Charles Pears
The Film-Lover Travels Underground
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 75
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 75
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
Charles Pears (1873-1958)
THE FILM-LOVER TRAVELS UNDERGROUND
lithograph in colours, 1930, printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., London, condition B+; backed on linen
39½ x 24½in. (100 x 62cm.)
THE FILM-LOVER TRAVELS UNDERGROUND
lithograph in colours, 1930, printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., London, condition B+; backed on linen
39½ x 24½in. (100 x 62cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work The Film-Lover Travels Underground by Charles Pears was worth GBP 6,000.00 (€ 7,459.95) to a buyer in October 2012. This price was achieved in the auction Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Charles Pears have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mauretania in May 2019 with an auction result of GBP 38,812.00 (€ 43,932.86).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Film-Lover Travels Underground von Charles Pears war einem Käufer im Oktober 2012 GBP 6.000,00 (€ 7.459,95) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Charles Pears auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mauretania im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 38.812,00 (€ 43.932,86).
Charles Pears - Auction history
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