Charley Brown
Seashell Lips
Found at
Bonhams
Coast to Coast | Live OnlineAmerican Art, including The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer, Lot 232
7. Feb - 7. Feb 2023
Coast to Coast | Live OnlineAmerican Art, including The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer, Lot 232
7. Feb - 7. Feb 2023
Estimate: 300 - 500 USD
Price realised: 701 USD
Price realised: 701 USD
Description
Charley Brown (1945-2018)
Seashell Lips
unsigned, identified on a label and titled (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
30 x 36 in.
unframed
The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer. | Thence by descent to the present owners.
Seashell Lips
unsigned, identified on a label and titled (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
30 x 36 in.
unframed
The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer. | Thence by descent to the present owners.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work Seashell Lips by Charley Brown was sold in the Coast to Coast | Live OnlineAmerican Art, including The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer auction at Bonhams in February this year. The »bidding war« ended at USD 701.25 (€ 661.43), 40% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Charley Brown have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Untitled (after Johannes Vermeer's 'Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid') in March last year with an auction result of USD 3,570.00 (€ 3,218.25).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Seashell Lips von Charley Brown wurde im Februar diesen Jahres in der Auktion Coast to Coast | Live OnlineAmerican Art, including The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer bei Bonhams versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 701,25 (€ 661,43) und damit 40% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Charley Brown auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Untitled (after Johannes Vermeer's 'Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid') im März letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.570,00 (€ 3.218,25).
Charley Brown - Auction history
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