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- Estimate
- HK$3,600,000–HK$7,200,000 hammer ≈ $458,607–$917,214
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 1 April 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4732258
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Takashi Murakami, thinking matter (red). Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2019, lot 1166. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4732258.
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Takashi Murakami, thinking matter (red). Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2019, lot 1166. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4732258.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Apr 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| treasure | Huang Yuxing | HK$600,000–HK$900,000 | |
| see for yourself | Chen Fei | HK$500,000–HK$800,000 | |
| birthday ii | Wang Yi | HK$1,800,000–HK$2,800,000 | |
| zero gravity no.1 | Qiu Xiaofei | HK$600,000–HK$900,000 | |
| 93g | Atsuko Tanaka | HK$4,500,000–HK$6,500,000 | |
| hydrastinine | Damien Hirst | HK$4,000,000–HK$5,000,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takashi Murakami | The Emperor's New Clothes | $508,000 | Sotheby's, May 2023 | |
| Takashi Murakami | Magic Ball I (Positive) | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | Flower Sparkles! 繽紛花朵！ | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | Kōrin: Tranquility | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | Enso: The Sound of the Bell of Paired Sal Trees | Phillips, Jun 2021 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | Panda | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | takashi murakami 村上隆 | untitled (flower collaboration with m | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Takashi Murakami | Thinking Matter (Red) | Christie's, Oct 2023 |
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.