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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,274–$19,911
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Shake It Up: Works from the Mario Testino Collection, London · 13 September 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4585747
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Ruff, Porträt (J. Rubell). Sotheby's, 13 Sep 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4585747.
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Thomas Ruff, Porträt (J. Rubell). Sotheby's, 13 Sep 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4585747.
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From the same sale Shake It Up: Works from the Mario Testino Collection · Sep 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Der Absprung (Remix) | Georg Baselitz | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Untitled | Richard Prince | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Pile | Jacqueline Humphries | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Santa Ludovica, 1998 | Vik Muniz | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Last Concert of the Last Survivor of Red Crayola | Daniel Richter | £70,000–£90,000 | |
| Blue Sauna | Adriana Varejão | £400,000–£600,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ruff | Porträt (A. Giese) | $35,560 | Phillips, May 2023 | |
| Thomas Ruff | „bi01“ (aus der Serie „jpegs“). 2007 | Grisebach, Nov 2024 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | nudes bu04 | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | phg.11 | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | H.e.k. 02 | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Substrat 24 I | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | nudes wr 30 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Thomas Ruff | Nudes fe16 | Phillips, Dec 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.