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Honor Charlotte Appleton
The favourite book
Found at
Christies,
London
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 291
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 291
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 2.151 GBP
Price realised: 2.151 GBP
Description
Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879-1951)
The favourite book
signed and inscribed 'Honor C/Appleton' (lower right) and 'The Favourite Book' (centre)
watercolour, unframed
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm.); an unframed front cover design for Blackie's Children's Diary for 1920; and three unframed watercolours by the same hand (5)
The favourite book
signed and inscribed 'Honor C/Appleton' (lower right) and 'The Favourite Book' (centre)
watercolour, unframed
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm.); an unframed front cover design for Blackie's Children's Diary for 1920; and three unframed watercolours by the same hand (5)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work The favourite book by Honor Charlotte Appleton was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2004, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 2,151.00 (€ 3,044.26). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Honor Charlotte Appleton; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Magical daydreams of Christmas sold at auction in December 2004 with the realized price of GBP 3,824.00 (€ 5,412.01).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The favourite book von Honor Charlotte Appleton im Dezember 2004 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.151,00 (€ 3.044,26) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Honor Charlotte Appleton; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Magical daydreams of Christmas im Dezember 2004 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 3.824,00 (€ 5.412,01).