François-Geoffroi Roux - A French First-Rate lying at anchor in the roadstead at Toulon, dressed overall for an important visitor approaching in a barge

François-Geoffroi Roux

A French First-Rate lying at anchor in the roadstead at Toulon, dressed overall for an important visitor approaching in a barge

Found at Christies, London
Maritime Art, Lot 67
24. Nov - 24. Nov 2010
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
François-Geoffroi Roux (Marseilles 1811-1882)
A French First-Rate lying at anchor in the roadstead at Toulon, dressed overall for an important visitor approaching in a barge
signed, inscribed and dated 'F. c o i s Roux à Marseille 1829' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on paper
18 x 25 in. (45.7 x 63.5 cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.

In November 2010 Christies in London held the auction Maritime Art, which included the work A French First-Rate lying at anchor in the roadstead at Toulon, dressed overall for an important visitor approaching in a barge by François-Geoffroy Roux. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,750.00 (€ 10,456.24), 46% above the upper estimate. Other works by François-Geoffroy Roux have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,696.86) in November 2010 for the work The French barque Sénégambie in Mediterranean waters off Marseilles.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen

Im November 2010 führte Christies in London die Auktion Maritime Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit A French First-Rate lying at anchor in the roadstead at Toulon, dressed overall for an important visitor approaching in a barge von François-Geoffroy Roux zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 10.456,24) und damit 46% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von François-Geoffroy Roux haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.696,86) im November 2010 für die Arbeit The French barque Sénégambie in Mediterranean waters off Marseilles beobachtet.

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