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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Prints & Multiples, New York · 16 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4891294
- Record
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Samuel Margolies, Men of Steel. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2020, lot 108. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4891294.
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Samuel Margolies, Men of Steel. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2020, lot 108. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4891294.
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From the same sale Prints & Multiples · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Steel Tack (Axsom & Platzker 176) | Claes Oldenburg | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Gertrude Stein (F. & S. II.227) | Andy Warhol | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Burnt Bridges | Arman | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Green Foreground | Adolph Gottlieb | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Dinnerware: One Setting | Roy Lichtenstein | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| The Dutch Wives (ULAE 187) | Jasper Johns | $15,000–$25,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Margolies | Builders of Babylon | $7,500 | Phillips, Apr 2017 | |
| Samuel Margolies | Men of Steel | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Frank Stella | Spectralia from Imaginary Places, 1995 | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Jim Dine | The Dream of Rose Tyrien | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Marc Chagall | Création | Bonhams, Apr 2026 | ||
| Marc Chagall | La joie de vivre (The Joy of Life) (M. 472) | Phillips, Sep 2024 | ||
| Jim Dine | The Little Heart in a Landscape | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Marc Chagall | Le Songe du Peintre | Bonhams, Jun 2021 |
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.