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- Glass Shard Knife, 'Circa' 1985
James Lee Byars
Glass Shard Knife, 'Circa' 1985
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 3.125 USD
Price realised: 3.125 USD
Description
James Lee Byars (1932 - 1997)
GLASS SHARD KNIFE, 'CIRCA' 1985
glass, silk and tissue paper
27 1/2 by 5 1/2 by 3 in. (69.9 by 14 by 7.6 cm.)
Executed 'circa' 1985.
Gift of the artist to Thomas McEvilley | Thence by descent to the present owner
GLASS SHARD KNIFE, 'CIRCA' 1985
glass, silk and tissue paper
27 1/2 by 5 1/2 by 3 in. (69.9 by 14 by 7.6 cm.)
Executed 'circa' 1985.
Gift of the artist to Thomas McEvilley | Thence by descent to the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by James Lee Byars could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in July 2018 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Contemporary Art Online: NYC auction, the work Glass Shard Knife, 'Circa' 1985 changed hands for USD 3,125.00 (€ 2,669.57) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by James Lee Byars achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Figure of Death in May 2015 with an auction result of USD 761,000.00 (€ 692,195.74).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von James Lee Byars konnte im Juli 2018 bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Online: NYC wechselte die Arbeit Glass Shard Knife, 'Circa' 1985 für USD 3.125,00 (€ 2.669,57) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 5.000,00 – 7.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von James Lee Byars erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Figure of Death im Mai 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 761.000,00 (€ 692.195,74).