Lot 304 · Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection
Boy with Balloons
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- Estimate
- £150,000–£200,000 hammer ≈ $202,249–$269,666
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection, London · 1 December 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4982486
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Oleg Tselkov, Boy with Balloons. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2021, lot 304. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4982486.
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Oleg Tselkov, Boy with Balloons. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2021, lot 304. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4982486.
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