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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $797,825–$1,196,738
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 1 July 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3776305
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, To the Studios II. Sotheby's, 1 Jul 2008, lot 56. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3776305.
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Frank Auerbach, To the Studios II. Sotheby's, 1 Jul 2008, lot 56. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3776305.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Jul 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Rudolf Stingel | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Lured | Cecily Brown | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled | Anselm Reyle | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| Dead Boards No. 13 | Gilbert & George | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Achrome | Piero Manzoni | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Logos I | Jean Dubuffet | £300,000–£400,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Gerda Boehm | $1,120,483 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | |
| Frank Auerbach | Portrait of Debbie Ratcliff III 1984 | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. in the Studio III | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated in the Studio II | Phillips, Mar 2024 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Reclining Model, Back View | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Seated Model IV | Christie's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Helen Gillespie II | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 |
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.