Ai Weiwei

Marble Chair

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War to Present, Lot 435
29. Sep - 29. Sep 2022
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 38.000 USD
AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
Marble Chair
marble
45 7/8 x 22 x 17 1/8 in. (116.5 x 55.9 x 43.5 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Auction result misses estimated price range

In September last year a collector was able to acquire the work Marble Chair by Ai Weiwei for USD 38,000.00 (€ 38,842.89). This price was achieved in the auction Post-War to Present at Christies in New York and was even below the estimate range of USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00 set by the auction house. 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).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Im September letzten Jahres konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Marble Chair von Ai Weiwei für USD 38.000,00 (€ 38.842,89) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion Post-War to Present bei Christies in New York erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00. 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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