Elijah Hinsdale Burritt
Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 5.760 USD
Price realised: 5.760 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, very minor surface soiling, light-staining, pale scattered foxing, soft-handling creases, some with minor rippling, a few with slightly heavier soiling along edges, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
P. 14 x 13½ in. (355 x 342 mm.)
all overall 23 x 22¼ in. (584 x 565 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, very minor surface soiling, light-staining, pale scattered foxing, soft-handling creases, some with minor rippling, a few with slightly heavier soiling along edges, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
P. 14 x 13½ in. (355 x 342 mm.)
all overall 23 x 22¼ in. (584 x 565 mm.) (6)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 92 %.
This artwork by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in February 2007. In the The House Sale auction, the work Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates sold for USD 5,760.00 (€ 4,353.74) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Atlas of The Heavens: Six Plates sold at auction in April 2006 with the realized price of USD 7,200.00 (€ 5,703.42).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 92 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Elijah Hinsdale Burritt erzielte im Februar 2007 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The House Sale wurde die Arbeit Atlas of the Heavens: Six Plates für USD 5.760,00 (€ 4.353,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Elijah Hinsdale Burritt; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Atlas of The Heavens: Six Plates im April 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 7.200,00 (€ 5.703,42).
Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Auction history
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