Georgios Jakobides
Greek the Ravenous One
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 206.250 GBP
Price realised: 206.250 GBP
Description
Georgios Jakobides
1852-1932
GREEKTHE RAVENOUS ONE
signed G. JAKOBIDES upper right
oil on canvas
103 by 129cm., 40½ by 50¾in.
Galerie Wimmer & Co., Munich | Chester Thorne, Thornwood Castle, Tacoma, WA (by circa 1910; Chester Thorne was a co-founder of the Port of Tacoma in Washington State. He commissioned Thornewood Castle, a Tudor Gothic mansion built around an Elizabethan manor house which he had dismantled and shipped, brick by brick, from England. Architect, Kirtland Kelsey Cutter was in charge of the project, which took three years to build, from 1908-11); the
1852-1932
GREEKTHE RAVENOUS ONE
signed G. JAKOBIDES upper right
oil on canvas
103 by 129cm., 40½ by 50¾in.
Galerie Wimmer & Co., Munich | Chester Thorne, Thornwood Castle, Tacoma, WA (by circa 1910; Chester Thorne was a co-founder of the Port of Tacoma in Washington State. He commissioned Thornewood Castle, a Tudor Gothic mansion built around an Elizabethan manor house which he had dismantled and shipped, brick by brick, from England. Architect, Kirtland Kelsey Cutter was in charge of the project, which took three years to build, from 1908-11); the
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work Greek the Ravenous One by Georgios Jakobides was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 206,250.00 (€ 232,104.16), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Georgios Jakobides - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Greeg Randpa'S New Pipe, which sold at auction in April 2008 for GBP 535,700.00 (€ 682,941.80).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Greek the Ravenous One von Georgios Jakobides kam im Dezember 2017 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 206.250,00 (€ 232.104,16) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Für andere Arbeiten von Georgios Jakobides mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Greeg Randpa'S New Pipe beobachtet, die im April 2008 für GBP 535.700,00 (€ 682.941,80) versteigert wurde.
Georgios Jakobides - Auction history
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