Guan Wei
Australian treasure Hunt No. 18 (Diptych)
Estimate: 18.000 - 28.000 AUD
Price realised: 15.600 AUD
Price realised: 15.600 AUD
Description
Guan Wei
B. 1957
AUSTRALIANTREASURE HUNT NO. 18 (DIPTYCH)
Each panel signed with intials lower right; signed and dated 1995 on reverse
Acrylic on canvas
Overall 254 by 98cm (2)
Sherman Galleries, Sydney (label on reverse) | Private collection, Sydney; purchased from the above
B. 1957
AUSTRALIANTREASURE HUNT NO. 18 (DIPTYCH)
Each panel signed with intials lower right; signed and dated 1995 on reverse
Acrylic on canvas
Overall 254 by 98cm (2)
Sherman Galleries, Sydney (label on reverse) | Private collection, Sydney; purchased from the above
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Australian treasure Hunt No. 18 (Diptych) by Guan Wei was auctioned at Sothebys in Melbourne in August 2008, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of AUD 18,000.00 – 28,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for AUD 15,600.00 (€ 9,106.47). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Guan Wei achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Playing With String in April 2011 with an auction result of HKD 1,100,000.00 (€ 95,594.09).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Australian treasure Hunt No. 18 (Diptych) von Guan Wei im August 2008 bei Sothebys in Melbourne versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von AUD 18.000,00 – 28.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für AUD 15.600,00 (€ 9.106,47) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Guan Wei erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Playing With String im April 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 1.100.000,00 (€ 95.594,09).
Guan Wei - Auction history
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