Günter Umberg

Untitled

Found at Christies, London
A Way of Thinking, Works From An Important Private Collection, Lot 28
15. Feb - 15. Feb 2012
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Günter Umberg (B. 1942)
Untitled
signed 'Günter Umberg' (on the reverse)
pigment on aluminium
19¾ x 14 5/8in. (50 x 37cm.)
Executed in 1990

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Günter Umberg achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2012. In the A Way of Thinking, Works From An Important Private Collection auction, the work without title sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,432.80) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Günter Umberg; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot without title sold at auction in September 2008 with the realized price of USD 27,500.00 (€ 19,529.86).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Günter Umberg erzielte im Februar 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion A Way of Thinking, Works From An Important Private Collection wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.432,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Günter Umberg; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit ohne Titel im September 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 27.500,00 (€ 19.529,86).

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