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- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,500 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 22 April 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6429342
- Record
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Sandy Skoglund, I Wish I Was a Robot. Christie's, 22 Apr 1999, lot 210. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6429342.
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Sandy Skoglund, I Wish I Was a Robot. Christie's, 22 Apr 1999, lot 210. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6429342.
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From the same sale Photographs · Apr 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled from Circles of Civilization | NICK WAPPLINGTON | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Selected images | CYDNEY TOPOL | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Untitled (Native American portraits) | CYDNEY TOPOL | $600–$800 | |
| Sudden Death | Weegee | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Pennsylvania Station (1936) | Berenice Abbott | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Midtown Manhattan | Berenice Abbott | $5,000–$7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Skoglund | 'Thirty Burgers' | $1,625 | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | |
| Sandy Skoglund | Germs Are Everywhere | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2025 | ||
| Helmut Newton | Sweden | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Academician on his way to Nôtre-Dame, Paris | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Sandy Skoglund | Maybe Babies, 1983 | Christie's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Sandy Skoglund | Coathangers | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2007 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe | 6 Flowers | Rago, Mar 2024 |
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.