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- Estimate
- HK$700,000–HK$800,000 hammer ≈ $89,558–$102,353
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Chinese Contemporary Art II, Hong Kong · 7 April 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3602866
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mao Yan, Portrait of Thomas No.5. Sotheby's, 7 Apr 2007, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3602866.
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Mao Yan, Portrait of Thomas No.5. Sotheby's, 7 Apr 2007, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3602866.
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From the same sale Chinese Contemporary Art II · Apr 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft-Hard Kungfu | Zhang Huan | HK$450,000–HK$550,000 | |
| New Fairy Tale | Yang Shaobin | HK$300,000–HK$400,000 | |
| China Diary No. 53 | Zhu Wei | HK$250,000–HK$350,000 | |
| Big Family Series | Zhang Xiaogang | HK$5,000,000–HK$7,000,000 | |
| The Last Garden | Ye Yongqing | HK$120,000–HK$180,000 | |
| Portrait | Qiu Yacai | HK$100,000–HK$120,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mao Yan | Portrait | $65,399 | Christie's, Oct 2014 | |
| Mao Yan | Small Portrait of Thomas No.1 | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Mao Yan | Thomas | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Mao Yan | Andy | Christie's, May 2021 | ||
| Mao Yan | Newborn No.1 | Christie's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Mao Yan | magazine girl | Sotheby's, Apr 2019 | ||
| Mao Yan | self-portrait of thomas | Sotheby's, Apr 2006 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin 2000 (Green) | Bonhams, Jun 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.