Charles Keene
An Open Secret
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 146
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 146
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 625 GBP
Price realised: 625 GBP
Description
Charles Keene
1823-1891
AN OPEN SECRET
signed with initials l.r.: C.K. ; inscribed on an old label attached to the reverse: AN OPEN SECRET. Mendicant. "Pity 'poor bl-" Gent. "No; I-ah-never-" Mendicant.( Forgetting himself.) "Urgh! 'Cause yer've got a/ shiney 'at, an' a heye-glass, an' a rech-me-down' hulster, an' a nobby stick/ yer thinks yerself somebody!"
pen and brown ink
20.5 by 14.5 cm.; 8 by 5 ¾ in.
Sotheby's, Belgravia, 13 November 1973, lot 26; | Thomas Agnew & Sons, London where bought by Sir David Scott in 1973
1823-1891
AN OPEN SECRET
signed with initials l.r.: C.K. ; inscribed on an old label attached to the reverse: AN OPEN SECRET. Mendicant. "Pity 'poor bl-" Gent. "No; I-ah-never-" Mendicant.( Forgetting himself.) "Urgh! 'Cause yer've got a/ shiney 'at, an' a heye-glass, an' a rech-me-down' hulster, an' a nobby stick/ yer thinks yerself somebody!"
pen and brown ink
20.5 by 14.5 cm.; 8 by 5 ¾ in.
Sotheby's, Belgravia, 13 November 1973, lot 26; | Thomas Agnew & Sons, London where bought by Sir David Scott in 1973
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2008 Sothebys in London held the auction A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, which included the work An Open Secret by Charles Keene. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 600.00 – 800.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 625.00 (€ 755.67) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles Keene - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Cockney Boy; And A Coachman, which sold at auction in June 2006 for GBP 1,440.00 (€ 2,083.66).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2008 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation durch, in der auch die Arbeit An Open Secret von Charles Keene zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 600,00 – 800,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 625,00 (€ 755,67) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles Keene mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Cockney Boy; And A Coachman beobachtet, die im Juni 2006 für GBP 1.440,00 (€ 2.083,66) versteigert wurde.
Charles Keene - Auction history
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