James Edward Buttersworth
Volunteer And Thistle Off New York Harbor, America'S Cup 1887
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 459.000 USD
Price realised: 459.000 USD
Description
signed 'JE Buttersworth' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1887.
Private collection, Rutland, Vermont. | Godel & Co., Inc., New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1887.
Private collection, Rutland, Vermont. | Godel & Co., Inc., New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
The work Volunteer And Thistle Off New York Harbor, America'S Cup 1887 by James Edward Buttersworth was sold in the American Art auction at Christies in New York in May 2019. The »bidding war« ended at USD 459,000.00 (€ 411,696.12), 53% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by James Edward Buttersworth; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 sold at auction in November 2014 with the realized price of USD 821,000.00 (€ 660,073.97).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Volunteer And Thistle Off New York Harbor, America'S Cup 1887 von James Edward Buttersworth wurde im Mai 2019 in der Auktion American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 459.000,00 (€ 411.696,12) und damit 53% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von James Edward Buttersworth; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Yacht "Magic" Defending America'S Cup, 1870 im November 2014 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 821.000,00 (€ 660.073,97).
James Edward Buttersworth - Auction history
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