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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $9,755–$14,632
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Made in Britain, London · 14 March 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5104605
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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George Shaw, Why Don't You...?. Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2023, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5104605.
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George Shaw, Why Don't You...?. Sotheby's, 14 Mar 2023, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5104605.
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| Coffee Cups | Sara Flynn | £300–£500 | |
| Bella (Second Version) (H. 15; F. 28) | Lucian Freud | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Rita Romilly | Sir Jacob Epstein | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Plump Bird | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Usa | Sir Peter Blake | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Dry English Summer | — | £10,000–£15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Shaw | So We Came To Jazz It Up | $15,396 | Phillips, Oct 2025 | |
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| George Shaw | scenes from the passion: st stephen's day | Sotheby's, Oct 2010 | ||
| George Shaw | Sound of Music | Christie's, Jun 2004 | ||
| Gerhard Richter | Cage 2 2020 | Bonhams, May 2025 | ||
| Gerhard Richter | Haut I (Skin I) | Sotheby's, Apr 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.