Lot 275 · Contemporary Art Day Sale
Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. M.L.K, Jr,)
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $15,918–$23,877
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 15 October 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-277736
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Tim Rollins And K.o.s., Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. M.L.K, Jr,). Phillips, 15 Oct 2014, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-277736.
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Tim Rollins And K.o.s., Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. M.L.K, Jr,). Phillips, 15 Oct 2014, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-277736.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Ethan Cook | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Untitled (16) | Michael Riedel | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Untitled (Hose Dye, 17) | Sam Falls | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Untitled (Toro #9) | Fredrik Værslev | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| New York, New York | Adam Mcewen | £60,000–£90,000 | |
| Grammy | Lynette Yiadom-boakye | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | Amerika II | $24,474 | Sotheby's, Aug 2024 | |
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2023 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | invisible man (after ralph ellison) | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. M.L.K. Jr | Phillips, Sep 2021 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | The Whiteness of the Whale: The Sermon | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | The Red Badge of Courage V | Sotheby's, Nov 2004 | ||
| Tim Rollins And K.o.s. | The Journal of the Plague Year | Christie's, May 2022 |
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.