John Armstrong, A.R.A.
A Vase
Estimate: 1.000 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
John Armstrong, A.R.A.
1893-1973
A VASE
signed with initials and dedicated for Benita
oil and gouache on panel
25 by 20cm.; 9¾ by 8in.
Executed circa 1933-4.
David Cleghorn Thomson | The Fine Art Society, London, February 1977 | Gordon House, and by descent to the previous owner | Acquired directly from the above by a Private Collector, 17th January 2005
1893-1973
A VASE
signed with initials and dedicated for Benita
oil and gouache on panel
25 by 20cm.; 9¾ by 8in.
Executed circa 1933-4.
David Cleghorn Thomson | The Fine Art Society, London, February 1977 | Gordon House, and by descent to the previous owner | Acquired directly from the above by a Private Collector, 17th January 2005
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A Vase by John Armstrong was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2016, 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 three times as high at GBP 6,000.00 (€ 6,948.75). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Armstrong achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Initial Study For The Poster 'Can Spring Be Far Behind' in April 2014 with an auction result of GBP 74,500.00 (€ 90,683.74).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A Vase von John Armstrong im September 2016 bei Sothebys in London 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 6.000,00 (€ 6.948,75) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Armstrong erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Initial Study For The Poster 'Can Spring Be Far Behind' im April 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 74.500,00 (€ 90.683,74).
John Armstrong - Auction history
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