Ben Benn
Still life with fruit in a bowl
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 1.560 USD
Price realised: 1.560 USD
Description
Ben Benn (Russian/American, 1884-1983)
Still life with fruit in a bowl
signed and dated 'Benn. 47' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16¼ x 20¼ in. (41.3 x 51.4 cm.)
Still life with fruit in a bowl
signed and dated 'Benn. 47' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16¼ x 20¼ in. (41.3 x 51.4 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 30 %.
The work Still life with fruit in a bowl by Ben Benn was sold in the The House Sale auction at Christies in New York in October 2005. The »bidding war« ended at USD 1,560.00 (€ 1,300.54), 30% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ben Benn - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The White Horse, which sold at auction in October 2000 for USD 3,525.00 (€ 4,153.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 30 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Still life with fruit in a bowl von Ben Benn wurde im Oktober 2005 in der Auktion The House Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 1.560,00 (€ 1.300,54) und damit 30% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Ben Benn mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The White Horse beobachtet, die im Oktober 2000 für USD 3.525,00 (€ 4.153,90) versteigert wurde.
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