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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post War and Contemporary , New York · 15 May 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6269005
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richmond Burton, Boiled Like a Lobster. Christie's, 15 May 2001, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6269005.
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Richmond Burton, Boiled Like a Lobster. Christie's, 15 May 2001, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6269005.
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From the same sale Post War and Contemporary · May 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Magdelena Abakanowicz (b. 1930) | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Flower Bunch 2 | José Maria Sicilia | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| The Art Critics | Lucas Samaras | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Bull Face (85A) | Magdalena Abakanowicz | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Traffic II | Jirí Georg Dokoupil | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Transformer | Mark Innerst | $6,000–$8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Burton | Fractured Space (diptych) | $2,750 | Heritage Auctions, Feb 2023 | |
| Richmond Burton | Untitled | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Richmond Burton | Lava Painting | Freeman's | Hindman, Dec 2023 | ||
| Richmond Burton | Thought Plane Assembly I & II | Rago, Mar 2023 | ||
| Richmond Burton | richmond burton | compass triptych | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Richmond Burton | View Behind the Curtain | Rago, Mar 2024 | ||
| Richmond Burton | Rosette | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Richmond Burton | Electric Guts | Christie's, Mar 2016 |
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.