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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post War and Contemporary (Afternoon Session) , New York · 12 October 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6038514
- Record
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Wolfgang Laib, Sealing Wax House. Christie's, 12 Oct 1999, lot 358. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6038514.
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Wolfgang Laib, Sealing Wax House. Christie's, 12 Oct 1999, lot 358. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6038514.
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From the same sale Post War and Contemporary (Afternoon Session) · Oct 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Richard Prince | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Rewopetihw | Michael Ray Charles | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| The Zagreb Picture | Donald Baechler | $18,000–$22,000 | |
| Airport (Los Angeles, Lufthansa Cargo) | Peter Fischli And David Weiss | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Landscape with a Scholar Gazing Along a Riverbank | Wen Zhengming | $10,000–$12,000 | |
| Dinars (8), various, only partly legible, poor (8) | Dinars (8), various, only partly legible, poor (8) | £130–£150 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Laib | Milkstone | $27,940 | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | |
| Wolfgang Laib | Reishaus. 2007 | Grisebach, Nov 2025 | ||
| Wolfgang Laib | Milchstein. 1978 | Grisebach, Dec 2022 | ||
| Wolfgang Laib | Untitled | Sotheby's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Wolfgang Laib | maison de riz (rice house) | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Wolfgang Laib | Milchstein (für 3/4 Liter Milch). 1978 | Grisebach, May 2014 | ||
| Wolfgang Laib | Reishouse (Rice House) | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Black Sheep in a Painted Black Tank | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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