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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,933–$80,900
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Turkish , London · 4 March 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3838062
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Bedri Baykam, Graffiti Guy Posing in Front of His Work. Sotheby's, 4 Mar 2009, lot 72. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3838062.
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Bedri Baykam, Graffiti Guy Posing in Front of His Work. Sotheby's, 4 Mar 2009, lot 72. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3838062.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Turkish · Mar 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glitch XVII | Canan Tolon | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Untitled | Suat Akdemir | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Person, Own Life | Mustafa Ozel | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Lamentations | Nazif Topçuoglu | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A Couple of Fives | Burhan Dogancay | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled | Haluk Akakçe | £18,000–£22,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedri Baykam | The Split of the Roads | $76,029 | Sotheby's, Apr 2010 | |
| Bedri Baykam | The Ultimate Déjeuner | Sotheby's, Mar 2009 | ||
| Bedri Baykam | Coke for the world | Christie's, Mar 1998 | ||
| Fahrenlissa Zeid | vitrail | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Bedri Baykam | Untitled | Sotheby's, Apr 2011 | ||
| Fahrenlissa Zeid | Erbil: Réalités Nouvelles | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Fahrenlissa Zeid | fahrelnissa zeid | purple fog | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Burhan Dogancay | Sst | Christie's, Oct 2018 |
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.