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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Curated, New York · 29 September 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4506432
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph Cornell, untitled (blue sand tray). Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2016, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4506432.
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Joseph Cornell, untitled (blue sand tray). Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2016, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4506432.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Personnage XVII | Jean Dubuffet | $18,000–$22,000 | |
| Untitled | Larry Poons | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| El Paso to Miami | Ed Ruscha | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Black Dahlia | Gene Davis | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Red and Blue | Howard Mehring | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| situations. ten situational sculptures at the dwan gallery, 1969 and 1970 | Fred Sandback | $35,000–$45,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Cornell | J. Eagels Autumnal - Spring | $47,880 | Phillips, May 2022 | |
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| Joseph Cornell | joseph cornell | untitled (blue sand fountain) | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Joseph Cornell | Time Transfixed | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 |
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