George Horace Davis
A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 16.875 GBP
Price realised: 16.875 GBP
Description
George Horace Davis (1881-1963)
A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by the Queen on June 9: A drawing showing the easy access to road and railway
both signed and dated 'G.H. DAVIS/1952' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and bodycolour, unframed
18.3./4 x 29 ¾ in. (47.6 x 75.5 cm.); and similar; Five drawings, three by the same hand: 'The proposed air routes of the U.K., 1946'; 'Oil refineries of the world'; and A 1942 map of Singapore and its environs; A 1941 map of the aerodromes of Northern Italy' by Charles E. Turner (1883-1965); and A drawing of a Bristol Brabazon by Roland Davies (1904-1993).
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A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by the Queen on June 9: A drawing showing the easy access to road and railway
both signed and dated 'G.H. DAVIS/1952' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and bodycolour, unframed
18.3./4 x 29 ¾ in. (47.6 x 75.5 cm.); and similar; Five drawings, three by the same hand: 'The proposed air routes of the U.K., 1946'; 'Oil refineries of the world'; and A 1942 map of Singapore and its environs; A 1941 map of the aerodromes of Northern Italy' by Charles E. Turner (1883-1965); and A drawing of a Bristol Brabazon by Roland Davies (1904-1993).
(7)
A top price for George Horace Davis
When the work A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by by George Horace Davis was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved This high result makes A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by the most expensive artwork by George Horace Davis that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Horace Davis
Als die Arbeit A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by von George Horace Davis im Oktober 2014 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 16.875,00 (€ 21.546,94) mehr als elfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A vision of the future - An airport for helicopters in the heart of London: The proposed plan for a "helidrome" at Charing Cross diagrammatically explained (illustrated); and As it will be—London's new airport at Gatwick, which was to be opened by zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Horace Davis, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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