Jacobus Buys
Gentlemen Discussing Copernican Theory (A Scene From The Theater)
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Description
Jacobus Buys
AMSTERDAM 1724 - 1801
GENTLEMEN DISCUSSING COPERNICAN THEORY (A SCENE FROM THE THEATER)
Pen and gray ink and watercolor, over traces of pencil, within two sets of black ink framing lines;
signed and dated, lower right: J Buys / f. 1762.
264 by 370 mm; 10 3/8 by 14 1/2 in
Frans van de Velde, Amsterdam, | his sale, Amsterdam, 16 January 1775, book F, no. 309; | sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 13 November 1991, lot 335; | with Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York, | from whom acquired by the present owners in 1992
AMSTERDAM 1724 - 1801
GENTLEMEN DISCUSSING COPERNICAN THEORY (A SCENE FROM THE THEATER)
Pen and gray ink and watercolor, over traces of pencil, within two sets of black ink framing lines;
signed and dated, lower right: J Buys / f. 1762.
264 by 370 mm; 10 3/8 by 14 1/2 in
Frans van de Velde, Amsterdam, | his sale, Amsterdam, 16 January 1775, book F, no. 309; | sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 13 November 1991, lot 335; | with Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York, | from whom acquired by the present owners in 1992
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
In January 2019 Sothebys in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work Gentlemen Discussing Copernican Theory (A Scene From The Theater) by Jacobus Buys. The »bidding war« ended at USD 20,000.00 (€ 17,461.15), 67% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jacobus Buys - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Set Of Twelve Representations Of The Months, which sold at auction in January 2019 for USD 62,500.00 (€ 54,566.09).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Im Januar 2019 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Gentlemen Discussing Copernican Theory (A Scene From The Theater) von Jacobus Buys zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 20.000,00 (€ 17.461,15) und damit 67% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Jacobus Buys mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Set Of Twelve Representations Of The Months beobachtet, die im Januar 2019 für USD 62.500,00 (€ 54.566,09) versteigert wurde.
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