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- Estimate
- €50,000–€70,000 hammer ≈ $57,915–$81,081
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection, Paris · 19 November 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5335855
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Wolfgang Tillmans, Valentine. Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2025, lot 5. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5335855.
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Wolfgang Tillmans, Valentine. Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2025, lot 5. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5335855.
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From the same sale Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection · Nov 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Child Crying, N. J. | Diane Arbus | €5,000–€7,000 | |
| Marilyn; 28 Years Old; Las Vegas, Nevada; $30 | Philip-lorca Dicorcia | €25,000–€35,000 | |
| Golden Boy, New York City | Albert Watson | €15,000–€25,000 | |
| Karl Oergel | Herbert Hoffmann | €400–€600 | |
| Michael & Otto | Wolfgang Tillmans | €6,000–€9,000 | |
| Memphis | William Eggleston | €220,000–€280,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Tillmans | paper drop (studio) II | $69,300 | Phillips, Nov 2022 | |
| Wolfgang Tillmans | wolfgang tillmans | 'plan', 2007 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Silver 50. 2006 | Grisebach, Dec 2023 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Zimmerer | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Collum | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | paper drop (light) a | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | after party (c) | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Summer still-life | Sotheby's, May 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.