Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Live by the Sword, Die Rich and Bored, 2014
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Phillips · Sep 21, 2026$6,450 ≈ £4,815 ≈ €5,614Sign up free to see price
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The Future Is Almost Like The Past
Kon Trubkovich (American, b. 1979) · 2007
$10,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,708≈ €8,941
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 44 1/2 x 60 in. (113 x 152.4 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010616)
- Date
- September 20, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 142
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,708 – £11,562) (≈ €8,941 – €13,412)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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