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Auction result
History Chess
Constantin & Laurene Boym · 2009
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,150 – £9,225) (≈ €7,114 – €10,671)
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
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “The complete folding wooden chess board and set including 32 unique hand-carved figures”
- Support
- Board
- Edition
- 2/3
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- board 48 x 48 x 4 in. (121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm) largest figure 5 x 5 x 15 1/2 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 39.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030119)
- Date
- April 23, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 33
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,150 – £9,225) (≈ €7,114 – €10,671)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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