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Oil · Canvas
Bonhams · Nov 20, 2025$229,100 ≈ £175,394 ≈ €198,975Sign up free to see price
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Seated Man #3
David Bates (American, b. 1952) · 1995
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$63,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £47,374≈ €56,090
Hammer $50,000 · with buyer’s premium $63,500
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Paintings all mixed media results →As published: “painted found wood assemblage”
- Support
- Panel
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 72 h x 38 w x 39¾ d in (183 x 97 x 101 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- Post War & Contemporary Art (auctions/2025/05/post-war-contemporary-art)
- Date
- May 21, 2025
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 169
- Estimate
- $60,000 (≈ £44,763) (≈ €52,999)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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