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Over the last 24 months the median price was $17,000 including buyer’s premium (middle half $10,078–$19,755, n=11). The auction record is $45,360 for a stunning rebuke to the manufacture of your benevolence by the fat negro sculpturess v.german upon the rape of her bountiful wholeness (2021, Phillips). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Vanessa German value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}