Alberto Vargas
Vargas Girl--"I don't like being treated as an object--but I don't mind being treated as an objective"
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 45.410 USD
Price realised: 45.410 USD
Description
Alberto Vargas (1896-1983)
Vargas Girl--"I don't like being treated as an object--but I don't mind being treated as an objective"
signed 'Vargas' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on illustration board
30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
RUN DATE: October 1970
Vargas Girl--"I don't like being treated as an object--but I don't mind being treated as an objective"
signed 'Vargas' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on illustration board
30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
RUN DATE: October 1970
Upper estimate price exceeded by 30 %.
The work Vargas Girl--"I don't like being treated as an object--but I don't mind being treated as an objective" by Alberto Vargas was sold in the PLAYBOY AT 50 auction at Christies in New York in December 2003. The »bidding war« ended at USD 45,410.00 (€ 36,048.27), 30% above the upper estimate. Other works by Alberto Vargas have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 71,700.00 (€ 56,918.31) in December 2003 for the work Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?".
Oberer Schätzpreis um 30 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Vargas Girl--"I don't like being treated as an object--but I don't mind being treated as an objective" von Alberto Vargas wurde im Dezember 2003 in der Auktion PLAYBOY AT 50 bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 45.410,00 (€ 36.048,27) und damit 30% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Alberto Vargas haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 71.700,00 (€ 56.918,31) im Dezember 2003 für die Arbeit Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?" beobachtet.
Alberto Vargas - Auction history
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