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- The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. London: H. Baldwin, 1799
Boswell, James
The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. London: H. Baldwin, 1799
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian, Lot 158
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2017
Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian, Lot 158
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2017
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP
Price realised: 1.250 GBP
Price realised: 1.250 GBP
Description
Boswell, James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. LONDON: H. BALDWIN, 1799
4 volumes, 8vo (210 x 125mm.), third edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding plates, volume one with additional title of volume 4, contemporary marbled calf, slight browning, staining and offsetting, folding plates with small tears and appear to be shaved, minor wear to bindings
William Forbes, bookplates
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. LONDON: H. BALDWIN, 1799
4 volumes, 8vo (210 x 125mm.), third edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding plates, volume one with additional title of volume 4, contemporary marbled calf, slight browning, staining and offsetting, folding plates with small tears and appear to be shaved, minor wear to bindings
William Forbes, bookplates
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. London: H. Baldwin, 1799 by James Boswell was auctioned at Sothebys in London in March 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 300.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 1,250.00 (€ 1,464.88). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by James Boswell - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled, 1959, which sold at auction in March 2013 for GBP 2,750.00 (€ 3,260.05).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. London: H. Baldwin, 1799 von James Boswell im März 2017 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 300,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 1.250,00 (€ 1.464,88) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von James Boswell mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled, 1959 beobachtet, die im März 2013 für GBP 2.750,00 (€ 3.260,05) versteigert wurde.