Lot 130 · Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale
reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsing memories / coming home
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,483–$20,225
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale, London · 27 June 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-169193
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-169193 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-169193
Melike Kara, reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsing memories / coming home. Phillips, 27 Jun 2024, lot 130. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-169193.
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Melike Kara, reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsing memories / coming home. Phillips, 27 Jun 2024, lot 130. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-169193.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Dot (#4) | Ed Ruscha | £45,000–£65,000 | |
| Triple Eye Vision | Chris Ofili | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Untitled (from the Dear Painter, Paint For Me series) | Martin Kippenberger | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Marie | Sarah Ball | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Fish and Sea Snake | Chico Da Silva | £30,000–£50,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melike Kara | To be titled | $16,510 | Phillips, Jun 2024 | |
| Melike Kara | Beside His Left Ear | Rago, Nov 2024 | ||
| Melike Kara | why do we feel words | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Melike Kara | The English One | Phillips, Dec 2023 | ||
| Melike Kara | Untitled | Phillips, Sep 2021 | ||
| Melike Kara | Everywhere | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Damien Hirst | 2215 It's all wonderful, from The Currency | Phillips, Jun 2022 | ||
| Melike Kara | Tankstelle (mother) | Phillips, Sep 2020 |
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.