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Wrapped Payphone
Christo (American, 1935–2020) · 1988
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £20,000 – £30,000 (≈ $33,656 – $50,484) (≈ €24,879 – €37,318)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “New York City payphone (steel), wrapped in sackcloth and transparent polyethylene with rope and twine,”
- Edition
- HC
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Christo signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 54 x 21.5 x 24 cm (21 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030114)
- Date
- June 12, 2014
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 11
- Estimate
- £20,000 – £30,000 (≈ $33,656 – $50,484) (≈ €24,879 – €37,318)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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