Giovanni Paolo Panini

The Abduction Of Helen

Found at Sothebys, New York
Master Paintings: Part I, Lot 95
29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 161.000 USD
Giovanni Paolo Panini
PIACENZA 1691 - 1765 ROME
THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN
signed on the plinth, lower left corner, G. P. P.
oil on canvas
39 by 53 7/8 in.; 99 by 136.7 cm.
With Julius Weitzner (according to Witt Library Archive, London); | Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1959, lot 143 (with its pendant, the Arrival of Helen in Troy, for 750 gns.); | With Luciano Funghini, Florence, 1973 (with pendant); | Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 November 1978, lot 46 (pendant sold lot 45).

Auction result well in line with expectations

In January 2015 Sothebys in New York held the auction Master Paintings: Part I, which included the work The Abduction Of Helen by Giovanni Paolo Panini. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 150,000.00 – 200,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 161,000.00 (€ 142,604.07) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Giovanni Paolo Panini achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Rome, The Pantheon, A View Of The Interior Towards The Piazza Della Rotonda in January 2015 with an auction result of USD 5,317,000.00 (€ 4,709,477.41).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Januar 2015 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Master Paintings: Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Abduction Of Helen von Giovanni Paolo Panini zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 150.000,00 – 200.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 161.000,00 (€ 142.604,07) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Paolo Panini erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Rome, The Pantheon, A View Of The Interior Towards The Piazza Della Rotonda im Januar 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 5.317.000,00 (€ 4.709.477,41).

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