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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 14 November 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4123260
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Dan Colen, untitled (bird shit). Sotheby's, 14 Nov 2012, lot 402. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4123260.
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Dan Colen, untitled (bird shit). Sotheby's, 14 Nov 2012, lot 402. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4123260.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · Nov 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Os Gemeos | $90,000–$120,000 | |
| Untitled | John Chamberlain | $250,000–$350,000 | |
| Capullo | Damián Ortega | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Untitled | Sam Francis | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Orange | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| Self-Portrait | Keith Haring | $200,000–$300,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Colen | Better Off Dead | $63,000 | Christie's, Nov 2024 | |
| Dan Colen | The Inextinguishable | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Dan Colen | Civil Unrest | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Dan Colen | Human Waste | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Dan Colen | Jfk, 2008 | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Dan Colen | Robert Downey Jr., Robin Bird, Rob Zombie | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Dan Colen | I'm Gonna Be Sick | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Dan Colen | Sick Sick Sick | Phillips, Jun 2022 |
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.