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- Estimate
- HK$240,000–HK$350,000 hammer ≈ $30,727–$44,810
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern Asian Art, Hong Kong · 1 October 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4597747
- Record
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Chiu Ya-tsai, Idiot. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2017, lot 5092. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4597747.
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Chiu Ya-tsai, Idiot. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2017, lot 5092. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4597747.
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From the same sale Modern Asian Art · Oct 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures in Landscape | Wang Jiyuan | HK$80,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Circus | Ding Yanyong | HK$50,000–HK$100,000 | |
| Les femmes | Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita | HK$80,000–HK$160,000 | |
| Untitled | Wang Jangeng | HK$10,000–HK$20,000 | |
| Le réveil des anges | Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita | HK$180,000–HK$280,000 | |
| Nude Man | Chiu Ya-tsai | HK$400,000–HK$600,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Young Man in the Night | $38,408 | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | |
| Chiu Ya-tsai | gentleman | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Modern Middle Class | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Nude Man | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | a fine young man | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Seated Man | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Physicist | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Chiu Ya-tsai | Portrait of a Girl | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 |
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.