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- Estimate
- £1,500,000–£2,000,000 hammer ≈ $2,283,760–$3,045,013
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 10 February 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4331557
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, To the Studios. Sotheby's, 10 Feb 2015, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331557.
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Frank Auerbach, To the Studios. Sotheby's, 10 Feb 2015, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331557.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Feb 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mappa | Alighiero Boetti | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Fickn | Martin Kippenberger | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Untitled (Rome) | Cy Twombly | £1,700,000–£2,200,000 | |
| Wolken (Clouds) | Gerhard Richter | £3,500,000–£4,500,000 | |
| Dosilasolfamirédo Deuxième Gamme | Arman | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Branches sans Feuilles | Alexander Calder | £500,000–£700,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | head of j.y.m. | $2,191,188 | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | |
| Frank Auerbach | Nude on Bed III | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Tree in Mornington Crescent | Christie's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | From the Studios | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | J.Y.M. Seated | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Helen Gillespie IV | Sotheby's, Oct 2010 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Christmas Tree at Mornington Crescent | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Figure on a Bed II 1967 | Bonhams, Jun 2018 |
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.