Augustin Amant Constant Edouard

Unknown

Found at Christies, London
The Roger Warner Collection - Part I, Lot 621
20. Jan - 21. Jan 2009
Estimate: 600 - 900 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
AUGUSTIN AMANT CONSTANTIN EDOUARD (FRENCH, 1789-1861)
A silhouette of three groups of figures in an interior - The Courting Couple; The Young Officers; and A Gentleman with his wife and son
signed and dated 'Augn Edourd fecit 1835' (lower right)
black paper and grey wash
15½ x 24¼ in. (39.4 x 61.5 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price

When the work Unknown by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart was auctioned at Christies in London in January 2009, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 900.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,909.74). Admittedly, works by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' in July 2014 with an auction result of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 40,992.72).

Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Unknown von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart im Januar 2009 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 900,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.909,74) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' im Juli 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 40.992,72).

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