Gavin Turk
Holy Egg (Copper)
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.320 GBP
Price realised: 40.320 GBP
Description
Gavin Turk
b. 1967
Holy Egg (Copper)
punctured copper
114.5 by 82 cm. 45 by 32¼ in.
Executed in 2015.
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1967
Holy Egg (Copper)
punctured copper
114.5 by 82 cm. 45 by 32¼ in.
Executed in 2015.
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.
The work Holy Egg (Copper) by Gavin Turk was auctioned at Sothebys in London in April 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 40,320.00 (€ 46,379.73), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 34%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gavin Turk - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pile, which sold at auction in June 2015 for GBP 104,500.00 (€ 147,343.69).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 34 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Holy Egg (Copper) von Gavin Turk kam im April 2021 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 40.320,00 (€ 46.379,73) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 34%. Für andere Arbeiten von Gavin Turk mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pile beobachtet, die im Juni 2015 für GBP 104.500,00 (€ 147.343,69) versteigert wurde.
Gavin Turk - Auction history
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