Herbert G. Ponting
Mount Erebus Seen Over a Water-Worn Iceberg, c. 1911
Found at
Christies,
New York
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 110
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 110
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 4.750 USD
Price realised: 4.750 USD
Description
HERBERT G. PONTING (1870-1935)
Mount Erebus Seen Over a Water-Worn Iceberg, c. 1911
gelatin silver print
date, annotation ink, credit caption and collection labels affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 11 3/8 x 15¼in. (29 x 38.6cm.)
mount: 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 41cm.)
Mount Erebus Seen Over a Water-Worn Iceberg, c. 1911
gelatin silver print
date, annotation ink, credit caption and collection labels affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 11 3/8 x 15¼in. (29 x 38.6cm.)
mount: 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 41cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Herbert George Ponting could be acquired at Christies in New York in December 2012 for an unexpectedly low price. In the The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration auction, the work Mount Erebus Seen Over a Water-Worn Iceberg, c. 1911 changed hands for USD 4,750.00 (€ 3,602.31) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Herbert George Ponting achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints in September 2010 with an auction result of GBP 169,250.00 (€ 195,755.59).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Herbert George Ponting konnte im Dezember 2012 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration wechselte die Arbeit Mount Erebus Seen Over a Water-Worn Iceberg, c. 1911 für USD 4.750,00 (€ 3.602,31) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 5.000,00 – 7.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Herbert George Ponting erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints im September 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 169.250,00 (€ 195.755,59).
Herbert George Ponting - Auction history
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