Ali Omar Ermes

The Letter "Sad"

Found at Christies, Dubai
International Modern & Contemporary Art at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, Lot 27
24. May - 24. May 2006
Estimate: 25.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 54.000 USD
ALI OMAR ERMES (LIBYA, B. 1945)
The letter "Sad"
signed in Arabic, dated '1992' and dated in Hijri calendar '1413' (lower left)
gouache and acrylic on paper
28¾ x 51¾in. (73 x 103.5cm.)
Painted in 1992

Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.

This artwork by Ali Omar Ermes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Dubai in May 2006. In the International Modern & Contemporary Art at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai auction, the work The Letter "Sad" sold for USD 54,000.00 (€ 42,079.02) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ali Omar Ermes - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Sixth Ode, which sold at auction in March 2014 for USD 195,750.00 (€ 142,084.63).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ali Omar Ermes erzielte im Mai 2006 bei Christies in Dubai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion International Modern & Contemporary Art at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai wurde die Arbeit The Letter "Sad" für USD 54.000,00 (€ 42.079,02) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ali Omar Ermes mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Sixth Ode beobachtet, die im März 2014 für USD 195.750,00 (€ 142.084,63) versteigert wurde.

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