Gari Melchers
Sainte Gudule
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Description
Gari Melchers
1860 - 1932
Sainte Gudule
signed Gari Melchers. (upper left)
oil and gold leaf on canvas
canvas: 56 ¼ by 28 ¾ inches (142.9 by 73 cm)
framed: 65 ⅜ by 38 ⅜ inches (166 by 97.5 cm)
Painted circa 1897.
The artist | Private collection, Essen, Germany, 1900 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
1860 - 1932
Sainte Gudule
signed Gari Melchers. (upper left)
oil and gold leaf on canvas
canvas: 56 ¼ by 28 ¾ inches (142.9 by 73 cm)
framed: 65 ⅜ by 38 ⅜ inches (166 by 97.5 cm)
Painted circa 1897.
The artist | Private collection, Essen, Germany, 1900 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Sainte Gudule by Gari Melchers was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2021, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 81,900.00 (€ 72,561.35). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gari Melchers - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nellie Kabel, which sold at auction in May 2014 for USD 221,000.00 (€ 162,023.46).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Sainte Gudule von Gari Melchers im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 81.900,00 (€ 72.561,35) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Gari Melchers mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nellie Kabel beobachtet, die im Mai 2014 für USD 221.000,00 (€ 162.023,46) versteigert wurde.
Gari Melchers - Auction history
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