Dr Edward Adrian Wilson
'The South Polar Times, 1902-3 "Discovery"'
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 21.500 GBP
Price realised: 21.500 GBP
Description
'The South Polar Times, 1902-3 "Discovery"'
signed in pencil 'E.A.Wilson' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
24.2 x 19.1cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2in).
paper watermarked "Royal Nonpareil Wove"
Christie's, London, 10 April 1997, lot 96.
signed in pencil 'E.A.Wilson' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
24.2 x 19.1cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2in).
paper watermarked "Royal Nonpareil Wove"
Christie's, London, 10 April 1997, lot 96.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work 'The South Polar Times, 1902-3 "Discovery"' by Edward Adrian Wilson was auctioned at Bonhams in London in February 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 6,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 21,500.00 (€ 24,796.20). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Edward Adrian Wilson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The sledge party to White Island, February 1902: Shackleton, Wilson and Ferrar preparing to set out; Shackleton and Wilson making camp sold at auction in September 2007 with the realized price of GBP 22,100.00 (€ 31,689.77).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit 'The South Polar Times, 1902-3 "Discovery"' von Edward Adrian Wilson im Februar 2021 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 6.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 21.500,00 (€ 24.796,20) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Edward Adrian Wilson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The sledge party to White Island, February 1902: Shackleton, Wilson and Ferrar preparing to set out; Shackleton and Wilson making camp im September 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 22.100,00 (€ 31.689,77).
Edward Adrian Wilson - Auction history
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