Francis Calcraft Turner

The Toast

Found at Christies, London
The Country House Sale - Property of the 14th Earl of Kintore & The Collection of the Late Bernard Lyons, C.B.E., Lot 96
18. Mar - 18. Mar 2009
Estimate: 600 - 900 GBP
Price realised: 5.625 GBP
FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (BRITISH, 1782-1846)
The Toast
signed and dated 'F.C.Turner/1837' (lower left)
oil on board
10½ x 12½ in. (26.5 x 31.5 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price

When the work The Toast by Francis Calcraft Turner was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2009, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 900.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 5,625.00 (€ 6,065.72). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Francis Calcraft Turner - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A gentleman driving in a landscape; and A lady riding with a companion in a landscape, which sold at auction in November 2002 for GBP 14,340.00 (€ 22,455.70).

Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Toast von Francis Calcraft Turner im März 2009 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 900,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.625,00 (€ 6.065,72) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Francis Calcraft Turner mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A gentleman driving in a landscape; and A lady riding with a companion in a landscape beobachtet, die im November 2002 für GBP 14.340,00 (€ 22.455,70) versteigert wurde.

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