Bob Law
Castle Xxxix
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
Bob Law (1934 - 2004)
Castle XXXIX
signed, titled and dated ‘BOB LAW CASTLE XXXIX 10/76’ (on the overlap)
biro pen and acrylic on canvas
60 x 63in. (152.5 x 160cm.)
Executed in 1976
Castle XXXIX
signed, titled and dated ‘BOB LAW CASTLE XXXIX 10/76’ (on the overlap)
biro pen and acrylic on canvas
60 x 63in. (152.5 x 160cm.)
Executed in 1976
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Castle Xxxix by Bob Law was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2014. It achieved a price of GBP 30,000.00 (€ 36,310.52), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bob Law - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nothing to be Afraid of V 16.7.69, which sold at auction in March this year for GBP 101,100.00 (€ 115,020.78).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Castle Xxxix von Bob Law kam im März 2014 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 30.000,00 (€ 36.310,52) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Für andere Arbeiten von Bob Law mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nothing to be Afraid of V 16.7.69 beobachtet, die im März diesen Jahres für GBP 101.100,00 (€ 115.020,78) versteigert wurde.
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