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- Estimate
- HK$100,000–HK$200,000 hammer ≈ $12,890–$25,781
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Asian Art, Hong Kong · 6 April 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4250768
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yang Fudong, The First Intellectual. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2014, lot 983. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4250768.
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Yang Fudong, The First Intellectual. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2014, lot 983. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4250768.
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From the same sale Contemporary Asian Art · Apr 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Wang Jinsong | HK$300,000–HK$400,000 | |
| Floraison | Toshimitsu Imai | HK$300,000–HK$500,000 | |
| Untitled | Zeng Fanzhi | HK$120,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Self- Portrait : White Marilyn 2 | Yasumasa Morimura | HK$150,000–HK$250,000 | |
| A Man with Calligraphy Brush | Wang Guangyi | HK$250,000–HK$350,000 | |
| Stray Dog | Daido Moriyama | HK$60,000–HK$100,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Fudong | The First Intellectual | $152,171 | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | |
| Yoshitomo Nara | In the Floating World (Complete set of 16) (YNF2558 - 2573) | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2025 | ||
| Yang Fudong | Yang Fudong 楊福東 | The First Intellectual (Set of Three) 第一個知 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Yoshitomo Nara | Sad Dog | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Yoshitomo Nara | Sans titre | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Venus | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Butterfly | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Yang Fudong | After All I Didn't Force You | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 |
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.