Frank Hurley
Photographs of Scenes And Incidents In Connection With The Happenings To The Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
Found at
Christies,
London
Exploration and Travel with The Polar Sale, Lot 218
23. Sep - 23. Sep 2004
Exploration and Travel with The Polar Sale, Lot 218
23. Sep - 23. Sep 2004
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 38.240 GBP
Price realised: 38.240 GBP
Description
FRANK HURLEY (1885-1962)
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
79 carbon prints in various colours including blue and warm brown, each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), printed on the 79 cream card leaves, typed titles on labels below each image, preceded by index leaf, title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, gilt edges, oblong 4°, leaf size 11 5/8 x 14½in. (29.6 x 37.3cm.), mottled end papers
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
79 carbon prints in various colours including blue and warm brown, each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), printed on the 79 cream card leaves, typed titles on labels below each image, preceded by index leaf, title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, gilt edges, oblong 4°, leaf size 11 5/8 x 14½in. (29.6 x 37.3cm.), mottled end papers
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Photographs of Scenes And Incidents In Connection With The Happenings To The Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. by Frank Hurley was sold in the Exploration and Travel with The Polar Sale auction at Christies in London in September 2004. It changed hands for a price of GBP 38,240.00 (€ 55,710.85) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 30,000.00 – 40,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Frank Hurley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916., which sold at auction in September 2006 for GBP 120,000.00 (€ 177,025.30).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Photographs of Scenes And Incidents In Connection With The Happenings To The Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. von Frank Hurley wurde im September 2004 in der Auktion Exploration and Travel with The Polar Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 38.240,00 (€ 55.710,85) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 40.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Frank Hurley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. beobachtet, die im September 2006 für GBP 120.000,00 (€ 177.025,30) versteigert wurde.
Frank Hurley - Auction history
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