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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,475–$5,212
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART, London (South Kensington) · 5 December 2005
- Dimensions
- 38¼ x 34 x 34in. (97 x 86.3 x 86.3cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5738025
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5738025 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5738025
David Nash, Cracking Strong Box. Christie's, 5 Dec 2005, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5738025.
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David Nash, Cracking Strong Box. Christie's, 5 Dec 2005, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5738025.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art · Dec 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Dimitri Tomkin | David Hockney | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Beatnik | George Condo | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled | Karel Appel | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Sans titre | Pierre Alechinsky | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled | Karel Appel | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Karel Appel | £3,000–£5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Nash | Small Red Column | $16,845 | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | |
| David Nash | Six Birch Spoons | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | ||
| David Nash | Mosaic Egg | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| David Nash | Rip and Cross Cut Column | Rago, Jan 2025 | ||
| David Nash | Crack and Warp 244 cm. (96 in.) high | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | ||
| David Nash | Oak Sheaves | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| David Nash | Small Black Column | Phillips, Oct 2018 | ||
| David Nash | Descending Vessel | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 |
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.