Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver, R.N.

Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia

Found at Christies, London
Topographical Pictures, Lot 7
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2016
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
sixteen drawings and watercolours of natives of the islands and scenery, the majority titled
pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
10 ¾ x 15in. (27.3 x 38.1cm.) and smaller
By descent from the artist to the present owner.

A top price for Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver

When the work Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia by Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 27,500.00 (€ 32,151.96). This high result makes Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia the most expensive artwork by Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver

Als die Arbeit Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia von Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 27.500,00 (€ 32.151,96) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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