Edwaert Collier
A vanitas still life with coins, pearls, a pocket watch, eyeglasses, an earthenware candleholder, a skull, musical instruments, books, an overturned roemer, sheet music, a globe and an hourglass on a table before a curtain
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Remastered: Contemporary Art and Old Masters, Lot 16
21.Jul - 30.Jul.2020
Remastered: Contemporary Art and Old Masters, Lot 16
21.Jul - 30.Jul.2020
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 81.250 GBP
Price realised: 81.250 GBP
Description
signed with monogram and dated 'EC 1661' ('EC' linked, lower right, on the book)
oil on canvas
35 7 ⁄ 8 x 30in. (91 x 76cm.)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (inv. no. BL84.55); Christie’s, New York, 15 January 1985, lot 33. | with Galerie Gismondi, Paris, 1986. | Private collection, Switzerland.
oil on canvas
35 7 ⁄ 8 x 30in. (91 x 76cm.)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (inv. no. BL84.55); Christie’s, New York, 15 January 1985, lot 33. | with Galerie Gismondi, Paris, 1986. | Private collection, Switzerland.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.
The work A vanitas still life with coins, pearls, a pocket watch, eyeglasses, an earthenware candleholder, a skull, musical instruments, books, an overturned roemer, sheet music, a globe and an hourglass on a table before a curtain by Edwaert Collier was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 81,250.00 (€ 90,628.18), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 35%. Admittedly, works by Edwaert Collier have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Vanitas Still Life With A Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Dutch Books, A Writing Set, An Astrological And A Terrestial Globe And An Hourglass, All On A Draped Table in February 2013 with an auction result of USD 506,500.00 (€ 387,262.02).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A vanitas still life with coins, pearls, a pocket watch, eyeglasses, an earthenware candleholder, a skull, musical instruments, books, an overturned roemer, sheet music, a globe and an hourglass on a table before a curtain von Edwaert Collier kam im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 81.250,00 (€ 90.628,18) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 35%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Edwaert Collier auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Vanitas Still Life With A Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Dutch Books, A Writing Set, An Astrological And A Terrestial Globe And An Hourglass, All On A Draped Table im Februar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 506.500,00 (€ 387.262,02).