Barthel Beham

Child with three Skulls

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Prints, Lot 73
10.Dez - 10.Dez.2019
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 3.750 GBP
engraving, 1529, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of the only state, trimmed to the borderline or fractionally inside the subject, the sheet laid down, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 43 x 58 mm.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Child with three Skulls by Barthel Beham was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 3,750.00 (€ 4,432.06). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Barthel Beham achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait Of Ludwig X, Duke Of Bavaria in July 2016 with an auction result of GBP 317,000.00 (€ 376,664.58).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Child with three Skulls von Barthel Beham im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 3.750,00 (€ 4.432,06) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Barthel Beham erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait Of Ludwig X, Duke Of Bavaria im Juli 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 317.000,00 (€ 376.664,58).

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