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- Estimate
- £450,000–£650,000 hammer ≈ $587,677–$848,866
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 21 October 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4866685
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Yayoi Kusama, yayoi kusama | dying people. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2020, lot 115. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4866685.
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Yayoi Kusama, yayoi kusama | dying people. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2020, lot 115. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4866685.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Oct 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| maurizio cattelan | untitled | Maurizio Cattelan | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| cecily brown | untitled | Cecily Brown | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 | |
| ellsworth kelly | black green | Ellsworth Kelly | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| albert oehlen | freeway express | Albert Oehlen | £1,400,000–£1,800,000 | |
| rudolf stingel | untitled | Rudolf Stingel | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| donald judd | untitled (86-19 ballantine) | Donald Judd | £300,000–£400,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusama | Untitled | $740,216 | Christie's, May 2023 | |
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Butterflies | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Butterfly | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Cosmos (THOPS) | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | かぼちゃ | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2023 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Dots-Obsession (2Wzab) | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Net-Obsession | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 |
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.