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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $20,272–$27,029
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales, London · 17 May 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-241951
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy. Phillips, 17 May 2018, lot 149. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-241951.
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy. Phillips, 17 May 2018, lot 149. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-241951.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York | Irving Penn | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Hurricane XVII | Clifford Ross | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Mountain III | Clifford Ross | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Botanist | Paul Hodgson | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| 14 or 15 Buffalo Ladies #2 | Robert Heinecken | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Chicago | Harry Callahan | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Tokyo Comedy | $24,112 | Phillips, May 2024 | |
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Tattooed fuck (from the series: Tokyo Comedy) | Lempertz, Jun 2019 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | nobuyoshi araki 荒木經惟 | tokyo novelle 東京小敘 | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Tokyo Comedy-Yakuza, 1997 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Yakuza | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled from Kinbaku, 1989 | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Shiki In Me 02, 2006 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled from Colourscapes | Phillips, May 2014 |
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.