Ai Weiwei

Fairytale

Found at Christies, London
Post-War to Present, Lot 233
28.Jun - 28.Jun.2018
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
each: titled 'Fairytale' in Chinese (on the underside)
Qing dynasty wooden chairs, in two parts
(i) 41 ½ x 22 ¼ x 17in. (105.5 x 56.5 x 43cm.)
(ii) 40 x 23 x 17 ¾in. (102 x 58.5 x 45cm.)
Executed in 2007
Galerie Urs Meile, Bejing. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.

In June 2018 Christies in London held the auction Post-War to Present, which included the work Fairytale by Ai Weiwei. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 18,750.00 (€ 21,190.70), 25% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ai Weiwei achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads in June 2015 with an auction result of GBP 3,442,500.00 (€ 4,853,881.79).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen

Im Juni 2018 führte Christies in London die Auktion Post-War to Present durch, in der auch die Arbeit Fairytale von Ai Weiwei zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 18.750,00 (€ 21.190,70) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ai Weiwei erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.442.500,00 (€ 4.853.881,79).

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