Fedor Tolstoi
Gooseberries
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Description
Fedor Tolstoi (1783-1873)
Gooseberries
signed in Cyrillic and inscribed in Russian 'Drawn from nature Count Feodor Tolstoi' (lower right), dated '1818' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper
6¾ x 9¼ in. (17 x 23.5 cm.)
Gooseberries
signed in Cyrillic and inscribed in Russian 'Drawn from nature Count Feodor Tolstoi' (lower right), dated '1818' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper
6¾ x 9¼ in. (17 x 23.5 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 48 %.
The work Gooseberries by Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2011. It achieved a price of GBP 11,875.00 (€ 13,862.85), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 48%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Countrussian Goosberrries, 1818, which sold at auction in April 2008 for USD 44,200.00 (€ 28,391.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 48 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Gooseberries von Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi kam im November 2011 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 11.875,00 (€ 13.862,85) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 48%. Für andere Arbeiten von Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Countrussian Goosberrries, 1818 beobachtet, die im April 2008 für USD 44.200,00 (€ 28.391,57) versteigert wurde.
Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi - Auction history
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