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- Estimate
- HK$1,100,000–HK$1,600,000 hammer ≈ $140,532–$204,410
- Result
- upcoming — 25 November 2019
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern and Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place · 25 November 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-731214
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-731214 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-731214
Kim Tschang-yeul, Water Drop. Bonhams, 25 Nov 2019, lot 33. estimate HK$1,100,000–HK$1,600,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-731214.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
78% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Kim Tschang-yeul, Water Drop. Bonhams, 25 Nov 2019, lot 33. estimate HK$1,100,000–HK$1,600,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-731214.
From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Art · Nov 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 黎譜 Portrait of a Child | Le Pho | HK$120,000–HK$160,000 | |
| (Zhu Yuanzhi) 朱沅芷 Portrait of a Man | Yun Gee | HK$1,000,000–HK$1,500,000 | |
| Untitled | Paramjit Singh | HK$50,000–HK$80,000 | |
| Untitled | Maqbool Fida Husain | HK$300,000–HK$500,000 | |
| La Terre (The Earth) | Sayed Haider Raza | HK$2,500,000–HK$3,500,000 | upcoming |
| 阿默‧薩達里 Lelehan Emas Pada Relung (Molten Gold on a Niche) | Ahmad Sadali | HK$120,000–HK$160,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Untitled (Waterdrops) | $161,978 | Christie's, Mar 2025 | |
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Waterdrop Series ENS 50 | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Kim Tschang-Yeul | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Kim Tschang-Yeul 金昌烈 | Water Drops 水珠 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Untitled (Water drops), 1973 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Recurrence SH2013003 | Christie's, May 2021 | ||
| Kim Tschang-yeul | Gouttes d’eau (Waterdrops) | Phillips, Nov 2021 |
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.