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- Estimate
- £1,500,000–£2,500,000 hammer ≈ $2,007,176–$3,345,294
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 3 March 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-199559
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Banksy, Laugh Now Monkeys with Monkey Placards. Phillips, 3 Mar 2022, lot 25. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-199559.
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Banksy, Laugh Now Monkeys with Monkey Placards. Phillips, 3 Mar 2022, lot 25. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-199559.
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From the same sale 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Mar 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstraktes Bild | Gerhard Richter | £1,800,000–£2,500,000 | |
| Infinity Nets (SENN) | Yayoi Kusama | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
| Sylvia (87 Sylvia) | Robert Nava | £80,000–£100,000 | |
| Houses | Nicolas Party | £1,100,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Crooked | Shara Hughes | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| When Time Ran Out | Cecily Brown | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banksy | This is Not a Photo Opportunity | $2,690,000 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Banksy | Gas Mask Boy | Phillips, Apr 2021 | ||
| Banksy | banksy (defaced hirst) | sorry the lifestyle you ordered is | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Banksy | Laugh Now | 《現在儘管笑吧》 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Banksy | Home Sweet Home | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Banksy | Girl with Balloon | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Banksy | Girl with Balloon (Diptych) | Christie's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Banksy | Girl with Balloon & Morons Sepia | Phillips, Oct 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.