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- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Discoveries, New York · 1 October 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5325949
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Tony Matelli, Bust. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2025, lot 902. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5325949.
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Tony Matelli, Bust. Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2025, lot 902. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5325949.
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From the same sale Contemporary Discoveries · Oct 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album (Sojka 21-29) | Terry Winters | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Sappho | Lynda Benglis | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| zweiundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsechs | Ugo Rondinone | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| David Hockney | Sir Cecil Beaton | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| TRANSEXUALIS (Manual) A | Matthew Barney | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Untitled | Rudolf Stingel | $60,000–$80,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Matelli | Stray Dog at the Mallins | $1,778 | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | |
| Damien Hirst | For the Love of God, Believe | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled (SFE 041) | Rago, Oct 2022 | ||
| Sam Francis | Damn Braces | Rago, Feb 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | 20th Montreux Jazz Festival | Bonhams, Dec 2021 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Fruitful (Large) | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Neuschwanstein | Phillips, May 2026 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | A Pyramid | Sotheby's, Mar 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.