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- Estimate
- HK$500,000–HK$800,000 hammer ≈ $63,739–$101,982
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Asian Art, Hong Kong · 2 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4076277
- Record
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Mao Xuhui, red scissors and back-chair. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2012, lot 813. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076277.
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Mao Xuhui, red scissors and back-chair. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2012, lot 813. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076277.
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From the same sale Contemporary Asian Art · Apr 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter | Su Xinping | HK$150,000–HK$250,000 | |
| My Skin | Yang Shaobin | HK$700,000–HK$900,000 | |
| Rouge Series | Li Shan | HK$600,000–HK$700,000 | |
| Bloodline: Big Family Series | Zhang Xiaogang | HK$50,000–HK$70,000 | |
| Golden Head Series (three works) | Fang Lijun | HK$400,000–HK$500,000 | |
| Made in China (five works) | Sui Jianguo | HK$200,000–HK$250,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mao Xuhui | eternity - starry night | $83,070 | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 | |
| Mao Xuhui | Paternalism | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | Image of paternalism with brown door | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | Upside-Down Grey-Black Scissors | Sotheby's, Oct 2007 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | Autumn Fruit Garden No. 3 | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | The Vocabulary of Power, Key | Sotheby's, Sep 2008 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | Paternalism 92 | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 | ||
| Mao Xuhui | mao xuhui 毛旭輝 | earth red scissors 土紅色剪刀 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 |
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.