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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,175–$7,762
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Evening & Day Editions, London · 10 September 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-221319
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mel Bochner, Crazy (With Background Noise). Phillips, 10 Sep 2020, lot 160. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-221319.
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Mel Bochner, Crazy (With Background Noise). Phillips, 10 Sep 2020, lot 160. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-221319.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Le Bain, plate 12 from La Suite des Saltimbanques (The Bath, from The… | Pablo Picasso | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Derek Jarman | Richard Hamilton | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Monica Sitting Elbows on Knees, from BAM III portfolio | Tom Wesselmann | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Intermission | Allora & Calzadilla | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Caviar: plates II-V | Georg Herold | £1,000–£1,500 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Bochner | Obliterate (K. 2018.03) | $7,620 | Phillips, Jun 2025 | |
| Mel Bochner | 2 (12" x 12") (K.W. 1997.04) | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Going Out of Business | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Mel Bochner | That's All Folks | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Axiom of Precedence: Second Case (Zero Over Clockwise) | Rago, May 2025 | ||
| Mel Bochner | blah blah blah | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Thanks (K. 2015.01) | Phillips, Sep 2023 | ||
| Mel Bochner | I Don't Get It / I Still Don't Get It (K.W. 2014.08) | Phillips, Jun 2024 |
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.