Harry Beck
The Chess Valley
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 289
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 289
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.063 GBP
Price realised: 1.063 GBP
Description
Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)
THE CHESS VALLEY
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London, condition B+/A-; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.)
THE CHESS VALLEY
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London, condition B+/A-; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October 2012 Christies in London held the auction Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, which included the work The Chess Valley by Harry Beck. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 1,000.00 – 1,500.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 1,062.50 (€ 1,321.03) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Harry Beck achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Underground Map in October 2012 with an auction result of GBP 10,625.00 (€ 13,210.32).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober 2012 führte Christies in London die Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Chess Valley von Harry Beck zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 1.062,50 (€ 1.321,03) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Harry Beck erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Underground Map im Oktober 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 10.625,00 (€ 13.210,32).
Harry Beck - Auction history
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