Edmund Blampied
'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated)
Found at
Christies,
London
Maritime Art, Lot 130
24. Nov - 24. Nov 2011
Maritime Art, Lot 130
24. Nov - 24. Nov 2011
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Edmund Blampied (St. Helier 1886-1966)
'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated)
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied/Jersey 41' (centre) and further inscribed '"That ain't tobacco your'e [sic.] smoking Fred?"/-"No - bug'us no - not quite almost/-just leaf mould and 'orse hair."' (lower centre); the second signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied./Occupation. Jersey. June 1941' (centre left) and further inscribed '"But if I buy The goat I don't know how to milk it."/-"That's easy enough Missie - you just get a 'arf pound/of sausages - that is if you can yet now get them -/to practise [sic.] for a 'arf hour of a time til you get/the knack. Pork butchers made thousands in the last/war selling sausages to practise [sic.] on."/(Conversations overheard.)' (lower centre); and the third signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied/Jersey. Aug 1. 1941' (centre right) and further inscribed '-"my dear, - my weight has now flopped down to/exactly 100 lbs - and when I say 99 I hiccough/just like an old clock does when it's going to/strike 12."' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and brown ink and coloured crayons, on paper
16 5/8 x 10½ in. (42.3 x 26.7 cm.); and smaller (3)
'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated)
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied/Jersey 41' (centre) and further inscribed '"That ain't tobacco your'e [sic.] smoking Fred?"/-"No - bug'us no - not quite almost/-just leaf mould and 'orse hair."' (lower centre); the second signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied./Occupation. Jersey. June 1941' (centre left) and further inscribed '"But if I buy The goat I don't know how to milk it."/-"That's easy enough Missie - you just get a 'arf pound/of sausages - that is if you can yet now get them -/to practise [sic.] for a 'arf hour of a time til you get/the knack. Pork butchers made thousands in the last/war selling sausages to practise [sic.] on."/(Conversations overheard.)' (lower centre); and the third signed, inscribed and dated 'Blampied/Jersey. Aug 1. 1941' (centre right) and further inscribed '-"my dear, - my weight has now flopped down to/exactly 100 lbs - and when I say 99 I hiccough/just like an old clock does when it's going to/strike 12."' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and brown ink and coloured crayons, on paper
16 5/8 x 10½ in. (42.3 x 26.7 cm.); and smaller (3)
Sold at the upper estimate price
In November 2011 Christies in London held the auction Maritime Art, which included the work 'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated) by Edmund Blampied. The auction ended at the price of GBP 3,000.00 (€ 3,502.19), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Edmund Blampied have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Fording the stream in November 2002 with an auction result of GBP 15,535.00 (€ 24,327.01).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Im November 2011 führte Christies in London die Auktion Maritime Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit 'That ain't tobacco you're smoking Fred'; 'But if I buy the goat I don't know how to milk it'; and 'My weight has now flopped' (all illustrated) von Edmund Blampied zur Versteigerung kam. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 3.000,00 (€ 3.502,19) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Edmund Blampied auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Fording the stream im November 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 15.535,00 (€ 24.327,01).
Edmund Blampied - Auction history
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