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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $496,436–$695,011
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction , London · 27 February 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3731716
- Record
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Yan Pei-ming, Buddha. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2008, lot 35. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3731716.
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Yan Pei-ming, Buddha. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2008, lot 35. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3731716.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Feb 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lummerbraten | Sigmar Polke | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Untitled (head) | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £750,000–£950,000 | |
| Jackie | Andy Warhol | £700,000–£1,000,000 | |
| Broken Nose II | Juan Muñoz | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Odessa | Philip Guston | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Study of Nude with Figure in a mirror | Francis. Bacon | £18,000,000–£25,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Pei-ming | Red Self-Portrait | $626,500 | Sotheby's, May 2009 | |
| Yan Pei-ming | self portrait | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Invisible Man | Sotheby's, Oct 2007 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Portrait de Mao | Sotheby's, Feb 2007 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Pope Innocent X No. 5 | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Mao | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Portrait of the Prince of Wales | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 |
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.