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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $56,364–$84,545
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Erotic: Passion & Desire, London · 15 February 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4636575
- Record
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Luis Ricardo Falero, reaching for the stars. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2018, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4636575.
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Luis Ricardo Falero, reaching for the stars. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2018, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4636575.
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From the same sale Erotic: Passion & Desire · Feb 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| beauté | Henri Martin | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| alternative fictions | Terry Rodgers | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| the sluggard | Frederic, Lord Leighton, Pra | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| colima seated ithyphallic figure, comala style | | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| eric, 1980 | Robert Mapplethorpe | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| a fragmentary group of a satyr struggling with a hermaphrodite, circa… | — | £20,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Ricardo Falero | The Planet Venus | $56,250 | Sotheby's, Oct 2009 | |
| Luis Ricardo Falero | A classical beauty | Bonhams, Sep 2017 | ||
| Luis Ricardo Falero | The poppy fairy | Christie's, Jan 2015 | ||
| Edouard Henri Léon Cortès | Place de la Bastille | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2022 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | The Ferryman Near the Old Broken Tree (Moonrise) (Le Passeur | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Luis Ricardo Falero | luis ricardo falero | the poppy fairy | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Luis Ricardo Falero | luis ricardo falero | the pole star | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Luis Ricardo Falero | le reve de faléro | Sotheby's, Oct 2003 |
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.