Francis Frith
Egypt, Palestine & Nubia
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 31.070 GBP
Price realised: 31.070 GBP
Description
FRANCIS FRITH
Egypt, Palestine & Nubia
London, Glasgow & Edinburgh: William Mackenzie, n.d. [1863]
Complete set of 4 volumes with a total of 148 albumen prints, bound in 8. Plates, each approx. 6 1/8 x 8¾in. (15.6 x 22cm.) or reverse; frontispiece, each approx. 5 7/8 x 4½in. (15 x 11.5cm.) or reverse. Majority credited and numbered in negatives; each with printed caption on mount. Each volume with contents, title and half title with frontispiece. Maroon leather-backed red cloth, armorial gilt with 'Frith's Photographs' on front cover, volume title and album number on spine, g.e. Folio. (8)
Egypt, Palestine & Nubia
London, Glasgow & Edinburgh: William Mackenzie, n.d. [1863]
Complete set of 4 volumes with a total of 148 albumen prints, bound in 8. Plates, each approx. 6 1/8 x 8¾in. (15.6 x 22cm.) or reverse; frontispiece, each approx. 5 7/8 x 4½in. (15 x 11.5cm.) or reverse. Majority credited and numbered in negatives; each with printed caption on mount. Each volume with contents, title and half title with frontispiece. Maroon leather-backed red cloth, armorial gilt with 'Frith's Photographs' on front cover, volume title and album number on spine, g.e. Folio. (8)
A top price for Francis Frith - as previously expected
The work Egypt, Palestine & Nubia by Francis Frith was sold in the PHOTOGRAPHS auction at Christies in London in May 2004. The price achieved of GBP 31,070.00 (€ 46,616.44) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 25,000.00 – 35,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Egypt, Palestine & Nubia is the most expensive artwork by Francis Frith that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Egypt, Palestine & Nubia von Francis Frith wurde im Mai 2004 in der Auktion PHOTOGRAPHS bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 31.070,00 (€ 46.616,44) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 25.000,00 – 35.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Egypt, Palestine & Nubia das teuerste Kunstwerk von Francis Frith, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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