Emily Mary Osborn
Home Thoughts
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 119
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 119
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 39.650 GBP
Price realised: 39.650 GBP
Description
Emily Mary Osborn
1828-1925
HOME THOUGHTS
signed l.r.: E. Osborn; inscribed and signed on an old label attached to the stretcher: Home Thoughts-/ One heart heavy, one heart light; half in day and half in night/ This globe forever goes/ One wave dark, another bright/ So life's river flows./ and who among us knows/ Why in this stream, that cannot stop,/ The sun is on one waterdrop/ The shadow on another?/ E. Osborn/ 30 Upper Gower Street
oil on canvas, arched top
72 by 91.5 cm.; 28 ¼ by 36 in.
K. F. Harwood, Esq.; | Sotheby's, Belgravia, 9 July 1974, lot 68; | Richard Green, London; | Sotheby's, Belgravia, 6 December 1977, lot 55 (bought Maas); | J. S Maas & Co, London, where bought by Sir David Scott in 1977 for £5,520
1828-1925
HOME THOUGHTS
signed l.r.: E. Osborn; inscribed and signed on an old label attached to the stretcher: Home Thoughts-/ One heart heavy, one heart light; half in day and half in night/ This globe forever goes/ One wave dark, another bright/ So life's river flows./ and who among us knows/ Why in this stream, that cannot stop,/ The sun is on one waterdrop/ The shadow on another?/ E. Osborn/ 30 Upper Gower Street
oil on canvas, arched top
72 by 91.5 cm.; 28 ¼ by 36 in.
K. F. Harwood, Esq.; | Sotheby's, Belgravia, 9 July 1974, lot 68; | Richard Green, London; | Sotheby's, Belgravia, 6 December 1977, lot 55 (bought Maas); | J. S Maas & Co, London, where bought by Sir David Scott in 1977 for £5,520
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Home Thoughts by Emily Mary Osborn was auctioned at Sothebys in London in November 2008, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 50,000.00 – 70,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 39,650.00 (€ 47,939.83). Admittedly, works by Emily Mary Osborn have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Nameless And Friendless, The Rich Man'S Wealth Is His Strong City in November 2008 with an auction result of GBP 265,250.00 (€ 320,707.18).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Home Thoughts von Emily Mary Osborn im November 2008 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 50.000,00 – 70.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 39.650,00 (€ 47.939,83) den Besitzer. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Emily Mary Osborn auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Nameless And Friendless, The Rich Man'S Wealth Is His Strong City im November 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 265.250,00 (€ 320.707,18).
Emily Mary Osborn - Auction history
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