James Howe
Unknown
Estimate: 700 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Description
JAMES HOWE
Fourteen Engravings from Drawings of the Horse. Edinburgh: [A. Aikman Junior, printer], 1824. Oblong 2° (289 x 433mm), 13 numbered etched plates only by W.H. Lizars and others after Howe, one leaf of text (lacks plate 8, some light crease marks, light browning to a few plates), original pink wrappers with title on front cover (worn).
A RARE SERIES, issued without a title-page. The one leaf of text, inserted on a smaller sheet, is headed: "Lines originally published in the Annals of Sporting, descriptive of the following engravings ...." Schwerdt possessed a copy with the plates in two states, coloured and uncoloured (included as lot 674 in Christie's sale of the Duke of Gloucester's Library, 27 January 2006). Schwerdt I, p. 250; not in Mellon/Podeschi.
Fourteen Engravings from Drawings of the Horse. Edinburgh: [A. Aikman Junior, printer], 1824. Oblong 2° (289 x 433mm), 13 numbered etched plates only by W.H. Lizars and others after Howe, one leaf of text (lacks plate 8, some light crease marks, light browning to a few plates), original pink wrappers with title on front cover (worn).
A RARE SERIES, issued without a title-page. The one leaf of text, inserted on a smaller sheet, is headed: "Lines originally published in the Annals of Sporting, descriptive of the following engravings ...." Schwerdt possessed a copy with the plates in two states, coloured and uncoloured (included as lot 674 in Christie's sale of the Duke of Gloucester's Library, 27 January 2006). Schwerdt I, p. 250; not in Mellon/Podeschi.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In September 2008 Christies in London held the auction The Sporting Sale, which included the work Unknown by James Howe. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 700.00 – 1,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 750.00 (€ 948.30) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by James Howe - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Grey Hunter With Two Dogs In A Landscape, which sold at auction in November 2004 for GBP 1,792.50 (€ 2,578.50).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im September 2008 führte Christies in London die Auktion The Sporting Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Unknown von James Howe zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 700,00 – 1.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 750,00 (€ 948,30) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von James Howe mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Grey Hunter With Two Dogs In A Landscape beobachtet, die im November 2004 für GBP 1.792,50 (€ 2.578,50) versteigert wurde.
James Howe - Auction history
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