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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $721–$1,010
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Alchemy: Objects of desire, London · 21 April 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4466873
- Record
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Shahpour Pouyan, failed object #4. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2016, lot 76. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4466873.
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Shahpour Pouyan, failed object #4. Sotheby's, 21 Apr 2016, lot 76. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4466873.
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From the same sale Alchemy: Objects of desire · Apr 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| untitled (st. petersburg invitation) | Cy Twombly | £300–£500 | |
| Untitled | Sirak Melkonian | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Untitled | Mohsen Ahmadvand | £800–£1,200 | |
| A talismanic 'magic square', Persia, probably Qajar, circa 19th centu… | — | £200–£300 | |
| Untitled | Farshad Mesghali | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Untitled | Ardeshir Mohasses | £5,000–£7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bita Fayyazi | crows | $1,534 | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | |
| Farhad Moshiri | Tolerating Intolerance | Bonhams, Aug 2020 | ||
| Farhad Ahrarnia | Farah Pahlavi | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Shahpour Pouyan | aggregat #2 | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Farhad Ahrarnia | untitled (farah pahlavi coronation) | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Farhad Ahrarnia | Held in a Lunar Synthesis; Whispering Lunar Incantations | Christie's, May 2014 | ||
| Reza Aramesh | reza aramesh | action #50 (lebanese intelligence agence arre | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 |
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.