David Low
‘Frogman Sensation. – Latest’ (‘If The Labour Party Still Refuses To Affiliate The British Communists The Russians Will Conclude Officially That The Frogman Who Wrote A Dirty Word On The Keel Of Their Battleship Was Gaitskell All The Time – Low'S Spy’)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 120
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 120
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.188 GBP
Price realised: 1.188 GBP
Description
David Low
‘FROGMAN SENSATION. – LATEST’ (‘IF THE LABOUR PARTY STILL REFUSES TO AFFILIATE THE BRITISH COMMUNISTS THE RUSSIANS WILL CONCLUDE OFFICIALLY THAT THE FROGMAN WHO WROTE A DIRTY WORD ON THE KEEL OF THEIR BATTLESHIP WAS GAITSKELL ALL THE TIME – LOW'S SPY’)
324 by 483mm., pen ink and watercolour, signed and inscribed with title, dated ‘15th May 1956’ on reverse, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011
‘FROGMAN SENSATION. – LATEST’ (‘IF THE LABOUR PARTY STILL REFUSES TO AFFILIATE THE BRITISH COMMUNISTS THE RUSSIANS WILL CONCLUDE OFFICIALLY THAT THE FROGMAN WHO WROTE A DIRTY WORD ON THE KEEL OF THEIR BATTLESHIP WAS GAITSKELL ALL THE TIME – LOW'S SPY’)
324 by 483mm., pen ink and watercolour, signed and inscribed with title, dated ‘15th May 1956’ on reverse, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011
Auction result well in line with expectations
In March 2018 Sothebys in London held the auction The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, which included the work ‘Frogman Sensation. – Latest’ (‘If The Labour Party Still Refuses To Affiliate The British Communists The Russians Will Conclude Officially That The Frogman Who Wrote A Dirty Word On The Keel Of Their Battleship Was Gaitskell All The Time – Low'S Spy’) by David Low. The price achieved of GBP 1,188.00 (€ 1,352.60) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 1,000.00 – 1,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Low achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) in March 2018 with an auction result of GBP 20,000.00 (€ 22,771.10).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im März 2018 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer durch, in der auch die Arbeit ‘Frogman Sensation. – Latest’ (‘If The Labour Party Still Refuses To Affiliate The British Communists The Russians Will Conclude Officially That The Frogman Who Wrote A Dirty Word On The Keel Of Their Battleship Was Gaitskell All The Time – Low'S Spy’) von David Low zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.188,00 (€ 1.352,60) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Low erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) im März 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 20.000,00 (€ 22.771,
David Low - Auction history
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