- Estimate
- HK$80,000–HK$120,000 hammer ≈ $10,198–$15,297
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art and Design, Hong Kong · 29 March 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-164166
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Melike Kara, The Other Ear. Phillips, 29 Mar 2025, lot 114. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-164166.
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Melike Kara, The Other Ear. Phillips, 29 Mar 2025, lot 114. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-164166.
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From the same sale New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art and Design · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineapple | Ulala Imai | HK$100,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Side Yard | Jonathan Chapline | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Believer (The Mountains Rise Up Anyway) | Andrea Marie Breiling | HK$100,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Cobra Kai | Leelee Kimmel | HK$200,000–HK$400,000 | |
| Untitled (Who Snatched the Babies) | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$500,000–HK$700,000 | |
| Sky –red light– | Yukimasa Ida | HK$350,000–HK$550,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melike Kara | Beside His Left Ear | $12,600 | Rago, Nov 2024 | |
| Melike Kara | The English One | Phillips, Dec 2023 | ||
| Melike Kara | House of Base. 2017 | Grisebach, Jun 2025 | ||
| Melike Kara | To be titled | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Melike Kara | why do we feel words | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | The Empresses (H10) | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Nopaline | SBI Art Auction, May 2023 | ||
| Melike Kara | reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsi | Phillips, Jun 2025 |
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.