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- Estimate
- £4,500,000–£6,500,000 hammer ≈ $6,771,402–$9,780,915
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 28 June 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3938104
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yves Klein, RE 49. Sotheby's, 28 Jun 2010, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3938104.
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Yves Klein, RE 49. Sotheby's, 28 Jun 2010, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3938104.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Jun 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstraktes Bild | Gerhard Richter | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Camouflage Self-portrait | Andy Warhol | £1,500,000–£2,500,000 | |
| Mappa | Alighiero Boetti | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| Untitled | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £550,000–£850,000 | |
| Untitled | Paula Rego | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Untitled | Alexander Calder | £700,000–£900,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Klein | untitled anthropometry, (ant 5) | $8,964,774 | Sotheby's, Jun 2018 | |
| Yves Klein | untitled anthropometry (ant 132) | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Yves Klein | Relief Éponge bleu sans titre, (RE 28) | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Yves Klein | Peinture de feu couleur sans titre, (FC 27) | Christie's, Jun 2015 | ||
| Yves Klein | Anthropométrie "Le Buffle" (ANT 93) | Christie's, May 2010 | ||
| Yves Klein | Untitled Anthropométrie (ANT 9) | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Yves Klein | Untitled Monogold, (MG 21) | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Yves Klein | Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 167) | Sotheby's, Nov 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.