Lot 260 · Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale
Against a Working Class Background
Grayson Perry · glazed earthenware
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $27,847–$37,129
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY DAY SALE, London · 10 February 2005
- Dimensions
- 22½ x 14¾in. (57 x 37.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5845539
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Grayson Perry, Against a Working Class Background. Christie's, 10 Feb 2005, lot 260. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5845539.
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Grayson Perry, Against a Working Class Background. Christie's, 10 Feb 2005, lot 260. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5845539.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale · Feb 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booking Hall no. 1 | Leon Kossoff | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled | Rosemarie Trockel | £12,000–£15,000 | |
| Combustione | Alberto Burri | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Concetto spaziale | Lucio Fontana | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Flowers | Andy Warhol | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Concetto spaziale | Lucio Fontana | £10,000–£15,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Perry | The American Dream | $42,757 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | |
| Grayson Perry | A Classical Compromise | Christie's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Untitled | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Starving Africans | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Driven Man | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Scorched Earth | Christie's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Pope | Phillips, Feb 2020 | ||
| Grayson Perry | Angel of the South | Phillips, Mar 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.