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- Estimate
- $18,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08182 · 28 April 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3417306
- Record
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Oscar Rabin, the cat that ate the bird. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3417306.
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Oscar Rabin, the cat that ate the bird. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3417306.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08182 · Apr 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition Abstraite, Lie de vin | Serge Poliakoff | €60,000–€80,000 | |
| Polish cavalry | Antoni Piotrowski | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Surreal Composition | Leopold Lvovich Survage | $120,000–$150,000 | |
| Gymnasts | Lev Tabenkin | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Weathervane | Alexander Grigorievich Tishler | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| The Rescue | — | $200,000–$300,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Rabin | Urban Landscape with Oil Lamp | $41,344 | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | |
| Oscar Rabin | Chicken in the Suburbs | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | Preobrazhensky Market | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | Picture with Horse | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | Roofs in Priluki | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | Château and modernity | Christie's, Feb 1998 | ||
| Oscar Rabin | Self-portrait | Christie's, Jun 2018 |
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.