Alfred Leete
'I'M Going Underground' & 'The Quickest Way To The Dogs!'
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 238
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 238
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Description
Alfred Leete (1882-1933)
'I'M GOING UNDERGROUND' & 'THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE DOGS!'
two lithographs in colours, 1927/1928, condition A-; backed on linen
each 11½ x 18½in. (29 x 47cm.) (2)
'I'M GOING UNDERGROUND' & 'THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE DOGS!'
two lithographs in colours, 1927/1928, condition A-; backed on linen
each 11½ x 18½in. (29 x 47cm.) (2)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work 'I'M Going Underground' & 'The Quickest Way To The Dogs!' by Alfred Leete was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,000.00 (€ 6,216.62). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alfred Leete - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Lure of The Underground, which sold at auction in October 2012 for GBP 10,000.00 (€ 12,433.25).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit 'I'M Going Underground' & 'The Quickest Way To The Dogs!' von Alfred Leete im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.000,00 (€ 6.216,62) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Alfred Leete mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Lure of The Underground beobachtet, die im Oktober 2012 für GBP 10.000,00 (€ 12.433,25) versteigert wurde.
Alfred Leete - Auction history
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