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- Estimate
- £14,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $21,896–$28,152
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, London · 23 May 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4362003
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Ruff, 'm.d.p.n. 29', 2003. Sotheby's, 23 May 2015, lot 121. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362003.
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Thomas Ruff, 'm.d.p.n. 29', 2003. Sotheby's, 23 May 2015, lot 121. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362003.
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| Fullmoon @ Eifel 3, 2010 | Darren Almond | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| 'Jenny Kapitan, Pension Dorian', Berlin, 1977 | Helmut Newton | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| 'Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago', 1953 | Harry Callahan | £7,000–£10,000 | |
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| 'gypsy family (spain)', 1966 | Irving Penn | £12,000–£18,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ruff | Nudes ye 26, 2006 | $23,596 | Christie's, Oct 2025 | |
| Thomas Ruff | thomas ruff | 'w.h.s. 07', 2001 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | „nudes asd 04“. 2001 | Grisebach, Dec 2022 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2025 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Nudes ev 19, 2006 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | a.s.b. 01 | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | h.t.b. 02 | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Nudes EV03 | Lempertz, Nov 2019 |
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.