Firooz Zahedi

Celebrity portraits including Cindy Crawford, 1993-1995

Found at Christies, New York
Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II, Lot 70
12. Feb - 12. Feb 2009
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
FIROOZ ZAHEDI (B. 1949)
Celebrity portraits including Cindy Crawford, 1993-1995
5 gelatin silver prints
each signed, titled, dated, numbered '1/30' in pencil and credit stamp (on the verso)
each 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 27.5cm.) (5)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.

In February 2009 Christies in New York held the auction Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II, which included the work Celebrity portraits including Cindy Crawford, 1993-1995 by Firooz Zahedi. The »bidding war« ended at USD 8,125.00 (€ 6,416.84), 35% above the upper estimate. Other works by Firooz Zahedi have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 10,000.00 (€ 7,885.19) in October 2008 for the work Uma/Pulp Fiction, 1994.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen

Im Februar 2009 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II durch, in der auch die Arbeit Celebrity portraits including Cindy Crawford, 1993-1995 von Firooz Zahedi zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 6.416,84) und damit 35% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Firooz Zahedi haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 10.000,00 (€ 7.885,19) im Oktober 2008 für die Arbeit Uma/Pulp Fiction, 1994 beobachtet.

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