Henry John Stock
The poet in the flames of first love
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art, Lot 30
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2017
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art, Lot 30
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2017
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Description
signed with initials and dated 'H.J.S. 1883.' (lower centre) and inscribed 'The Poet in the Flames of First-Love.' (on the backing, overmounted)
pencil, pen and brown ink on paper
10¾ x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1996, lot 40. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 November 2006, lot 211, where purchased by the present owner.
pencil, pen and brown ink on paper
10¾ x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1996, lot 40. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 November 2006, lot 211, where purchased by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work The poet in the flames of first love by Henry John Stock was sold in the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art auction at Christies in London in July 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 11,158.46), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Admittedly, works by Henry John Stock have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Uplifting of Psyche 'By the help of a divinity not our own' - Virgil in June 2015 with an auction result of GBP 56,250.00 (€ 79,311.79).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The poet in the flames of first love von Henry John Stock wurde im Juli 2017 in der Auktion Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 11.158,46) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Henry John Stock auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Uplifting of Psyche 'By the help of a divinity not our own' - Virgil im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 56.250,00 (€ 79.311,79).
Henry John Stock - Auction history
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