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- Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates
Georg Wolfgang Knorr
Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 1.434 USD
Price realised: 1.434 USD
Description
GEORG WOLFGANG KNORR (1705-1761)
Thesaurus rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates
four engravings with hand-coloring, 1750-72, on wove papers, published in Nuremberg, Germany, all with margins, pale light-staining, surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, areas of moisture staining, light handling creases, otherwise all apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frames
all P. 12½ x 8 in. (318 x 203 mm.)
all overall 17¼ x 12¾ in. (438 x 324 mm.) (4)
Thesaurus rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates
four engravings with hand-coloring, 1750-72, on wove papers, published in Nuremberg, Germany, all with margins, pale light-staining, surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, areas of moisture staining, light handling creases, otherwise all apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frames
all P. 12½ x 8 in. (318 x 203 mm.)
all overall 17¼ x 12¾ in. (438 x 324 mm.) (4)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates by Georg Wolfgang Knorr was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2004. It achieved a price of USD 1,434.00 (€ 1,154.87), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 20%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Georg Wolfgang Knorr - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis: Eight Plates, which sold at auction in September 2002 for USD 4,182.50 (€ 4,233.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis...: Four Plates von Georg Wolfgang Knorr kam im September 2004 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 1.434,00 (€ 1.154,87) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 20%. Für andere Arbeiten von Georg Wolfgang Knorr mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis: Eight Plates beobachtet, die im September 2002 für USD 4.182,50 (€ 4.233,73) versteigert wurde.