Alberto Vargas
A Bride
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot 139
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2015
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot 139
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2015
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
Alberto Vargas
1896-1982
A BRIDE
signed Vargas (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on board
30 by 20 inches
(76.3 by 50.9 cm)
Executed in 1965.
1896-1982
A BRIDE
signed Vargas (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on board
30 by 20 inches
(76.3 by 50.9 cm)
Executed in 1965.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work A Bride by Alberto Vargas was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2015. It achieved a price of USD 18,750.00 (€ 16,980.62), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alberto Vargas - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?", which sold at auction in December 2003 for USD 71,700.00 (€ 56,918.31).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Bride von Alberto Vargas kam im Oktober 2015 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 18.750,00 (€ 16.980,62) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Alberto Vargas mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?" beobachtet, die im Dezember 2003 für USD 71.700,00 (€ 56.918,31) versteigert wurde.
Alberto Vargas - Auction history
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