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- A Dutch Fisher-Boy
George Fiddes Watt, R.S.A.
A Dutch Fisher-Boy
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.200 GBP
Price realised: 7.200 GBP
Description
George Fiddes Watt, R.S.A.1873-1960
1873-1960
A DUTCH FISHER-BOY
signed l.l.: FIDDES WATT; inscribed on an old label on the reverse: Fiddes Watt/ 73 Cranford Road/ Aberdeen/ Dutch Fisher Boy
oil on canvas
103 by 76 cm., 40½ by 30 in.
The artist and thence by descent
1873-1960
A DUTCH FISHER-BOY
signed l.l.: FIDDES WATT; inscribed on an old label on the reverse: Fiddes Watt/ 73 Cranford Road/ Aberdeen/ Dutch Fisher Boy
oil on canvas
103 by 76 cm., 40½ by 30 in.
The artist and thence by descent
Auction result well in line with expectations
In August 2006 Sothebys in London held the auction Gleneagles Pictures, which included the work A Dutch Fisher-Boy by George Fiddes Watt. The price achieved of GBP 7,200.00 (€ 10,706.86) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Other works by George Fiddes Watt have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in August 2006 the work Old Age And Youth was auctioned for GBP 7,800.00 (€ 11,599.09).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im August 2006 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Gleneagles Pictures durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Dutch Fisher-Boy von George Fiddes Watt zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 7.200,00 (€ 10.706,86) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 6.000,00 – 8.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von George Fiddes Watt konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im August 2006 die Arbeit Old Age And Youth für GBP 7.800,00 (€ 11.599,09) versteigert.