Bill Blass

Five sketches of dresses

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
American Muse: The Collection of Nina Griscom, Lot 10
17. Dec - 17. Dec 2020
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 3.500 USD
each variously inscribed, dedicated to Nina and signed
ink and colored ink on paper
11 3 ⁄ 4 x 8 3 ⁄ 4 in. (29 x 22.3 cm.), the largest
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Each gifted from the artist to the late owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.

This artwork by Bill Blass achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2020. In the American Muse: The Collection of Nina Griscom auction, the work Five sketches of dresses sold for USD 3,500.00 (€ 2,861.82) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Bill Blass; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portfolio Of 80 Rough Marker Sketches On Tracing Paper sold at auction in April 2015 with the realized price of USD 6,250.00 (€ 5,599.35).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Bill Blass erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Muse: The Collection of Nina Griscom wurde die Arbeit Five sketches of dresses für USD 3.500,00 (€ 2.861,82) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Bill Blass; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portfolio Of 80 Rough Marker Sketches On Tracing Paper im April 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 6.250,00 (€ 5.599,35).

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