Henry Charles Seppings Wright
'The firing line', a skirmish spent with the Russians
Estimate: 300 - 400 GBP
Price realised: 1.560 GBP
Price realised: 1.560 GBP
Description
Henry Charles Seppings Wright (1850-1937)
'The firing line', a skirmish spent with the Russians
signed and inscribed 'The firing line/Seppings Wright/with the Russians' (lower left) and further inscribed 'The/shells bursting amidst/the mountain tops look/like a whirling nebula' (lower left)
pencil and pen and black ink
15¾ x 26 in. (40 x 66 cm.)
'The firing line', a skirmish spent with the Russians
signed and inscribed 'The firing line/Seppings Wright/with the Russians' (lower left) and further inscribed 'The/shells bursting amidst/the mountain tops look/like a whirling nebula' (lower left)
pencil and pen and black ink
15¾ x 26 in. (40 x 66 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work 'The firing line', a skirmish spent with the Russians by Henry Charles Seppings Wright was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 400.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 1,560.00 (€ 2,330.78). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Henry Charles Seppings Wright - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Russian Front, a Cossack convoy under fire, which sold at auction in November 2006 for GBP 3,360.00 (€ 4,989.71).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit 'The firing line', a skirmish spent with the Russians von Henry Charles Seppings Wright im Oktober 2006 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 400,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 1.560,00 (€ 2.330,78) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Henry Charles Seppings Wright mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Russian Front, a Cossack convoy under fire beobachtet, die im November 2006 für GBP 3.360,00 (€ 4.989,71) versteigert wurde.
Henry Charles Seppings Wright - Auction history
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