Florent Willems
The Suitor
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Description
Florent Willems
1823 - 1905
THE SUITOR
signed F. Willems (lower left)
oil on panel
39 3/8 by 29 3/8 in.; 100 by 74.5 cm
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 29, 2001, lot 80 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
1823 - 1905
THE SUITOR
signed F. Willems (lower left)
oil on panel
39 3/8 by 29 3/8 in.; 100 by 74.5 cm
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 29, 2001, lot 80 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work The Suitor by Florent Willems was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2015. It achieved a price of USD 15,000.00 (€ 13,286.09), 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 Florent Willems - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Le départ pour la chasse au faucon, which sold at auction in January 2008 for GBP 29,300.00 (€ 39,277.91).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Suitor von Florent Willems kam im Januar 2015 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 13.286,09) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Florent Willems mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Le départ pour la chasse au faucon beobachtet, die im Januar 2008 für GBP 29.300,00 (€ 39.277,91) versteigert wurde.
Florent Willems - Auction history
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