Arthur Watts
Why Not Have A Go Yourself? Hampstead Station
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 150
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 150
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Description
Arthur Watts (1883-1935)
WHY NOT HAVE A GO YOURSELF? HAMPSTEAD STATION
lithograph in colours, 1926, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, condition B+; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.)
WHY NOT HAVE A GO YOURSELF? HAMPSTEAD STATION
lithograph in colours, 1926, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, condition B+; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.)
A top price for Arthur Watts
This artwork by Arthur Watts achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale auction, the work Why Not Have A Go Yourself? Hampstead Station sold for GBP 5,000.00 (€ 6,216.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. This high result makes Why Not Have A Go Yourself? Hampstead Station the most expensive artwork by Arthur Watts that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Arthur Watts
Dieses Kunstwerk von Arthur Watts erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale wurde die Arbeit Why Not Have A Go Yourself? Hampstead Station für GBP 5.000,00 (€ 6.216,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Why Not Have A Go Yourself? Hampstead Station zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Arthur Watts, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Arthur Watts - Auction history
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