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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,045–$6,742
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Contemporary Day Sale , London · 28 June 2002
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6127782
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alighiero Boetti, Le cose nascono dalla necessità e dal caso. Christie's, 28 Jun 2002, lot 374. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6127782.
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Alighiero Boetti, Le cose nascono dalla necessità e dal caso. Christie's, 28 Jun 2002, lot 374. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6127782.
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From the same sale Contemporary Day Sale · Jun 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Chris Ofili | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Untitled | Anthony Gormley | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Sidney | Elizabeth Peyton | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Charlie | Alessandro Raho | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Aftermath (Angélica) | Vik Muniz | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Evora, Portugal | Rineke Dijkstra | £4,000–£6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alighiero Boetti | Classifying the thousand longest... 1977. Un des 300 exempla | $4,417 | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | |
| Alighiero Boetti | Orologio Annuale (Annual Watch): three works | Phillips, May 2026 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2021 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | Alighiero Boetti: Manifesto | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Oct 2024 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994) | Casa d'aste Boetto, Oct 2019 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | 1986 | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | Probing the Mysteries of a Double Life | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Alighiero Boetti | Inaspettatamente | Sotheby's, May 2004 |
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