François Balthazar Solvyns
Smoking the Cheroot
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Description
François Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824)
Smoking the Cheroot
titled 'SMOKING THE CHEROOT' and numbered 'N 3' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
17 1/8 x 11 7/8in. (43.5 x 30.3cm.)
Smoking the Cheroot
titled 'SMOKING THE CHEROOT' and numbered 'N 3' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
17 1/8 x 11 7/8in. (43.5 x 30.3cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Smoking the Cheroot by Balthazar Solvyns was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2008. The price achieved of GBP 2,500.00 (€ 3,161.00) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Balthazar Solvyns have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Unknown in October 2012 with an auction result of GBP 13,750.00 (€ 17,095.71).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Smoking the Cheroot von Balthazar Solvyns kam im September 2008 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 2.500,00 (€ 3.161,00) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Balthazar Solvyns auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Unknown im Oktober 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 13.750,00 (€ 17.095,71).
Balthazar Solvyns - Auction history
![Frans Balthazar Solvyns - The Costume of Hindostan. London: W. Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1804 [-1805] [plates watermarked 1802 and 1804]. 2° (362 x 249mm). Text in English and French, 4 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings and 56 hand-coloured line- or stipple-engraved plates by Scott](/images/frans-balthazar-solvyns_the-costume-of-hindostan-london-w-bulmer-for-edward-orme-1804-1805-plates-watermarked-1802-and-1804-2deg-362-x-249mm-text-in-english-and-french-4-hand-coloured-soft-ground-etchings-and-56-hand-coloured-line-or-stipple-engraved-plat_AID596950_320x320.jpg)
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