James Seymour
On the scent; A quickening pace; and Racehorse, with jockey up
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Description
James Seymour (1702-1752)
On the scent; A quickening pace; and Racehorse, with jockey up
each signed with initials 'JS' (the first lower left, and latter two lower right)
pencil and bodycolour
5¼ x 6¾ in. (13.3 x 17.2 cm.)
three in the lot (3)
On the scent; A quickening pace; and Racehorse, with jockey up
each signed with initials 'JS' (the first lower left, and latter two lower right)
pencil and bodycolour
5¼ x 6¾ in. (13.3 x 17.2 cm.)
three in the lot (3)
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
When the work On the scent; A quickening pace; and Racehorse, with jockey up by James Seymour was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than ten times as high at GBP 18,750.00 (€ 23,216.96). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by James Seymour achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape in July 2021 with an auction result of GBP 275,000.00 (€ 322,494.52).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit On the scent; A quickening pace; and Racehorse, with jockey up von James Seymour im Juni 2012 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 18.750,00 (€ 23.216,96) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von James Seymour erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape im Juli 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 275.000,00 (€ 322.494,52).
James Seymour - Auction history
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