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- Estimate
- £120,000–£150,000 hammer ≈ $239,197–$298,996
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Evening, London · 21 June 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3648609
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2007, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3648609.
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2007, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3648609.
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From the same sale Contemporary Evening · Jun 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Nigel Cooke | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Happy | Tim Noble & Sue Webster | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Stuhl (Chair) | Gerhard Richter | £1,400,000–£1,800,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Achrome | Piero Manzoni | £450,000–£550,000 | |
| Oxidation Painting | Andy Warhol | £250,000–£350,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Head of Gerda Boehm | $1,023,588 | Christie's, Mar 2021 | |
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated II | Christie's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Model in the Studio II | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated in the Studio II | Phillips, Mar 2024 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Model, Back View | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Figure | Christie's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated in the Studio VI 1988 | Bonhams, Oct 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.