Alexander-Hugo Bakker-Korff
The letter of recommendation
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 21.150 USD
Price realised: 21.150 USD
Description
Alexander-Hugo Bakker-Korff (Dutch, 1824-1882)
The letter of recommendation
signed 'AH Bakker Korff fct 1876.' (lower right); signed inscribed and dated with artists' seal (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on panel
9½ x 11¾ in. (24 x 28 cm.)
The letter of recommendation
signed 'AH Bakker Korff fct 1876.' (lower right); signed inscribed and dated with artists' seal (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on panel
9½ x 11¾ in. (24 x 28 cm.)
A top price for Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff
This artwork by Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2001. In the Nineteeth Century European Paintings auction, the work The letter of recommendation sold for USD 21,150.00 (€ 23,518.29) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. This high result makes The letter of recommendation the most expensive artwork by Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff erzielte im Oktober 2001 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Nineteeth Century European Paintings wurde die Arbeit The letter of recommendation für USD 21.150,00 (€ 23.518,29) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The letter of recommendation zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff - Auction history
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