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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Wright — 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition, Lambertville · 30 October 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-839290
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Melike Kara, Just say yes (Insideyourheart). Wright, 30 Oct 2025, lot 219. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-839290.
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Melike Kara, Just say yes (Insideyourheart). Wright, 30 Oct 2025, lot 219. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-839290.
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From the same sale 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition · Oct 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Cream | Joe Brainard | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| A Century of Art Almost, 1952, Ad Reinhardt, "Moulin Rouge" | Buster Cleveland | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Untitled | David Budd | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Flying Dutchman | Carl Holty | $1,200–$1,800 | |
| Risky Business | Alex Israel | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| The Kite | Herman Maril | $5,000–$7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melike Kara | Your Choice (Deine Wahl) | $5,040 | Rago, Dec 2024 | |
| Melike Kara | „what they say“. 2015 | Grisebach, Sep 2025 | ||
| Melike Kara | „Call off the Search“. 2017 | Grisebach, Nov 2025 | ||
| Melike Kara | Mother's garden | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Melike Kara | reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsi | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Dumpling | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Opium | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2024 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | Distorted Cubes: plate 3 (see K. 2001.01) | Phillips, Oct 2025 |
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.