Howard Chandler Christy

Greek-American Alliance

Found at Christies, New York
American Art, Lot 28
21. May - 21. May 2015
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
signed and dated 'Howard Chandler Christy/1931.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Sotheby's, New York, 19 June 1981, lot 184. | Acquired by the late owner circa 1985.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.

The work Greek-American Alliance by Howard Chandler Christy was sold in the American Art auction at Christies in New York in May 2015. The »bidding war« ended at USD 93,750.00 (€ 85,273.79), 56% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Howard Chandler Christy; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Nudes At The Beach sold at auction in February 2017 with the realized price of GBP 75,000.00 (€ 87,777.83).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Greek-American Alliance von Howard Chandler Christy wurde im Mai 2015 in der Auktion American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 93.750,00 (€ 85.273,79) und damit 56% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Howard Chandler Christy; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Nudes At The Beach im Februar 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 75.000,00 (€ 87.777,83).

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