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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 1 October 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-235249
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Ruff, ch.phg.06. Phillips, 1 Oct 2019, lot 216. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-235249.
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Thomas Ruff, ch.phg.06. Phillips, 1 Oct 2019, lot 216. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-235249.
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From the same sale Photographs · Oct 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl in Fulton Street, New York | Walker Evans | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Movie Poster, New York City | Walker Evans | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Window Display, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Walker Evans | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| General Store, Mississippi | Walker Evans | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Li… | Weegee | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Top of mooring-mast on Empire State Building | Lewis Hine | $7,000–$9,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 9 III, 2002-03 | $50,000 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2022 | |
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 23 I | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Nudes fn 06 | Phillips, May 2019 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Porträt (T. Djordjadze) | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 7 III | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 35 I | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 15 II | Phillips, Dec 2025 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Zycles 6021 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
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.