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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $69,586–$104,379
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 20 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3797359
- Record
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Ross Bleckner, unknown quantities of light (part 2). Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2008, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3797359.
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Ross Bleckner, unknown quantities of light (part 2). Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2008, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3797359.
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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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Bleckner | No Marigold | $113,400 | Phillips, Nov 2021 | |
| Ross Bleckner | Nevertheless | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | Poverty Bouquet | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | The Fifth Examined Life | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | us two | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | Birdland | Phillips, May 2019 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | Specific & Anonymous, 2001 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Ross Bleckner | Untitled | Phillips, May 2022 |
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