David Roberts
Eroded vessel
Found at
Christies,
London
The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship, Lot 36
25. May - 25. May 2022
The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship, Lot 36
25. May - 25. May 2022
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
DAVID ROBERTS (b. 1947)
Eroded vessel
impressed with artist's monogram (on the base)
raku fired stoneware
9 1⁄2 in. (24.2 cm.) high; 18 1⁄4 in. (46.4 cm.) diameter
Conceived circa 2007.
Eroded vessel
impressed with artist's monogram (on the base)
raku fired stoneware
9 1⁄2 in. (24.2 cm.) high; 18 1⁄4 in. (46.4 cm.) diameter
Conceived circa 2007.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Eroded vessel by David Roberts was auctioned at Christies in London in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 6,300.00 (€ 7,411.35). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Roberts achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Jerusalem, from the South in June 2016 with an auction result of GBP 962,500.00 (€ 1,155,314.09).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Eroded vessel von David Roberts im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 6.300,00 (€ 7.411,35) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Roberts erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Jerusalem, from the South im Juni 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 962.500,00 (€ 1.155.314,09).
David Roberts - Auction history
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