- Art.Salon
- Artists
- Charles Bentley
- Combe Martin, Devon
Charles Bentley, O.W.S.
Combe Martin, Devon
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 295
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 295
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Charles Bentley/ 1837[?]' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out
18 x 27 in. (45.7 x 68.5 cm.)
with Abbott and Holder, London.
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out
18 x 27 in. (45.7 x 68.5 cm.)
with Abbott and Holder, London.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.
This artwork by Charles Bentley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2017. In the Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work Combe Martin, Devon sold for GBP 3,500.00 (€ 3,938.74) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,800.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Charles Bentley; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Shipping At The Mouth Of A French Harbour sold at auction in December 2017 with the realized price of GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,345.43).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles Bentley erzielte im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit Combe Martin, Devon für GBP 3.500,00 (€ 3.938,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Charles Bentley; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Shipping At The Mouth Of A French Harbour im Dezember 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.345,43).