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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 17 May 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-289419
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Yinka Shonibare, Boy on Flying Machine. Phillips, 17 May 2013, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-289419.
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Yinka Shonibare, Boy on Flying Machine. Phillips, 17 May 2013, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-289419.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · May 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headless Dick / Deth Till | Sterling Ruby | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Untitled | Elliott Hundley | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Euripides after de Chirico Obscured by Flowers No. II | Elliott Hundley | $70,000–$90,000 | |
| Untitled | Richard Prince | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Black Tulips | Dana Schutz | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Still Steal Steel #1 | Subodh Gupta | $120,000–$180,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yinka Shonibare | Boy Doing Headstand | $101,600 | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | |
| Yinka Shonibare | Water Kid (Girl) | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | Girl on Globe 3 | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | Modern Magic | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | Apollo (after Francavilla) | Phillips, Dec 2025 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | yinka shonibare | planets in my head mathematics | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | Pedagogy Boy/Boy | Phillips, May 2023 | ||
| Yinka Shonibare | Modern Magic (Bangwa Queen) | Sotheby's, Oct 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.