Chesley Bonestell - \

Chesley Bonestell

"Fantasy Of Venus," 1960

Found at Sothebys, New York
Space Exploration, Lot 5
29. Nov - 29. Nov 2018
Estimate: 6.500 - 7.500 USD
Price realised: 11.250 USD
Description
Bonestell, Chesley
"FANTASY OF VENUS," 1960
Oil on artist's board, 12 by 13 inches (sight), signed "Chesley Bonestell" lower right in pencil, graphite border to extreme edges of painting, captioning in pencil to back of frame in Hulda Bonestell's hand: "Fantasy of Venus | [Columbia Record Club CBS Panorama Series, 'The Solar System' Slide #12"]. Matted and framed to 22 by 23 inches.  
Ex Collection of Frederick C. Durant, III
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.

The work "Fantasy Of Venus," 1960 by Chesley Bonestell was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2018. It achieved a price of USD 11,250.00 (€ 9,935.53), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Chesley Bonestell; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Panoramic View Of The San Francisco Bay And Treasure Island sold at auction in August 2019 with the realized price of USD 13,825.00 (€ 12,580.76).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit "Fantasy Of Venus," 1960 von Chesley Bonestell kam im November 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 11.250,00 (€ 9.935,53) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Chesley Bonestell; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Panoramic View Of The San Francisco Bay And Treasure Island im August 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 13.825,00 (€ 12.580,76).

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