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Auction result
Virtue
James Lee Byars (American, 1932–1997) · 1978
$33,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £16,722≈ €24,528
Hammer $27,500 · with buyer’s premium $33,000
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “sewn silk circle with gold lamé bundling”
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 165 x 165in (420 x 420cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art/Made in California (15222)
- Date
- May 22, 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 269
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £7,601 – £10,134) (≈ €11,149 – €14,865)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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