George Benjamin Luks
My Garden, Berk Hills
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Description
George Benjamin Luks1867 - 1933
MY GARDEN, BERK HILLS
signed George Luks (lower center); also titled My Garden, Berk Hills on the reverse
watercolor and tempera on paper
14 by 19 3/4 inches
(35.6 by 50.2 cm)
Executed circa 1931.
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts | Private Collection, circa 1970 (probably acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
MY GARDEN, BERK HILLS
signed George Luks (lower center); also titled My Garden, Berk Hills on the reverse
watercolor and tempera on paper
14 by 19 3/4 inches
(35.6 by 50.2 cm)
Executed circa 1931.
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts | Private Collection, circa 1970 (probably acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work My Garden, Berk Hills by George Benjamin Luks was worth USD 100,000.00 (€ 90,958.70) to a buyer in May 2015. This price was achieved in the auction American Art at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 18,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by George Benjamin Luks achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lily Williams in May 2010 with an auction result of USD 1,874,500.00 (€ 1,515,482.25).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit My Garden, Berk Hills von George Benjamin Luks war einem Käufer im Mai 2015 USD 100.000,00 (€ 90.958,70) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von George Benjamin Luks erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lily Williams im Mai 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.874.500,00 (€ 1.515.482,25).
George Benjamin Luks - Auction history
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