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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $29,396–$44,094
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 6 February 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3836574
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Calder, Space Whorls. Sotheby's, 6 Feb 2009, lot 154. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3836574.
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Alexander Calder, Space Whorls. Sotheby's, 6 Feb 2009, lot 154. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3836574.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · Feb 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table d'Or | Yves Klein | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Marble Floor no. 37 | Wim Delvoye | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Gotica | Gianpietro Carlesso | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Cha Cha | Jason Martin | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Untitled | Rudolf Stingel | £6,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Calder | Flyball Governor | $76,200 | Phillips, May 2023 | |
| Alexander Calder | Ring | Rago, Nov 2022 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Sandy Graphie | Hermitage Fine Art, Jun 2024 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Untitled | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2024 | ||
| Alexander Calder | untitled | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Le Lézard et le Tétard | Rago, Nov 2023 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Untitled 1944 | Bonhams, Nov 2023 |
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.