Eric Bruce McKay

Farm at Firle, Sussex, Marchday

Found at Christies, London
The Sunday Sale: The Collection of the Late Mr Peter Michallat, Lot 1
23. Jan - 23. Jan 2011
Estimate: 700 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.625 GBP
Eric Bruce McKay (1907-1989)
Farm at Firle, Sussex, Marchday
signed -M C KAY-' (lower left) and inscribed '"FARM AT FIRLE, SUSSEX, MARCHDAY.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 x 48 in. (64 x 124 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.

The work Farm at Firle, Sussex, Marchday by Eric Bruce McKay was auctioned at Christies in London in January 2011. It achieved a price of GBP 1,625.00 (€ 1,823.70), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Eric Bruce McKay; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Market Aix-En-Provence sold at auction in May this year with the realized price of GBP 2,167.50 (€ 2,521.90).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Farm at Firle, Sussex, Marchday von Eric Bruce McKay kam im Januar 2011 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.625,00 (€ 1.823,70) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Eric Bruce McKay; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Market Aix-En-Provence im Mai diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 2.167,50 (€ 2.521,90).

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