Arthur James Wetherall Burgess
H M S Campania on patrol
Found at
Christies,
London
The Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson Collection: A Connoisseur's Choice, Lot 94
8. May - 8. May 2008
The Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson Collection: A Connoisseur's Choice, Lot 94
8. May - 8. May 2008
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 1.625 GBP
Price realised: 1.625 GBP
Description
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess (Australian, 1879-1957)
H M S Campania on patrol
signed 'Arthur Burgess' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
7 x 11¼ in. (17.7 x 28.6 cm.)
H M S Campania on patrol
signed 'Arthur Burgess' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
7 x 11¼ in. (17.7 x 28.6 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2008. In the The Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson Collection: A Connoisseur's Choice auction, the work H M S Campania on patrol sold for GBP 1,625.00 (€ 2,067.07) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 700.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work An American Naval Auxiliary And Other Shipping In A Dockyard, which sold at auction in November 2006 for GBP 2,880.00 (€ 4,276.89).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Arthur James Wetherall Burgess erzielte im Mai 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson Collection: A Connoisseur's Choice wurde die Arbeit H M S Campania on patrol für GBP 1.625,00 (€ 2.067,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 700,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Arthur James Wetherall Burgess mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit An American Naval Auxiliary And Other Shipping In A Dockyard beobachtet, die im November 2006 für GBP 2.880,00 (€ 4.276,89) versteigert wurde.
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess - Auction history
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