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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $40,450–$67,416
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 5 October 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-261179
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mike Kelley, Rewrite. Phillips, 5 Oct 2016, lot 121. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-261179.
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Mike Kelley, Rewrite. Phillips, 5 Oct 2016, lot 121. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-261179.
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From the same sale 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chopped Bill | Hugh Scott-douglas | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Untitled | Jacob Kassay | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Soccer Ball Bag 1 | Mark Bradford | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| H8rs Gonna H8 | Nate Lowman | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Untitled | Adam Mcewen | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Un Ovale Nero (A Black Oval) | Turi Simeti | £45,000–£55,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kelley | More Tragic! More Plangent! . . . More Purple! | $47,880 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Mike Kelley | Youth Aspiring to Glory (from Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, | Rago, May 2025 | ||
| Mike Kelley | Bush Drawing | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Mike Kelley | Lenticular 1 | Phillips, Sep 2024 | ||
| Mike Kelley | Lenticular 4 | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Mike Kelley | Lenticular 7 | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Mike Kelley | Limpid Pool | Phillips, Feb 2025 | ||
| Mike Kelley | garbage drawing #74 | Sotheby's, Mar 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.