Lot 31 · Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale
Teasing the Newly Weds No.2 - Lucky Cigarettes
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- Estimate
- HK$8,000,000–HK$12,000,000 hammer ≈ $1,029,478–$1,544,217
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 4 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3789399
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Wang Yidong, Teasing the Newly Weds No.2 - Lucky Cigarettes. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2008, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3789399.
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Wang Yidong, Teasing the Newly Weds No.2 - Lucky Cigarettes. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2008, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3789399.
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|---|---|---|---|
| No. 282 | Zhu Dequn | HK$2,400,000–HK$2,800,000 | |
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| Global Bikini | Li Songsong | HK$2,000,000–HK$3,000,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Yidong | The Letter | $1,552,660 | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | |
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| Wang Yidong | Teasing the Newlyweds | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| Wang Yidong | Spring Reflections | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| Wang Yidong | Morning Mist in Mengshan | Sotheby's, Apr 2012 | ||
| Zao Wou-ki | 24.3.63 | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Wang Yidong | Letter from Far Away | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| Zao Wou-ki | 18.03.63 | Christie's, Mar 2026 |
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.