Gervase Spencer
A Young Lady, In Pink Dress Trimmed With White Lace, Pink Choker, Wearing Pink Bonnet Secured With Blue Ribbon Over Her Upswept Dark Hair Signed With Initials And Dated 'Gs / 1750' (Lower Right)
Found at
Christies,
London
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 72
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 72
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.000 GBP
Description
Gervase Spencer (British, C. 1715-1763)
A Young Lady, In Pink Dress Trimmed With White Lace, Pink Choker, Wearing Pink Bonnet Secured With Blue Ribbon Over Her Upswept Dark Hair Signed With Initials And Dated 'Gs / 1750' (Lower Right)
on ivory
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
A Young Lady, In Pink Dress Trimmed With White Lace, Pink Choker, Wearing Pink Bonnet Secured With Blue Ribbon Over Her Upswept Dark Hair Signed With Initials And Dated 'Gs / 1750' (Lower Right)
on ivory
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work A Young Lady, In Pink Dress Trimmed With White Lace, Pink Choker, Wearing Pink Bonnet Secured With Blue Ribbon Over Her Upswept Dark Hair Signed With Initials And Dated 'Gs / 1750' (Lower Right) by Gervase Spencer was sold in the A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot auction at Christies in London in November 2013. The result of GBP 1,000.00 (€ 1,203.37) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 1,000.00 – 1,500.00. Admittedly, works by Gervase Spencer have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait Of A Young Boy, Circa 1750 in May 2020 with an auction result of GBP 6,875.00 (€ 7,632.01).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit A Young Lady, In Pink Dress Trimmed With White Lace, Pink Choker, Wearing Pink Bonnet Secured With Blue Ribbon Over Her Upswept Dark Hair Signed With Initials And Dated 'Gs / 1750' (Lower Right) von Gervase Spencer wurde im November 2013 in der Auktion A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot bei Christies in London versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 1.000,00 (€ 1.203,37) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 1.000,00 – 1.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Gervase Spencer auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait Of A Young Boy, Circa 1750 im Mai 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 6.875,00 (€ 7.632,01).
Gervase Spencer - Auction history
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