Lot 48 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
Bicycle
Michael Craig-martin · painted steel and oil on aluminum
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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $33,708–$47,192
- Result
- upcoming — 12 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, London · 12 March 2025
- Dimensions
- in. (220 x 166 x 11cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3178020
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3178020 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3178020
Michael Craig-martin, Bicycle. Christie's, 12 Mar 2025, lot 48. estimate £25,000–£35,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3178020.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
81% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Michael Craig-martin, Bicycle. Christie's, 12 Mar 2025, lot 48. estimate £25,000–£35,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3178020.
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| Untitled | Akiko Hirai | £5,000–£7,000 | upcoming |
| Seated Woman | Andy Warhol | £10,000–£15,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Sol Lewitt | £60,000–£80,000 | upcoming |
| Lidded Jar | Edmund De Waal | £12,000–£15,000 | upcoming |
| Lenny | Kon Trubkovich | £15,000–£20,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Craig-martin | Common History: Vanitas | $35,670 | Phillips, Jun 2017 | |
| Michael Craig-martin | Untitled (LUST) | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Small Headphones | Phillips, Oct 2018 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Untitled (GOD) | Christie's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Narrative Painting | Phillips, Feb 2020 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Pitchfork on Green; Pitchfork on Pink | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Compass | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Michael Craig-martin | Common History: Park | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 |
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.