Horace Bristol
Rescued Airmen Smoking in PBY (Sitting in Blister of 'Dumbo' Rescue Plane)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection, Lot 133
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection, Lot 133
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 27.720 USD
Price realised: 27.720 USD
Description
Horace Bristol
1909 - 1997
Rescued Airmen Smoking in PBY (Sitting in Blister of 'Dumbo' Rescue Plane)
gelatin silver print, signed in pencil on the reverse, matted, signed and dated in pencil on the mat, the photographer’s label, signed in ink, on the reverse, 1944, printed later
image: 10 3/8 by 10 in. (26.4 by 25.4 cm.)
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992
1909 - 1997
Rescued Airmen Smoking in PBY (Sitting in Blister of 'Dumbo' Rescue Plane)
gelatin silver print, signed in pencil on the reverse, matted, signed and dated in pencil on the mat, the photographer’s label, signed in ink, on the reverse, 1944, printed later
image: 10 3/8 by 10 in. (26.4 by 25.4 cm.)
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992
Artwork auctioned at 11 times the upper estimate price
The work Rescued Airmen Smoking in PBY (Sitting in Blister of 'Dumbo' Rescue Plane) by Horace Bristol was worth USD 27,720.00 (€ 22,665.58) to a buyer in December 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 2,500.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Horace Bristol; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 sold at auction in October 2017 with the realized price of USD 30,000.00 (€ 25,755.49).
Kunstwerk zum Elffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Rescued Airmen Smoking in PBY (Sitting in Blister of 'Dumbo' Rescue Plane) von Horace Bristol war einem Käufer im Dezember 2020 USD 27.720,00 (€ 22.665,58) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Horace Bristol; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 im Oktober 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 30.000,00 (€ 25.755,49).
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