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- Estimate
- $30,000–$40,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Asia: China, Korea, Japan, New York · 20 September 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3675425
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Ye Yongqing, Lost in Thought. Sotheby's, 20 Sep 2007, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3675425.
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Ye Yongqing, Lost in Thought. Sotheby's, 20 Sep 2007, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3675425.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Asia: China, Korea, Japan · Sep 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Man | Yoo Young-wun | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Safe sex | Ai Weiwei | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Brush | Lee Jung-woong | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Prajna | Wang Gongyi | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Mosquito Season 3 | Guo Wei | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| The Little Mermaid | Liu Ye | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ye Yongqing | forbidden fruit | $51,567 | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | |
| Ye Yongqing | Untitled | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 | ||
| Ye Yongqing | Mother and Daughter | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | ||
| Ye Yongqing | Big Chimney | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | ||
| Wang Guangyi | Great Criticism Series: Evian | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Zhang Xiaogang | Young Girl No. 3 | Phillips, Jul 2023 | ||
| Ye Yongqing | Who will play Autumn's Tune? | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Zeng Fanzhi | Mao | Phillips, Oct 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.