Charles Seymour Wright

Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911

Found at Christies, London
Exploration and Travel including the Polar Sale, Lot 130
22. Sep - 22. Sep 2010
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.500 GBP
Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975)
Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911
manuscript copy of Marshall's map of Shackleton's Farthest South route, 1908-9, issued to members of the Southern Party, the map showing Shackleton's route and surveys as from 25 November 1908 (in red and black inks), Scott's Barrier Journey 1902-3 (in blue ink), and the Depot-Laying Journey January-April 1911 (in red ink), with Wright's pencil annotations showing the route of his outward march from One Ton Depot (16 November 1911) to the Beardmore Glacier ('Dec 4th', 29th [bottom of Beardmore Glacier], 23rd, 24th [plateau]), with camps and pony deaths variously marked
pencil and blue, black, and red inks on treated silk laid down on board
24¾ x 9¾in. (62.8 x 24.7cm.)

Auction result well in line with expectations

In September 2010 Christies in London held the auction Exploration and Travel including the Polar Sale, which included the work Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911 by Charles Seymour Wright. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 22,500.00 (€ 26,023.64) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles Seymour Wright - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs -- a large collection of approximately 1,573 vintage contact prints and gelatin silver prints by Wright and other of Ponting's pupils at Cape Evans, which sold at auction in September 2010 for GBP 73,250.00 (€ 84,721.40).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im September 2010 führte Christies in London die Auktion Exploration and Travel including the Polar Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911 von Charles Seymour Wright zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 22.500,00 (€ 26.023,64) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles Seymour Wright mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs -- a large collection of approximately 1,573 vintage contact prints and gelatin silver prints by Wright and other of Ponting's pupils at Cape Evans beobachtet, die im September 2010 für GBP 73.250,00 (€ 84.721,40) versteigert wurde.

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