Elijah Hinsdale Burritt
Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 2.280 USD
Price realised: 2.280 USD
Description
ELIJAH HINSDALE BURRITT (1794-1838)
Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates
six engravings with hand-coloring, 1835, on wove papers, published by F.J. Huntington, Connecticut, all with margins, minor surface soiling along the edges, light-staining, minor scattered foxing, soft handling creases, some with minor rippling throughout, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
all P. approx. 14½ x 13½ in. (368 x 343 mm.)
all overall 23 x 22 in. (584 x 559 mm.) (6)
Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates
six engravings with hand-coloring, 1835, on wove papers, published by F.J. Huntington, Connecticut, all with margins, minor surface soiling along the edges, light-staining, minor scattered foxing, soft handling creases, some with minor rippling throughout, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
all P. approx. 14½ x 13½ in. (368 x 343 mm.)
all overall 23 x 22 in. (584 x 559 mm.) (6)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt could be acquired at Christies in New York in December 2006 for an unexpectedly low price. In the The House Sale auction, the work Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates changed hands for USD 2,280.00 (€ 1,727.67) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 2,500.00 – 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Atlas of The Heavens: Six Plates, which sold at auction in April 2006 for USD 7,200.00 (€ 5,703.42).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Elijah Hinsdale Burritt konnte im Dezember 2006 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion The House Sale wechselte die Arbeit Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates für USD 2.280,00 (€ 1.727,67) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.500,00 – 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Elijah Hinsdale Burritt mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Atlas of The Heavens: Six Plates beobachtet, die im April 2006 für USD 7.200,00 (€ 5.703,42) versteigert wurde.
Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Auction history
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