Harry Brooker
Playing school
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 85
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2011
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 85
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2011
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.500 GBP
Price realised: 11.500 GBP
Description
Harry Brooker (1848-1940)
Playing school
signed and dated 'Harry Brooker 1895' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Playing school
signed and dated 'Harry Brooker 1895' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.
The work Playing school by Harry Brooker was sold in the Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours auction at Christies in London in March 2011. It achieved a price of GBP 11,500.00 (€ 13,012.20), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 64%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Harry Brooker - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Critical Moment (A House of Cards), which sold at auction in February 2003 for GBP 32,265.00 (€ 47,105.88).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 64 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Playing school von Harry Brooker wurde im März 2011 in der Auktion Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 11.500,00 (€ 13.012,20) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 64%. Für andere Arbeiten von Harry Brooker mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Critical Moment (A House of Cards) beobachtet, die im Februar 2003 für GBP 32.265,00 (€ 47.105,88) versteigert wurde.
Harry Brooker - Auction history
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