Helen Layfield Bradley
Oldham market in the snow on Christmas Eve
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 63.075 GBP
Price realised: 63.075 GBP
Description
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
Oldham market in the snow on Christmas Eve
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'We went to Oldham Market because it was/the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Mother/let us wait for the Salvation Army Band/so that we could sing 'O Come all ye Faithful'/and Know that Christmas had really begun/and before the Band came Grandma let us/help her choose a small gift for everyone. Aunt/Mary bought a huge bag of Martha Higginbottoms/Toffee, we even had Egg & Milk, which was a great/treat, because Mother would only allow us to buy Linseed/Toffee which she Knew Martha's four cats didn't like. They/always liked the Egg and Milk. Aunt Frances and Miss/Carter (who wore Pink) always bought their gifts when we/weren't looking and it was a very Happy Afternoon and the /year was 1906/Helen Layfield Bradley 1971' (on a label on the backboard).
oil on canvas laid down on board
17 x 23¾ in. (23.2 x 60.2 cm.)
Oldham market in the snow on Christmas Eve
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'We went to Oldham Market because it was/the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Mother/let us wait for the Salvation Army Band/so that we could sing 'O Come all ye Faithful'/and Know that Christmas had really begun/and before the Band came Grandma let us/help her choose a small gift for everyone. Aunt/Mary bought a huge bag of Martha Higginbottoms/Toffee, we even had Egg & Milk, which was a great/treat, because Mother would only allow us to buy Linseed/Toffee which she Knew Martha's four cats didn't like. They/always liked the Egg and Milk. Aunt Frances and Miss/Carter (who wore Pink) always bought their gifts when we/weren't looking and it was a very Happy Afternoon and the /year was 1906/Helen Layfield Bradley 1971' (on a label on the backboard).
oil on canvas laid down on board
17 x 23¾ in. (23.2 x 60.2 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work Oldham market in the snow on Christmas Eve by Helen Layfield Bradley was sold in the Modern British and Irish Art auction at Christies in London in March 2013. It achieved a price of GBP 63,075.00 (€ 74,773.60), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 26%. Other works by Helen Layfield Bradley have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 94,100.00 (€ 131,764.35) in November 2007 for the work Our First Morning in Blackpool.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Oldham market in the snow on Christmas Eve von Helen Layfield Bradley wurde im März 2013 in der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 63.075,00 (€ 74.773,60) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 26%. Andere Arbeiten von Helen Layfield Bradley haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 94.100,00 (€ 131.764,35) im November 2007 für die Arbeit Our First Morning in Blackpool beobachtet.
Helen Layfield Bradley - Auction history
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