Édouard Marcel Sandoz

Merle d'Afrique

Found at Christies, New York
La Ménagerie, Lot 29 M
12.Nov - 12.Nov.2019
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
signed and stamped with foundry mark 'Ed. M. Sandoz C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (to the left of the tail)
bronze with dark brown patina
6 7/8 x 17 ½ x 8 5/8 in. (17.5 x 44.5 x 22 cm.)
Conceived in 1924

Upper estimate price exceeded by 98 %.

This artwork by Édouard Marcel Sandoz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2019. In the La Ménagerie auction, the work Merle d'Afrique sold for USD 23,750.00 (€ 21,553.68) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Édouard Marcel Sandoz - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Poissons, 1935-38, which sold at auction in September 2018 for CHF 75,000.00 (€ 66,133.20).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 98 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Édouard Marcel Sandoz erzielte im November 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion La Ménagerie wurde die Arbeit Merle d'Afrique für USD 23.750,00 (€ 21.553,68) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Édouard Marcel Sandoz mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Poissons, 1935-38 beobachtet, die im September 2018 für CHF 75.000,00 (€ 66.133,20) versteigert wurde.

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