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- Estimate
- HK$30,000–HK$50,000 hammer ≈ $3,824–$6,374
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Asian Art, Hong Kong · 7 October 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4111189
- Record
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Yue Minjun, Smile-ism Series. Sotheby's, 7 Oct 2012, lot 945. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4111189.
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Yue Minjun, Smile-ism Series. Sotheby's, 7 Oct 2012, lot 945. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4111189.
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From the same sale Contemporary Asian Art · Oct 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodline: Big Family Series | Zhang Xiaogang | HK$40,000–HK$60,000 | |
| Green Wall - Baby Room | Zhang Xiaogang | HK$2,000,000–HK$3,000,000 | |
| Coke | Xue Song | HK$50,000–HK$100,000 | |
| 1996 No. 5 | Rong Rong | HK$30,000–HK$50,000 | |
| Great Criticism Series: WTO | Wang Guangyi | HK$20,000–HK$30,000 | |
| Baroque Olympia | Li Yan | HK$450,000–HK$550,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yue Minjun | Genesis | $9,664 | Christie's, Oct 2023 | |
| Yue Minjun | untitled (smile-ism series no. 6) | 無題（微笑主義 6 號） | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Yue Minjun | Yue Minjun | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Yue Minjun | Smile-ism No. 13 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2021 | ||
| Yue Minjun | your smile is a sunny day (smile-ism no. 8) | Sotheby's, Apr 2011 | ||
| Yue Minjun | Red Boat - Planche No. 6 | Christie's, May 2018 | ||
| Yue Minjun | yue minjun 岳敏君 | untitled (smile-ism no.8) 無題（微笑主義8號） | Sotheby's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Yue Minjun | The Grassland Series: four plates | Phillips, 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.