Boris Chaliapin

Princess Margaret; Cover For Time Magazine, 13 June 1949

Found at Christies, London
Silver, Furniture and Works of Art from the Collection of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Lot 344
14. Jun - 14. Jun 2006
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 11.400 GBP
Boris Chaliapin (1902-1979)
Princess Margaret; cover for Time magazine, 13 June 1949
signed 'Boris Chaliapin.' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
11¾ x 10½ in. (30 x 26.6 cm.)
Sold together with a copy of Time magazine

Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price

When the work Princess Margaret; Cover For Time Magazine, 13 June 1949 by Boris Chaliapin was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at GBP 11,400.00 (€ 16,495.61). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Boris Chaliapin; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of Olga Spesivtseva sold at auction in November 2012 with the realized price of GBP 15,000.00 (€ 18,478.48).

Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Princess Margaret; Cover For Time Magazine, 13 June 1949 von Boris Chaliapin im Juni 2006 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 11.400,00 (€ 16.495,61) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Boris Chaliapin; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait Of Olga Spesivtseva im November 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 15.000,00 (€ 18.478,48).

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