Edward Henry Potthast

A Midsummer Night, Cambridge

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 45
6. Mar - 6. Mar 2019
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Edward Henry Potthast
1857 - 1927
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT, CAMBRIDGE
signed E Potthast (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 by 30 inches
(76.2 by 76.2 cm)
Chapellier Galleries, New York, by 1969 | Mrs. Catherine Auchincloss, New York | By bequest to the present owner from the above

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work A Midsummer Night, Cambridge by Edward Henry Potthast was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,132.88). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Edward Henry Potthast achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Water's Fine in May 2007 with an auction result of USD 1,384,000.00 (€ 1,028,766.82).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit A Midsummer Night, Cambridge von Edward Henry Potthast im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.132,88) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Edward Henry Potthast erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Water's Fine im Mai 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.384.000,00 (€ 1.028.766,82).

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