Frederick Buck
An officer probably of the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his shoulder belt plate bearing the Prince of Wales' feathers
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 1.800 GBP
Description
FREDERICK BUCK
An officer probably of the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his shoulder belt plate bearing the Prince of Wales' feathers
in gilt-metal pendant frame with verre-églomise border, gold monogram WWG on hairwork within blue glass border reverse, in fitted red leather case
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high
An officer probably of the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his shoulder belt plate bearing the Prince of Wales' feathers
in gilt-metal pendant frame with verre-églomise border, gold monogram WWG on hairwork within blue glass border reverse, in fitted red leather case
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Frederick Buck achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March 2007. In the Portrait Miniatures & Objects of Vertu auction, the work An officer probably of the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his shoulder belt plate bearing the Prince of Wales' feathers sold for GBP 1,800.00 (€ 2,649.39) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 800.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Frederick Buck; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A young lady, facing right in ruffle bordered white silk dress, yellow sash, blue hat with yellow ribbon in her long curling brown hair sold at auction in June 2003 with the realized price of GBP 2,987.50 (€ 4,293.20).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frederick Buck erzielte im März 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Portrait Miniatures & Objects of Vertu wurde die Arbeit An officer probably of the 23rd Foot Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his shoulder belt plate bearing the Prince of Wales' feathers für GBP 1.800,00 (€ 2.649,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Frederick Buck; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A young lady, facing right in ruffle bordered white silk dress, yellow sash, blue hat with yellow ribbon in her long curling brown hair im Juni 2003 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 2.987,50 (€ 4.293,20).
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