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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art, New York · 18 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4894150
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Tom Wesselmann, Round Three. Sotheby's, 18 Dec 2020, lot 56. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4894150.
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Tom Wesselmann, Round Three. Sotheby's, 18 Dec 2020, lot 56. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4894150.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Painting | Walter Barker | $150–$250 | |
| Bull | Elaine De Kooning | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Landscape with Calm No. 2 | Leon Kossoff | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Calico Bunny | Claes Oldenburg | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled | Ken Price | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| In a Dream | Lita Albuquerque | $8,000–$12,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wesselmann | Open Ended Nude #135 | $100,800 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | |
| Tom Wesselmann | Study for Nude Lithograph | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Study for first face #4 | Phillips, May 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Monica Sitting in Hat and Beads (Color Variation No. 3) | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Smoker Banner | Rago, May 2026 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Smoker Study | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Mouth Fragment | Phillips, May 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Judy | Phillips, Nov 2022 |
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.