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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $49,500–$66,000
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Day Auction, London · 26 June 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3870517
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Philip Taaffe, Exploded Still Life. Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2009, lot 227. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3870517.
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Philip Taaffe, Exploded Still Life. Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2009, lot 227. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3870517.
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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 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Taaffe | Rosette | $63,500 | Phillips, Sep 2023 | |
| Philip Taaffe | Alcyonaria | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Painting with Gemstones | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Overtone | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Large Cairene Window | Phillips, Dec 2018 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Imaginary Garden with Seed Clusters | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Anuradhapura | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Philip Taaffe | Zone of the Straits | Phillips, Apr 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.