Jessie Marion King
Perceval Seeth the Questing Beast
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.288 GBP
Price realised: 8.288 GBP
Description
AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY JESSIE M. KING AND ANNIE FRENCH
Jessie Marion King (British, 1875-1949)
Perceval Seeth the Questing Beast
signed with monogram (lower right)
ink on vellum
20 x 13.1 cm. (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Sale; Sotheby's, London, J.M. Dent & Sons Archive Sale, 19 June 1987, lot 806 | Sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1997, lot 228 | To which the original border was purchased from Barclay Lennie Fine Art Limited, Glasgow, and added to the original illustration.
Jessie Marion King (British, 1875-1949)
Perceval Seeth the Questing Beast
signed with monogram (lower right)
ink on vellum
20 x 13.1 cm. (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Sale; Sotheby's, London, J.M. Dent & Sons Archive Sale, 19 June 1987, lot 806 | Sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1997, lot 228 | To which the original border was purchased from Barclay Lennie Fine Art Limited, Glasgow, and added to the original illustration.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Perceval Seeth the Questing Beast by Jessie Marion King was auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh in October last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 8,287.50 (€ 9,654.85). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jessie Marion King - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'No Goblin or Swart Faëry Hath Hurtfull Power' - illustration to John Milton's 'Comus', which sold at auction in December last year for GBP 17,640.00 (€ 19,913.84).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Perceval Seeth the Questing Beast von Jessie Marion King im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in Edinburgh versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 8.287,50 (€ 9.654,85) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Jessie Marion King mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'No Goblin or Swart Faëry Hath Hurtfull Power' - illustration to John Milton's 'Comus' beobachtet, die im Dezember letzten Jahres für GBP 17.640,00 (€ 19.913,84) versteigert wurde.
Jessie Marion King - Auction history
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