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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $24,257–$32,342
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Russian Contemporary Sale, London · 9 June 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3864214
- Record
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Alexei Kostroma, Blue Butterfly with Black spots. Sotheby's, 9 Jun 2009, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3864214.
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Alexei Kostroma, Blue Butterfly with Black spots. Sotheby's, 9 Jun 2009, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3864214.
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From the same sale Russian Contemporary Sale · Jun 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishermen | Vladimir Ovchinnikov | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Overlooking Moscow | Dubossarsky & Vinogradov | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Roofs in Priluki | Oscar Rabin | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Street by the Sea | Victor Raulin | £18,000–£20,000 | |
| Our Tablecloth | Pavel Makov | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Seascape with Dollar | Pavel Pepperstein | £4,000–£6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Sitnikov | Church on the steppe | $23,976 | Bonhams, Nov 2018 | |
| Ivan Chuikov | Untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexei Kostroma | Butterfly with red spots | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| Alexei Kostroma | uporyadochennoe shestvie [controlled procession] | Sotheby's, Feb 2007 | ||
| Vladimir Weisberg | Reclining nude | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Arsen Savadov | Holywood | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Ivan Chuikov | Window | Bonhams, Sep 2020 | ||
| Ivan Chuikov | Three Fragments | Sotheby's, Jun 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.