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Auction result
Three studies
Ken Price (American, 1935–2012) · 1986
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £12,301 – £18,451) (≈ €14,547 – €21,820)
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
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “Ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated PRICE · Ken Price signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- Various sizes, largest sheet: 13 x 11 in. (33 x 27.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- The Betty Lee and Aaron Stern Collection (NY050413)
- Date
- December 17, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 113
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £12,301 – £18,451) (≈ €14,547 – €21,820)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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