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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $244,942–$367,412
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art, London · 15 October 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3687673
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, St Pancras Building Site, Summer 1954. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2007, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3687673.
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Frank Auerbach, St Pancras Building Site, Summer 1954. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2007, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3687673.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art · Oct 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids on Guns | Banksy | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Ganesh | Niki De Saint-phalle | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Napoleon's Fischy-Fischy | Jonathan Meese | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Demokratie | Jirí Georg Dokoupil | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Escalier (M. 417) | Jean Dubuffet | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Nudes FP 02 | Thomas Ruff | £30,000–£40,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | The Studios under Snow | $739,042 | Christie's, Mar 2024 | |
| Frank Auerbach | Head of J.Y.M. IV | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Catherine Lampert Seated | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Portrait of Debbie Ratcliff III 1984 | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Model IV | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Catherine Lampert Seated II | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Gerda Boehm | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
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.