Lot 51 · The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of Prints Evening Sale
Wow
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- Estimate
- $25,000–$35,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of Prints Evening Sale, New York · 18 October 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5161232
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mel Bochner, Wow. Sotheby's, 18 Oct 2023, lot 51. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5161232.
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Mel Bochner, Wow. Sotheby's, 18 Oct 2023, lot 51. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5161232.
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From the same sale The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of Prints Evening Sale · Oct 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spear #6 | Sam Gilliam | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Ten Winter Tools (Carpenter 32; see Williams College 118 - 127) | Jim Dine | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S. A. C. 7… | David Hockney | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Lifts (C. CEP 13) | Cyril Edward Power | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Cicada (ULAE 219) | Jasper Johns | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Flags II (ULAE 129) | Jasper Johns | $30,000–$50,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Bochner | Mel Bochner 梅爾 · 伯克奈爾 | Blah, Blah, Blah (MB6105) 廢話，廢話，廢話（M | $29,382 | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | |
| Mel Bochner | Blah, Blah, Blah | Rago, May 2024 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Diagonals Constant | Christie's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Mel Bochner | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2025 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Blah Blah Blah | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Triangular and Square: Numbers (or Points) | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2020 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Tangency | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Oh Well | Phillips, Apr 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.