Cornell Capa
Small Town, 1959
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 353
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 353
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 USD
Price realised: 3.250 USD
Price realised: 3.250 USD
Description
CORNELL CAPA (1918-2008)
Small Town, 1959
gelatin silver print
title, various annotations in pencil/ink, Capa/Magnum credit and date stamps (on the verso)
13¼ x 10½in. (33.6 x 26.5cm.)
Small Town, 1959
gelatin silver print
title, various annotations in pencil/ink, Capa/Magnum credit and date stamps (on the verso)
13¼ x 10½in. (33.6 x 26.5cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.
This artwork by Cornell Capa achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2011. In the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction, the work Small Town, 1959 sold for USD 3,250.00 (€ 2,505.20) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,800.00. Admittedly, works by Cornell Capa have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow in October 2015 with an auction result of USD 11,250.00 (€ 10,188.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Cornell Capa erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II wurde die Arbeit Small Town, 1959 für USD 3.250,00 (€ 2.505,20) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.800,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Cornell Capa auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow im Oktober 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 11.250,00 (€ 10.188,37).
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