Harold Edgerton
Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing
Found at
Bonhams,
Skinner Boston (Online Auction)
Prints & Photographs, Lot 109
21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Prints & Photographs, Lot 109
21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Estimate: 400 - 600 USD
Price realised: 4.096 USD
Price realised: 4.096 USD
Description
Harold Edgerton (1903-1990)
Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing, c. 1938
Spilt Milk, 1933; and Skip King, How Many Balls, c. 1960. Gelatin silver prints; Skip, signed 'Harold Edgerton' in ink on the verso, the remaining with the photographer's stamp in ink on the verso, Golf Swing inscribed 'Bobby Jones' in ink on the verso.
sheet 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.4 cm) or reverse
Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing, c. 1938
Spilt Milk, 1933; and Skip King, How Many Balls, c. 1960. Gelatin silver prints; Skip, signed 'Harold Edgerton' in ink on the verso, the remaining with the photographer's stamp in ink on the verso, Golf Swing inscribed 'Bobby Jones' in ink on the verso.
sheet 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.4 cm) or reverse
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing by Harold E. Edgerton was auctioned at Bonhams in Skinner Boston in January 2024, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 600.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at USD 4,096.00 (€ 3,579.79). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Harold E. Edgerton achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work 'Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs' in October 2019 with an auction result of USD 60,000.00 (€ 53,787.54).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing von Harold E. Edgerton im Januar 2024 bei Bonhams in Skinner Boston versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 600,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 4.096,00 (€ 3.579,79) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Harold E. Edgerton erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit 'Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs' im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 60.000,00 (€ 53.787,54).
Harold E. Edgerton - Auction history
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