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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $31,803–$47,705
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Defining Taste, London · 12 November 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4209720
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Contemplative object. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209720.
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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Contemplative object. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209720.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Maze player | Michael Ayrton | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Marble Form | Barbara Hepworth | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Pulteney Bridge, Bath | Walter Richard Sickert A.r.a. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Esmond Lowinsky | Eric Gill | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Climbing Forms | Robert Adams | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| A Curved House, Maugersbury | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | £15,000–£25,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Towards a New Laocoön | $40,647 | Christie's, Mar 2026 | |
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Black Devil | Rago, Mar 2024 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Newton after Blake | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Head | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Shattered Head | Christie's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | torso (figure) | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Torso (Figure) | Christie's, Jan 2020 | ||
| Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Untitled | Christie's, Mar 2021 |
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.