Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #50, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 24.130 USD
Price realised: 24.130 USD
Description
2000
Chromogenic print.
22 3/8 x 44 3/4 in. (56.8 x 113.7 cm)
Overall 34 1/2 x 56 1/2 in. (87.6 x 143.5 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date, and number 9/10 on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Chromogenic print.
22 3/8 x 44 3/4 in. (56.8 x 113.7 cm)
Overall 34 1/2 x 56 1/2 in. (87.6 x 143.5 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date, and number 9/10 on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Shipbreaking #50, Chittagong, Bangladesh by Edward Burtynsky was worth USD 24,130.00 (€ 22,833.08) to a buyer in October this year. This price was achieved in the auction Photographs at Phillips in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 8,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Edward Burtynsky - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nickel Tailings #34 and #35, Sudbury, Ontario, which sold at auction in October 2014 for USD 100,000.00 (€ 79,808.46).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Shipbreaking #50, Chittagong, Bangladesh von Edward Burtynsky war einem Käufer im Oktober diesen Jahres USD 24.130,00 (€ 22.833,08) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Edward Burtynsky mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nickel Tailings #34 and #35, Sudbury, Ontario beobachtet, die im Oktober 2014 für USD 100.000,00 (€ 79.808,46) versteigert wurde.
Edward Burtynsky - Auction history
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