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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $269,666–$404,499
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 28 June 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4577962
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sterling Ruby, SP186. Sotheby's, 28 Jun 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4577962.
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Sterling Ruby, SP186. Sotheby's, 28 Jun 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4577962.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Jun 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rimini | Andreas Gursky | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Freischwimmer #81 | Wolfgang Tillmans | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Head of Gerda Boehm | Frank Auerbach | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Great American Nude #87 | Tom Wesselmann | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Donald Judd | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Wire | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £350,000–£500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Ruby | Sp256 | $317,500 | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | |
| Sterling Ruby | Sp 180 | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Widw. Lixiviant | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Bc (5288) | Sotheby's, May 2015 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Sp113 | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Sp26 | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Sp186 | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Sterling Ruby | Sp151 | Phillips, Apr 2021 |
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.