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- Estimate
- $3,000–$4,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art, New York · 2 April 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3739731
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ray Johnson, untitled: two letters. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2008, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3739731.
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Ray Johnson, untitled: two letters. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2008, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3739731.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art · Apr 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albano | Peter Lanyon | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Chien | Jean Dubuffet | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Chuck | Jonathan Santlofer | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Shears | Jim Dine | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled | Sam Francis | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Kitchen work | Tomoko Takahashi | $6,000–$8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Johnson | The Affairs of a Leading Lady paperback cover | $4,750 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2024 | |
| Ray Johnson | Fragile For Christo - Collage by Ray Johnson | Sotheby's, Feb 2021 | ||
| Ray Johnson | Landscape (Cityscape with black orb) | Phillips, Dec 2022 | ||
| Ray Johnson | Untitled (Moticos Panel) | Sotheby's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Ray Johnson | Paper Box | Rago, Mar 2026 | ||
| Ray Johnson | Torero | Wright, Apr 2020 | ||
| Ray Johnson | i. Untitled Message; ii. Blue; iii. Black; iv. Ziggurat (Whi | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | ||
| Ray Johnson | The Marcel Duchamp Club | Rago, May 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.