Adriaen Van Ostade
The Spectacle Seller
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Description
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)
The Spectacle Seller
etching, circa 1646, on laid paper, partial watermark Phoenix in a Crown of Laurel (Godefroy 33-35), a fine impression of the very rare first state (of six), printed with a subtle plate tone and inky plate edges above, with narrow margins, in a 17th century Dutch ebonised frame
Plate 103 x 90 mm.
Sheet 106 x 92 mm.
The Spectacle Seller
etching, circa 1646, on laid paper, partial watermark Phoenix in a Crown of Laurel (Godefroy 33-35), a fine impression of the very rare first state (of six), printed with a subtle plate tone and inky plate edges above, with narrow margins, in a 17th century Dutch ebonised frame
Plate 103 x 90 mm.
Sheet 106 x 92 mm.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
In December 2021 Christies in London held the auction Old Master Prints, which included the work The Spectacle Seller by Adriaen van Ostade. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 7,500.00 (€ 8,945.93), 50% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Adriaen van Ostade achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house in December 2002 with an auction result of GBP 1,051,650.00 (€ 1,614,335.41).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Im Dezember 2021 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master Prints durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Spectacle Seller von Adriaen van Ostade zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 7.500,00 (€ 8.945,93) und damit 50% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Adriaen van Ostade erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house im Dezember 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.051.650,00 (€ 1.614.335,41).
Adriaen van Ostade - Auction history
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