Charles Bird King
The Jolly Glass of Wine
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 USD
Price realised: 7.013 USD
Price realised: 7.013 USD
Description
Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862)
The Jolly Glass of Wine
signed indistinctly (lower right), with a partial inscription on a handkerchief or notepaper tucked in the subject's jacket pocket (lower left quadrant)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1/4 in. (76.2 x 64.0 cm)
framed 35 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.
The Jolly Glass of Wine
signed indistinctly (lower right), with a partial inscription on a handkerchief or notepaper tucked in the subject's jacket pocket (lower left quadrant)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1/4 in. (76.2 x 64.0 cm)
framed 35 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Jolly Glass of Wine by Charles Bird King was auctioned at Bonhams in January this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 7,012.50 (€ 6,458.37). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Charles Bird King achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait Of Big Buffalo, A Chippewa in May last year with an auction result of USD 478,800.00 (€ 446,183.95).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Jolly Glass of Wine von Charles Bird King im Januar diesen Jahres bei Bonhams versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 7.012,50 (€ 6.458,37) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Charles Bird King erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait Of Big Buffalo, A Chippewa im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 478.800,00 (€ 446.183,95).
Charles Bird King - Auction history
![King, Charles Bird - [Chippewa Chief Peechekir, Also Called Buffalo: A Charcoal Head Study By Charles Bird King For A Painting Later Published In Mckenney And Hall\'S History Of The Indian Tribes Of North America]. [Washington, D.C.: Circa 1830]](/images/king-charles-bird_chippewa-chief-peechekir-also-called-buffalo-a-charcoal-head-study-by-charles-bird-king-for-a-painting-later-published-in-mckenney-and-halls-history-of-the-indian-tribes-of-north-america-washington-d-c-circa-1830_AID307326_320x320.jpg)
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