James Edward Buttersworth
The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 821.000 USD
Price realised: 821.000 USD
Description
James Edward Buttersworth1817 - 1894
THE YACHT "MAGIC" DEFENDING AMERICA'S CUP, 1870
signed J.E. Buttersworth (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 3/4 by 49 1/2 inches
(75.6 by 125.7 cm)
John Dwyer, New York | Marnie Dwyer McNulty (his sister) | James Paul McNulty (her son) | John J. McNulty (his son) | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1980 | Private collection, Midwest, 1981 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
THE YACHT "MAGIC" DEFENDING AMERICA'S CUP, 1870
signed J.E. Buttersworth (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 3/4 by 49 1/2 inches
(75.6 by 125.7 cm)
John Dwyer, New York | Marnie Dwyer McNulty (his sister) | James Paul McNulty (her son) | John J. McNulty (his son) | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1980 | Private collection, Midwest, 1981 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
A top price for James Edward Buttersworth
This artwork by James Edward Buttersworth achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2014. In the American Art auction, the work The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 sold for USD 821,000.00 (€ 660,073.97) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. This high result makes The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 the most expensive artwork by James Edward Buttersworth that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für James Edward Buttersworth
Dieses Kunstwerk von James Edward Buttersworth erzielte im November 2014 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 für USD 821.000,00 (€ 660.073,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Edward Buttersworth, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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