David Butler
Peacock
Estimate: 2.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 4.000 USD
Price realised: 4.000 USD
Description
enamel and wire on cut sheet metal
14 ¼ in. high, 26 ½ in. long, 8 ½ in. wide
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., Virginia | Sold, Sotheby's New York, 17 June 1997, lot 437
14 ¼ in. high, 26 ½ in. long, 8 ½ in. wide
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., Virginia | Sold, Sotheby's New York, 17 June 1997, lot 437
Sold at the upper estimate price
The work Peacock by David Butler was sold in the Outsider and Vernacular Art auction at Christies in New York in January 2019. The auction ended at the price of USD 4,000.00 (€ 3,492.23), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 2,000.00 – 4,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Butler achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Walking Stick with Figure, circa 1975 in February last year with an auction result of USD 62,500.00 (€ 55,684.25).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Peacock von David Butler wurde im Januar 2019 in der Auktion Outsider and Vernacular Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 4.000,00 (€ 3.492,23) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.000,00 – 4.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Butler erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Walking Stick with Figure, circa 1975 im Februar letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 62.500,00 (€ 55.684,25).
David Butler - Auction history
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