Lot 573 · Post-War and Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
Language of Cars
Grayson Perry · glazed earthenware
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $39,866–$59,799
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art (Day Sale), London · 21 June 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5545557
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Grayson Perry, Language of Cars. Christie's, 21 Jun 2007, lot 573. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5545557.
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Grayson Perry, Language of Cars. Christie's, 21 Jun 2007, lot 573. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5545557.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art (Day Sale) · Jun 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two | Robert Indiana | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Hanging Complex Form | Sol Lewitt | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Mofa Compression | César | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled | Lucio Fontana | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Untitled | Otto Piene | £800–£1,200 | |
| Compression | César | £6,000–£8,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Perry | Scorched Earth | $47,745 | Christie's, Oct 2025 | |
| Grayson Perry | The American Dream | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Untitled | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Driven Man | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Starving Africans | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Grayson Perry | A Classical Compromise | Christie's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Western Art in the Form of a Saki Bottle | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Ha Ha Ha | Christie's, Jun 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.