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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Rago — 20|21 Art, Lambertville · 7 December 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-981509
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Karel Appel, Floating Family. Rago, 7 Dec 2022, lot 290. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-981509.
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Karel Appel, Floating Family. Rago, 7 Dec 2022, lot 290. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-981509.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rain | Arthur Leipzig | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Three Works | Herbert Matter | $1,500–$2,500 | |
| Nude (Charis, Santa Monica) | Edward Weston | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Four Photographs | Herbert Matter | $1,500–$2,500 | |
| Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirt… | John Baldessari | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Please Excuse My Awful Behavior | David Shrigley | $6,000–$8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karel Appel | Untitled | $4,826 | Phillips, Oct 2024 | |
| Karel Appel | Ten Works, from Cats | Heritage Auctions, Sep 2025 | ||
| Karel Appel | Bedized Pudding Canadian Suite (6 works) | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| Karel Appel | A Colorful World , 1976 | Freeman's | Hindman, Dec 2025 | ||
| Karel Appel | Flying Fish | Bonhams, Oct 2019 | ||
| Karel Appel | Couple in Wood | Rago, Oct 2021 | ||
| Karel Appel | Happy Meeting portfolio (6 works) | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Karel Appel | karel appel | le petit ludeum de karel appel | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 |
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.