Ben Benn
Cafe
Estimate: 400 - 600 USD
Price realised: 125 USD
Price realised: 125 USD
Description
Ben Benn (AMERICAN/RUSSIAN, 1884-1983)
Cafe
signed and dated 'Benn.36' (lower left); signed and dated again and titled 'Cafe Ben Benn 1936' (on the reverse of the backing board)
ink on paper
5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm.), unframed
Cafe
signed and dated 'Benn.36' (lower left); signed and dated again and titled 'Cafe Ben Benn 1936' (on the reverse of the backing board)
ink on paper
5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm.), unframed
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Ben Benn could be acquired at Christies in New York in February 2011 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Christie's Interiors auction, the work Cafe changed hands for USD 125.00 (€ 90.63) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 400.00 – 600.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ben Benn achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The White Horse in October 2000 with an auction result of USD 3,525.00 (€ 4,153.90).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ben Benn konnte im Februar 2011 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Christie's Interiors wechselte die Arbeit Cafe für USD 125,00 (€ 90,63) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 400,00 – 600,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ben Benn erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The White Horse im Oktober 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.525,00 (€ 4.153,90).
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