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Lot 217 · Sotheby's N09785

Octopus Ticker Company

Otis Kaye

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Estimate
$8,000–$12,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's N09785 · 24 May 2017
Record ID
TB-2026-4567898
Record
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Otis Kaye, Octopus Ticker Company. Sotheby's, 24 May 2017, lot 217. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4567898.

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Otis Kaye, Octopus Ticker Company. Sotheby's, 24 May 2017, lot 217. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4567898.

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From the same sale Sotheby's N09785 · May 2017

LotArtistEstimateResult
Prickly Pears and Pomegranates Konrad Cramer $15,000–$25,000
Pink Lady Slippers Charles Demuth $40,000–$60,000
Still Life with Mask Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi $10,000–$15,000
Conversation John Koch $12,000–$18,000
China Doll Gary Thomas Erbe $5,000–$7,000
Acoma Gerald Cassidy $15,000–$25,000

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Otis Kaye the Boys are Okay $14,400 Sotheby's, Sep 2005
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Otis Kaye In God We Trust Sotheby's, Sep 2009
Otis Kaye Money from Home Sotheby's, Nov 2016
John Marin Castorland Landscape Sotheby's, Mar 2023
Otis Kaye Christmas Piggy Banks Sotheby's, Sep 2005
Otis Kaye ten dollar bill and two dollar bill: two drawings Sotheby's, Jan 2011
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