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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $33,000–$49,500
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Day Auction, London · 26 June 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3870424
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Michel Majerus, Untitled (The Means of Deception). Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2009, lot 255. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3870424.
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Michel Majerus, Untitled (The Means of Deception). Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2009, lot 255. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3870424.
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From the same sale Contemporary Day Auction · Jun 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le infinite possibilità di esistere | Alighiero Boetti | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Mercado con campesinos | Manuel Hernández Mompó | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Untitled (85-072) | Donald Judd | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Aluminum Anodized Blue | Donald Judd | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Untitled (Blue Bed) | Rosemarie Trockel | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| Untitled (To Ksenija) | Dan Flavin | £100,000–£150,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Majerus | Ohne Titel 626 | $34,144 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | |
| Michel Majerus | mom block n. 85 | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Michel Majerus | Yellow | Sotheby's, Aug 2021 | ||
| Michel Majerus | Untitled | Christie's, Nov 2004 | ||
| Michel Majerus | Skull | Sotheby's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Michel Majerus | Ohne Titel 585 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Michel Majerus | Orange | Sotheby's, Aug 2021 | ||
| Michel Majerus | MOM Block No. 3 | Christie's, Apr 2025 |
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.