Fang Marvin-Minto
Reincarnation
Estimate: 80.000 - 140.000 HKD
Price realised: 175.000 HKD
Price realised: 175.000 HKD
Description
FANG MARVIN-MINTO
(b. 1955)
Reincarnation
signed in Chinese; dated '2008' (bottom of the base)
wood sculpture
201 x 40 x 38 cm. (79 x 15 3/4 x 15 in.)
Executed in 2007
(b. 1955)
Reincarnation
signed in Chinese; dated '2008' (bottom of the base)
wood sculpture
201 x 40 x 38 cm. (79 x 15 3/4 x 15 in.)
Executed in 2007
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Reincarnation by Fang Marvin-Minto was sold in the Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale) auction at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2009. It achieved a price of HKD 175,000.00 (€ 15,981.17), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fang Marvin-Minto - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Bonsai, which sold at auction in April 2013 for HKD 375,000.00 (€ 36,708.31).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Reincarnation von Fang Marvin-Minto wurde im Mai 2009 in der Auktion Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale) bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 175.000,00 (€ 15.981,17) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Fang Marvin-Minto mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Bonsai beobachtet, die im April 2013 für HKD 375.000,00 (€ 36.708,31) versteigert wurde.
Fang Marvin-Minto - Auction history
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