James Sharples
George Washington
Found at
Christies,
New York
In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides, Lot 113
22. Jan - 22. Jan 2021
In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides, Lot 113
22. Jan - 22. Jan 2021
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 325.000 USD
Price realised: 325.000 USD
Description
James Randall Lake (1851-1925), St. Louis, Missouri, Washington D.C., New York City, and Maplewood, New Jersey | William Macbeth, Inc., New York, by purchase from above | Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918), by purchase from above, November 1910 | Herbert Lee Pratt (1871-1945), New York City and Glen Cove, Long Island, by purchase from above | Harriet B. Pratt (d. 1978) (m. 1923 Lawrence B. Van Ingen; m. 1938 Donald Fairfax Bush), New York, daughter | Childs Gallery, Boston
A top price for James Sharples
When the work George Washington by James Sharples was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 325,000.00 (€ 267,820.35). This high result makes George Washington the most expensive artwork by James Sharples that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für James Sharples
Als die Arbeit George Washington von James Sharples im Januar 2021 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 325.000,00 (€ 267.820,35) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht George Washington zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Sharples, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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