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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $15,793–$23,690
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Discoveries, London · 1 August 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5313489
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Yakusa. Sotheby's, 1 Aug 2025, lot 87. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5313489.
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Yakusa. Sotheby's, 1 Aug 2025, lot 87. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5313489.
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From the same sale Contemporary Discoveries · Aug 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Mel Bochner | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Red Room | Frances Goodman | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Untitled | Marc Padeu | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Empty Hours | Kate Gottgens | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Encuentro de azules | Eduardo Macentyre | £5,000–£7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled, c. 1990-2000 | $20,160 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | |
| Nobuyoshi Araki | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2021 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Hana Kinbaku - 73 | 花緊縛－73 | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled (from Colourscapes) | SBI Art Auction, Apr 2021 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Tokyo Comedy | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Koki No Shashin : Photographs of A Seventy Years Old | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2022 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled (Kinbaku), 2008 | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Yakuza | Phillips, 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.