Harry Beck
Underground Map
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 319
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 319
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Description
Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)
UNDERGROUND MAP
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, condition A-; backed on linen
24 x 30in. (61 x 76cm.)
UNDERGROUND MAP
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, condition A-; backed on linen
24 x 30in. (61 x 76cm.)
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Underground Map by Harry Beck was worth GBP 8,125.00 (€ 10,102.01) to a buyer in October 2012. This price was achieved in the auction Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Harry Beck; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Underground Map sold at auction in October 2012 with the realized price of GBP 10,625.00 (€ 13,210.32).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Underground Map von Harry Beck war einem Käufer im Oktober 2012 GBP 8.125,00 (€ 10.102,01) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Harry Beck; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Underground Map im Oktober 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 10.625,00 (€ 13.210,32).
Harry Beck - Auction history
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