Dudley Buxton
'Knocking Your Wife About....40/- Fine/And 10/- Amusement Tax!'
Found at
Christies,
London
British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 295
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2003
British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 295
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2003
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP
Price realised: 118 GBP
Price realised: 118 GBP
Description
Dudley Buxton (b.1884)
'Knocking your wife about....40/- fine/and 10/- amusement tax!'
signed with initials 'DB' (lower left) and (lower right) and inscribed as title (on the backing)
pencil, black ink and watercolour
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm.)
'Knocking your wife about....40/- fine/and 10/- amusement tax!'
signed with initials 'DB' (lower left) and (lower right) and inscribed as title (on the backing)
pencil, black ink and watercolour
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work 'Knocking Your Wife About....40/- Fine/And 10/- Amusement Tax!' by Dudley Buxton was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2003, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 200.00 – 300.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 117.50 (€ 166.42). Other works by Dudley Buxton have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in December 2004 by the work "And you'll wear those pyjamas too - I'm not going to let the shopkeepers know I married a shrimp!" at GBP 179.25 (€ 253.69).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit 'Knocking Your Wife About....40/- Fine/And 10/- Amusement Tax!' von Dudley Buxton im Dezember 2003 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 200,00 – 300,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 117,50 (€ 166,42) den Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Dudley Buxton wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Dezember 2004 die Arbeit "And you'll wear those pyjamas too - I'm not going to let the shopkeepers know I married a shrimp!" mit GBP 179,25 (€ 253,69).
Dudley Buxton - Auction history
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