Howard Finster
Eve Was A One Man Lover
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams, Lot 56
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2018
Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams, Lot 56
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2018
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.750 USD
Price realised: 8.750 USD
Description
Howard Finster
1916 - 2001
EVE WAS A ONE MAN LOVER
signed
acrylic on shaped panel
47 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.; 120.7 x 51.4 cm
Executed in 1987.
Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987
1916 - 2001
EVE WAS A ONE MAN LOVER
signed
acrylic on shaped panel
47 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.; 120.7 x 51.4 cm
Executed in 1987.
Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Howard Finster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2018. In the Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams auction, the work Eve Was A One Man Lover sold for USD 8,750.00 (€ 7,721.50) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Howard Finster have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 in January 2019 with an auction result of USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,196.26).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Howard Finster erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams wurde die Arbeit Eve Was A One Man Lover für USD 8.750,00 (€ 7.721,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Howard Finster auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 im Januar 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.196,26).
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