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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $324,270–$453,978
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 29 June 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4578088
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Ai Weiwei, Surveillance Camera. Sotheby's, 29 Jun 2017, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4578088.
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Ai Weiwei, Surveillance Camera. Sotheby's, 29 Jun 2017, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4578088.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · Jun 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run-Off | Mark Flood | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Pink Summer | Mary Heilmann | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Fips Mouse | Andy Warhol | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Untitled | Kaari Upson | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Being in a Place I-X | Jim Hodge | £35,000–£45,000 | |
| Picasso's Boy with Pipe | Marcin Maciejowski | £10,000–£15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Weiwei | Grapes | $300,000 | Phillips, May 2019 | |
| Ai Weiwei | Grapes | Phillips, Feb 2020 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | f size | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Surveillance Camera | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2015 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | zodiac head – monkey | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Forever | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Surveillance Camera and Plinth | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Ai Weiwei | Surfing (After Hokusai) | Christie's, Oct 2024 |
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.