Ben Shahn
Crowd Listening
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 12.600 USD
Price realised: 12.600 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, New York
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
Crowd Listening
signed Ben Shahn (lower right)
tempera on paper
12 by 11 ½ in.
30.5 by 29.2 cm.
Executed in 1936.
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Merions, New York (acquired from the artist) | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above in 1971 by the present owner
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
Crowd Listening
signed Ben Shahn (lower right)
tempera on paper
12 by 11 ½ in.
30.5 by 29.2 cm.
Executed in 1936.
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Merions, New York (acquired from the artist) | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above in 1971 by the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
In March last year a collector was able to acquire the work Crowd Listening by Ben Shahn for USD 12,600.00 (€ 11,358.51). This price was achieved in the auction Modern Discoveries at Sothebys in New York and was even below the estimate range of USD 20,000.00 – 30,000.00 set by the auction house. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ben Shahn achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Scabbies are Welcome in September 2006 with an auction result of USD 262,400.00 (€ 206,825.88).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Im März letzten Jahres konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Crowd Listening von Ben Shahn für USD 12.600,00 (€ 11.358,51) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion Modern Discoveries bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 20.000,00 – 30.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ben Shahn erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Scabbies are Welcome im September 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 262.400,00 (€ 206.825,88).
Ben Shahn - Auction history
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