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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $208,758–$313,137
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 20 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3797318
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yan Pei-ming, Tête. Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2008, lot 192. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3797318.
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Yan Pei-ming, Tête. Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2008, lot 192. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3797318.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Auction · Oct 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Rachel Whiteread | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled | Pablo Atchugarry | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Hat No. 2 | Yue Minjun | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Spider Room | Hiroshi Sugimoto | £28,000–£35,000 | |
| No Man's Land | Peter Halley | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Among Flowers | Han Yajuan | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Pei-ming | Pope | $224,587 | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | |
| Yan Pei-ming | Grand Timonier Rouge II | Christie's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Autoportrait Rouge | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Pope Innocent X No. 5 | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Portrait of Isabelle Huppert III | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | fleurs noires des funerailles, souvenir du pere de l'artiste | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Golden Buddha | Phillips, Oct 2013 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Mao | 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.