Ansel Adams
Sonoma Landscapes
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 332
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 332
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Estimate: 18.000 - 22.000 USD
Price realised: 11.250 USD
Price realised: 11.250 USD
Description
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
SONOMA LANDSCAPES
2 photographs, comprising 'Oak Trees and Fence in Rain, Sonoma County, California' and 'Hills and Rain, Sonoma County, California,' the first from a Polaroid Type 55 negative, each signed in ink on the mount, with Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled in ink, and the second with 'Photographic Service Group Technical Control Center Research Division, Polaroid' and 'Property of Polaroid Return to Polaroid Print Library' stamps on the reverse,
15 1/8 by 19 1/4 in. (38.3 by 48.9 cm.) 14 1/4 by 19 in. (36.2 by 48.3 cm.)
1902-1984
SONOMA LANDSCAPES
2 photographs, comprising 'Oak Trees and Fence in Rain, Sonoma County, California' and 'Hills and Rain, Sonoma County, California,' the first from a Polaroid Type 55 negative, each signed in ink on the mount, with Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled in ink, and the second with 'Photographic Service Group Technical Control Center Research Division, Polaroid' and 'Property of Polaroid Return to Polaroid Print Library' stamps on the reverse,
15 1/8 by 19 1/4 in. (38.3 by 48.9 cm.) 14 1/4 by 19 in. (36.2 by 48.3 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Sonoma Landscapes by Ansel Adams was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in June 2010, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 18,000.00 – 22,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 11,250.00 (€ 9,153.04). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ansel Adams achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming in December 2020 with an auction result of USD 988,000.00 (€ 807,849.55).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Sonoma Landscapes von Ansel Adams im Juni 2010 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 18.000,00 – 22.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 11.250,00 (€ 9.153,04) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ansel Adams erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 988.000,00 (€ 807.849,55).
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