Alberto Vargas
Vargas Girl--"Please don't peek until I finish dressing"
Found at
Christies,
New York
PLAYBOY AT 50, Lot 90
17. Dec - 17. Dec 2003
PLAYBOY AT 50, Lot 90
17. Dec - 17. Dec 2003
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Alberto Vargas (1896-1983)
Vargas Girl--"Please don't peek until I finish dressing"
signed 'Vargas' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on illustration board
30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
RUN DATE: September 1962.
Vargas Girl--"Please don't peek until I finish dressing"
signed 'Vargas' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on illustration board
30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
RUN DATE: September 1962.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 71 %.
The work Vargas Girl--"Please don't peek until I finish dressing" by Alberto Vargas was sold in the PLAYBOY AT 50 auction at Christies in New York in December 2003. It achieved a price of USD 59,750.00 (€ 47,431.93), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 71%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Alberto Vargas; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?" sold at auction in December 2003 with the realized price of USD 71,700.00 (€ 56,918.31).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 71 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Vargas Girl--"Please don't peek until I finish dressing" von Alberto Vargas wurde im Dezember 2003 in der Auktion PLAYBOY AT 50 bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 59.750,00 (€ 47.431,93) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 71%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Alberto Vargas; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Vargas Girl--"Trick or treat?" im Dezember 2003 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 71.700,00 (€ 56.918,31).
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