Charles Leander Weed
Yosemite Valley And Big Tree Views
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 374.500 USD
Price realised: 374.500 USD
Description
Charles Leander Weed
1824-1903
YOSEMITE VALLEY AND BIG TREE VIEWS
a complete suite of 30 mammoth-plate albumen prints of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, and the Big Trees, Calaveras County, California, published by Lawrence & Houseworth, each mounted, with printed title and publishers’ information, and sequential number in pencil on the mount, the publishers’ letterpress ‘Photographic Views of California Scenery’ label on the reverse, 1864, printed no later than 1867; accompanied by a Victorian Carved
The photographs 17 by 20 3/4 in. (43.2 by 52.7 cm.) or the reverse The presentation box 24 by 19 by 31 in. (61 by 48 by 78 cm.)
Acquired from John Howell Books, San Francisco
1824-1903
YOSEMITE VALLEY AND BIG TREE VIEWS
a complete suite of 30 mammoth-plate albumen prints of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, and the Big Trees, Calaveras County, California, published by Lawrence & Houseworth, each mounted, with printed title and publishers’ information, and sequential number in pencil on the mount, the publishers’ letterpress ‘Photographic Views of California Scenery’ label on the reverse, 1864, printed no later than 1867; accompanied by a Victorian Carved
The photographs 17 by 20 3/4 in. (43.2 by 52.7 cm.) or the reverse The presentation box 24 by 19 by 31 in. (61 by 48 by 78 cm.)
Acquired from John Howell Books, San Francisco
A top price for Charles Leander Weed
The work Yosemite Valley And Big Tree Views by Charles Leander Weed was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2012. Here, the upper estimate of USD 350,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 374,500.00 (€ 289,010.65). With this result, Yosemite Valley And Big Tree Views is even the most expensive work of art by Charles Leander Weed that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Leander Weed
Die Arbeit Yosemite Valley And Big Tree Views von Charles Leander Weed kam im Oktober 2012 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 350.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 374.500,00 (€ 289.010,65) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Yosemite Valley And Big Tree Views sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charles Leander Weed, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Charles Leander Weed - Auction history
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