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- Estimate
- $2,000,000–$3,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York · 8 November 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-273534
- Record
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Robert Gober, The Sad Sink. Phillips, 8 Nov 2015, lot 10. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-273534.
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Robert Gober, The Sad Sink. Phillips, 8 Nov 2015, lot 10. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-273534.
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From the same sale 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Nov 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Para IV | Morris Louis | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Ford | Ed Ruscha | $250,000–$350,000 | |
| Infinity Nets OPRT | Yayoi Kusama | $700,000–$900,000 | |
| Couple No. 1 | Marisol | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Gruppo di persone | Michelangelo Pistoletto | $1,500,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Blood Mirror | Anish Kapoor | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gober | Untitled | $1,956,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | |
| Robert Gober | Deep Basin Sink | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Robert Gober | Urinal | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Veil of Life Everlasting | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Robert Gober | The Floating Sink | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Flowers | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Robert Gober | The Silent Sink | Christie's, May 2014 | ||
| Roy Lichtenstein | Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight (Study) | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 |
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.