Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Head of Victory
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 50.400 USD
Price realised: 50.400 USD
Description
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1848 - 1907
Head of Victory
inscribed NIKH-EIPHNH (along the base); also inscribed A·ST.GAUDENS·M·C·MV II·, stamped COPYRIGHT and inscribed again SAINT GAUDENS (beneath the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
height: 8 inches (20.3 cm) on a 4 ⅝ inch (11.7 cm) marble base
We are grateful to Dr. Henry Duffy for his assistance cataloguing this lot.
Private collection, Bristol, United Kingdom | By descent to the present owner
1848 - 1907
Head of Victory
inscribed NIKH-EIPHNH (along the base); also inscribed A·ST.GAUDENS·M·C·MV II·, stamped COPYRIGHT and inscribed again SAINT GAUDENS (beneath the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
height: 8 inches (20.3 cm) on a 4 ⅝ inch (11.7 cm) marble base
We are grateful to Dr. Henry Duffy for his assistance cataloguing this lot.
Private collection, Bristol, United Kingdom | By descent to the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2021 Sothebys in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work Head of Victory by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The price achieved of USD 50,400.00 (€ 44,653.14) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Augustus Saint-Gaudens achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Victory in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 2,047,500.00 (€ 1,822,267.71).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2021 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Head of Victory von Augustus Saint-Gaudens zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 50.400,00 (€ 44.653,14) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Augustus Saint-Gaudens erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Victory im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.047.500,00 (€ 1.822.267,71).
Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Auction history
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