James David Smillie
On The Boquet, Elizabethtown
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector, Lot 56
21. Jan - 21. Jan 2020
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector, Lot 56
21. Jan - 21. Jan 2020
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Description
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector
JAMES DAVID SMILLIE
1833 - 1909
ON THE BOQUET, ELIZABETHTOWN
signed with monogrammed initials JDS, dated Sept. '68. and inscribed with title On the Boquet. / Elizabethtown. (lower right); also signed again with monogrammed initials JDS (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 ⅛ by 24 ¼ inches
(46.4 by 61.6 cm)
Alexander Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980
JAMES DAVID SMILLIE
1833 - 1909
ON THE BOQUET, ELIZABETHTOWN
signed with monogrammed initials JDS, dated Sept. '68. and inscribed with title On the Boquet. / Elizabethtown. (lower right); also signed again with monogrammed initials JDS (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 ⅛ by 24 ¼ inches
(46.4 by 61.6 cm)
Alexander Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work On The Boquet, Elizabethtown by James David Smillie was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 25,000.00 (€ 22,536.73). Admittedly, works by James David Smillie have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains from Whiteface in May 2004 with an auction result of USD 130,700.00 (€ 106,982.07).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit On The Boquet, Elizabethtown von James David Smillie im Januar 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 25.000,00 (€ 22.536,73) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von James David Smillie auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains from Whiteface im Mai 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 130.700,00 (€ 106.982,07).
James David Smillie - Auction history
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