George Edwards
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds: Twenty-Four Plates
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Description
George Edwards (1694-1773)
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds: Twenty-Four Plates
twenty-four engravings with hand-coloring, 1769-1784, on wove papers, all with margins, pale light-staining and minor surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, occasional pale staining, rippling, creasing, a few with small tears at the margin edges, pencil inscriptions, otherwise all apparently in good condition, variously framed and matted, not examined out of the frames
various sizes (24)
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds: Twenty-Four Plates
twenty-four engravings with hand-coloring, 1769-1784, on wove papers, all with margins, pale light-staining and minor surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, occasional pale staining, rippling, creasing, a few with small tears at the margin edges, pencil inscriptions, otherwise all apparently in good condition, variously framed and matted, not examined out of the frames
various sizes (24)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work A Natural History of Uncommon Birds: Twenty-Four Plates by George Edwards was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2005. Here, the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 5,040.00 (€ 3,901.23). Other works by George Edwards have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 5,250.00 (€ 6,541.27) in May 2012 for the work Twelve Ornithological Studies, from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Natural History of Uncommon Birds: Twenty-Four Plates von George Edwards kam im April 2005 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 5.040,00 (€ 3.901,23) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von George Edwards haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 5.250,00 (€ 6.541,27) im Mai 2012 für die Arbeit Twelve Ornithological Studies, from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds beobachtet.
George Edwards - Auction history
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