George Augustus Holmes - Welcome Home

George Augustus Holmes

Welcome Home

Found at Sothebys, London
Victorian & Edwardian Art, Lot 58
17. Dec - 17. Dec 2009
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.500 GBP
Description
George Augustus Holmes
1822 - 1911
WELCOME HOME
signed l.r.: G A Holmes
oil on canvas
92 by 72cm., 36 by 28in.
W.H. Patterson, London; | Private collection
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A top price for George Augustus Holmes

This artwork by George Augustus Holmes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2009. In the Victorian & Edwardian Art auction, the work Welcome Home sold for GBP 22,500.00 (€ 25,380.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 12,000.00. This high result makes Welcome Home the most expensive artwork by George Augustus Holmes that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für George Augustus Holmes

Dieses Kunstwerk von George Augustus Holmes erzielte im Dezember 2009 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian & Edwardian Art wurde die Arbeit Welcome Home für GBP 22.500,00 (€ 25.380,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 12.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Welcome Home zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Augustus Holmes, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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