Bud Fraker

Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Lot 362
19.Sep - 04.Okt.2017
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
three gelatin silver prints
two stamped photographer's Paramount studio credit (verso)
each sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 28 cm.)
quantity: 3 (part illustrated)
Each lot of Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection will be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, signed by Audrey Hepburn’s sons, Sean Hepburn Ferrer & Luca Dotti. All photographic material (only) will also be stamped as from the sale Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, September 2017, Christie’s.
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Bud Fraker achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2017. In the Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection auction, the work Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 sold for GBP 7,500.00 (€ 8,508.85) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Bud Fraker have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 in September 2017 with an auction result of GBP 56,250.00 (€ 63,816.35).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Bud Fraker erzielte im September 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection wurde die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 für GBP 7.500,00 (€ 8.508,85) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Bud Fraker auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 im September 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 56.250,00 (€ 63.816,35).

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