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- Estimate
- $3,500,000–$4,500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08026 · 10 November 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3137828
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Willem De Kooning, Clam Diggers. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2004, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3137828.
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Willem De Kooning, Clam Diggers. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2004, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3137828.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08026 · Nov 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Re 40 | Yves Klein | $3,000,000–$4,000,000 | |
| Prada II | Andreas Gursky | $275,000–$325,000 | |
| Mound of Flowers | Jeff Koons | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| Suite Substitute | Bruce Nauman | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Untitled | Cy Twombly | $150,000–$200,000 | |
| Amodiaquin | Damien Hirst | $500,000–$700,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem De Kooning | Two Women | $4,024,000 | Sotheby's, May 2026 | |
| Willem De Kooning | Untitled XVIII | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Brown Derby Road | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Two Figures | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | East Hampton III | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Woman Landscape X | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | willem de kooning | seated man (clown) | Sotheby's, Jun 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.